Kirinyaga County Gov’t to offer relief food to over 25,000 residents

By Johnson Muriithi,

Over 25,000 needy residents of Kirinyaga County are set to benefit from relief food aid program led by Governor Anne Waiguru. The food distribution...

ANNE WAIGURU , Kirinyaga

Michelle Obama and Melinda Gates: We can’t ignore adolescent girls in Covid-19 response

By CNN,

Today should have been a school day for 15-year-old Fortunate Ayomirwoth. But for the past five months, her school has been closed. Fortunate now s...

adolescent girls , defilement , early marriage , Fortunate Ayomirwoth , rape , sexual violence , teenage pregnancy

COVID-19: South Africa in 5th place on global map as continent cases top 1M

By Reuters,

South Africa is the world's fifth worst-hit nation and makes up more than half of sub-Saharan Africa's case load. The country's health ministry sai...

coronavirus , south africa

Global coronavirus deaths exceed 700,000, one person dies every 15 seconds on average

By Reuters,

The global death toll from COVID-19 surpassed 700,000 on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, with the United States, Brazil, India and Mexico lea...

coronavirus , COVID-19

COVID-19 in South Africa: How inequality, poverty undermined country’s response

By Reuters,

When coronavirus patients started arriving at South Africa’s government-run Thelle Mogoerane Hospital, workers scrambled to set up isolation wards t...

coronavirus , south africa

It’s dog eat dog in the world of COVID-19 vaccines

By Reuters,

It’s dog eat dog in the world of COVID-19 vaccines. That’s the fear of global health agencies planning a scheme to bulk-buy and equitably distr...

coronavirus , vaccine

How Kenyan consulate in Lebanon became feared by women it was meant to help

By CNN,

A deep sense of fear descended over Gloria as she stepped off the bustling street into her country's consulate. Weeks earlier, she said, she paid t...

Kefala , Kenyan consulate in Lebanon , Lebanon , Sayed Chalouhi

Baringo teens trading sex for money to buy sanitary towels

By Citizen Reporter,

Poverty and lack of parental responsibility have been cited as the major reasons for a rise in teenage pregnancies especially during this COVID-19 per...

Baringo County , COVID-19 , teenage pregnancy

OPINION: Corruption, greed could impede Kenya’s war on COVID-19

By Guest Writer,

By Allan Chesang I googled the meaning of the word corruption, and this is what I found; dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power; a f...

South Africa outbreak should be wake-up call for continent: WHO

By Reuters,

South Africa’s growing COVID-19 epidemic should be an alert to the rest of the continent to strengthen disease surveillance, the World Health Organi...

coronavirus

Civil rights legend Rep. John Lewis dead at 80

By CNN,

John Robert Lewis, the son of sharecroppers who survived a brutal beating by police during a landmark 1965 march in Selma, Alabama, to become a toweri...

John Lewis

Life and times of celebrated actor Papa Shirandula

By Ian Omondi,

The Kenyan acting fraternity as well as the Royal Media Services family is in a state of mourning after one of the finest thespians of his generation ...

Charles Bukeko , Karen hospital , Papa Shirandula , Royal Media Services

Failure to act now will leave the virus free to circle round the globe – UN

By CNN,

The United Nations' top official in charge of humanitarian aid has criticized the world's wealthy industrialized nations for their "short sighted" res...

COVID-19 , Mark Lowcock , United Nations

India records 1 million cases of COVID-19… and it’s the poorest who are hardest hit

By CNN,

India passed 1 million confirmed coronavirus cases Friday, after its health ministry reported a record 34,956 new infections in just 24 hours. As...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , India

Rashford to receive Manchester honorary doctorate

By Reuters,

Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford is set to become the youngest recipient of an honorary doctorate from the University of Manchester for his c...

Honorary doctorate , Manchester United , Marcus Rashford , needy children , University of Manchester

OPINION: Making sure Kenyans get quality services through better public finance management

By Guest Writer,

The country is feeling the economic and health impact of Covid-19 as it enters the financial year 2020/21. In times like these, as economic activity a...

COVID-19 , PFM Reform Strategy , Vision 2030.

BWIRE: Players in education sector should allow for alternative data sources

By Victor Bwire,

For a long time, the issue of allowing alternative ways of generating and collecting data to supplement government convention ways of data collection ...

education , ICAN

BWIRE: Education tool to help assess learners progress ahead of SDGs deadline

By Guest Writer,

With just 10 years to go before 2030 deadline for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), experts are various of the 17 identified sectors...

SDG

Refugees in Africa face hunger as COVID-19 worsens food shortages, agencies warn

By Citizen Reporter,

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the World Food Programme (WFP) are warning that severe underfunding, conflict and disasters – as well as supply ch...

coronavirus , refugees , UNHCR , WFP

BWIRE: Food security crucial amid Covid-19

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the country's focus has been on the containment of the outbreak, and with nearly all sect...

COVID-19 , food security