Zindzi Mandela tested positive for COVID-19 on the day she died, son says

By CNN,

Zindzi Mandela, South Africa's ambassador to Denmark and daughter of anti-apartheid leaders Nelson and Winnie Mandela, tested positive for Covid-19 ...

COVID-19 , Nelson Mandela , President Cyril Ramaphosa , Zindzi Mandela , Zondwa Mandela. .

President Kenyatta commends progress in South Sudan peace process despite COVID-19 disruption

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has commended parties to the South Sudan peace process for the progress achieved in recent months despite the health and econ...

peace process , south sudan

UK to pay Kenyan teachers in Dadaab, Kakuma Ksh.155 million

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Teachers in Kenya who are educating children in refugee-hosting communities are set to receive Ksh.155 million from the UK Government to ensure vulner...

Dadaab , refugees

Research on Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa indicates high levels of sexual harassment in newsrooms

By Rachel Ombaka,

Researchers at City, University of London have published a study indicating widespread sexual harassment in the media industry in Kenya, Nigeria and S...

media industry , newsroom , sexual harassment

Counting the burials: African nations scramble to track COVID-19

By Reuters,

Long after the funding for his project was frozen, Bilal Endris has kept a lonely watch over cemeteries in Ethiopia’s capital by slipping cash to gr...

coronavirus

Wazalendo in bid to raise funds for Club Championships

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Wazalendo have launched a M-Changa platform in a bid to raise a Sh7 million budget in preparation for this year’s Africa Cup for Club Championships ...

Zindzi Mandela, daughter of the late Nelson Mandela dies aged 59

By Reuters,

Zindzi Mandela, daughter of former South African president and liberation hero Nelson Mandela, has died, the spokesman of the ruling African National ...

Zindzi Mandela

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

Africa’s sprinters navigate the pandemic ahead of the Tokyo Olympics

By World Athletics,

While Africa is often associated with distance running, athletes from the continent have also left an indelible mark on the sprints at major champions...

Isaac Makwala , Marie Josée Ta Lou , olympics , Tokyo 2020 , Wayde van Niekerk

South Africa’s coronavirus cases rise sharply to 264,184

By VOA,

South Africa's coronavirus cases have doubled in just two weeks to a quarter-million putting it at 10th position on the global map of COVID-19  infec...

coronavirus , south africa

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

Diaz: Common sense must prevail despite ease in COVID-19 restrictions

By Guest Writer,

His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta made a positive move to compromise in re-opening the country while setting tough measures to manage the number...

coronavirus

Ex-Stars captain Otieno out of hospital after Covid-19 scare

By Jacob Icia,

Former Harambee Stars skipper Musa Otieno has been discharged from the Kenyatta National Hospital where he had been undergoing treatment after testing...

Barrack Otieno , COVID-19 , discharged from hospital , Kenyatta National Hospital , Musa Otieno

Gabola church where people praise God while downing whisky struggles with COVID lockdown rules

By Reuters,

When South Africa began easing its coronavirus lockdown in May, it allowed religious worshippers to gather in groups of up to 50, but maintained a ban...

coronavirus , gabola church

WHO urges African countries resuming air travel to take safety measures

By VOA,

The World Health Organization called on African countries Thursday to take comprehensive safety measures to “mitigate a surge” in COVID-19 cases, ...

coronavirus

David Ansell retires as Equity Group Board Chair, Prof. Isaac Macharia takes over

By Citizen Reporter,

The Equity Group Board has appointed Prof. Isaac Macharia Equity Group Holdings Board Chairman to take over from David Ansell. Ansell did not offer...

David Ansell , Equity , munga

307 more people test positive for coronavirus in Kenya, total at 6,673

By Citizen Reporter,

307 more people have tested positive for coronavirus in Kenya bringing the total to 6,673. Health CAS Rashid Aman said the latest cases are from 35...

coronavirus

Why Kenyan athletes could miss out on Diamond League meetings

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

@gil_kiprotich With the new athletics season set to kick off in August, Kenyan athletes hope of competing in the events to be held in European Union ...

Diamond League

A new generation of locusts has hatched in Turkana and are eating everything in sight

By Reuters,

The branches on trees around Lodwar have been stripped bare of leaves, bending downwards under the weight of voracious young locusts. Numbers of lo...

locusts