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Royal Media Services among top 100 best companies to work for in Kenya
By Ian Omondi,
2158, October 22, 2019 (EAT)
Royal Media Services (RMS) is one of the best companies to work for in Kenya, according to a new report released on Wednesday by Brighter Monday. T...
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800,000 girls in Kenya set to receive HPV vaccine starting Friday
By Duncan Mutwiri,
844, October 17, 2019 (EAT)
800,000 girls in Kenya are set to receive the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. The free HPV vaccine will be launched on Friday, October 18, in M...
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Number of Ebola orphans spikes as epidemic spreads in eastern DRC
By VOA,
1042, August 16, 2019 (EAT)
The U.N. children's fund reports the number of children orphaned by Ebola or separated from their parents because of the disease in eastern Democratic...
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Millions in Zimbabwe facing starvation after severe droughts
By CNN,
907, August 8, 2019 (EAT)
More than two million people in Zimbabwe are facing starvation after a severe drought that affected food harvests, the World Food Programme said in a ...
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Mulinge: Importance of exclusive breastfeeding to mother, child
By Citizen Reporter,
1930, August 10, 2019 (EAT)
By Eunice Mulinge Every year from August 1-7, the World Breastfeeding Week is marked to encourage breastfeeding and improve the health of babies ar...
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Four children killed in attack on Yemen market
By CNN,
2125, August 1, 2019 (EAT)
Four children were among 14 civilians killed in an airstrike on Al-Thabet market in Yemen's northern Saada province on Monday, according to Houthi a...
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Sudan suspends all schools after students killed during protests
By CNN,
1024, August 1, 2019 (EAT)
Authorities in Sudan have suspended all schools beginning on Wednesday after street protests turned deadly, according to state news agency SUNA. "T...
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Flip-flops to building blocks: Ivory Coast uses plastic waste to build classrooms
By Reuters,
2120, July 30, 2019 (EAT)
Too much plastic and not enough schools are scourges of modern life many countries face. Now a factory in West Africa will try to tackle both by trans...
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150 migrants die in shipwreck off the coast of Libya
By CNN,
1116, July 26, 2019 (EAT)
At least 150 people have drowned after their boat sank off the coast of Libya on Thursday, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) confirmed. Around 300 peop...
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South Sudan court rules against marriage of girl, 16, in landmark case
By VOA,
1120, July 10, 2019 (EAT)
A court in South Sudan has annulled a child marriage, in a rare legal case that activists say could signal a turning point for women's rights in the c...
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School where parents pay fees with plastic bottles
By CNN,
935, June 27, 2019 (EAT)
Oriola Oluwaseyi, 32, makes her way through the busy streets of Ajegunle, a low-income community in Nigeria's commercial center, Lagos. The Nigeria...
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Congo declares measles epidemic after it kills more than Ebola
By Reuters,
1136, June 12, 2019 (EAT)
Congo's government has declared an epidemic of measles, which the latest health ministry figures show has now killed at least 1,500 people, over a hun...
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Militia releases nearly 900 children in Nigeria
By VOA,
1105, May 11, 2019 (EAT)
A local militia group that supports the Nigerian government in the fight against Boko Haram insurgents has released nearly 900 children, the United Na...
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Flooding starts in Mozambique after cyclone Kenneth, death toll rises to five
By Reuters,
1836, April 27, 2019 (EAT)
Mozambican officials on Saturday urged those living near two rivers in the country’s north to move to higher ground, as Cyclone Kenneth dumped heavy...
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E. Africa, recovering from Cyclone Idai, braces for new storm
By VOA,
1108, April 25, 2019 (EAT)
The government of Comoros shut down schools, airports and public offices Wednesday as Tropical Cyclone Kenneth passed over the island nation, with win...
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Long road to recovery for children after Cyclone Idai
By VOA,
1655, April 20, 2019 (EAT)
The U.N. children’s fund says at least 1.6 million children in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe need help right away to recover from the affects of C...
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Malawi deploys mobile clinics for cyclone-affected children
By VOA,
1720, April 12, 2019 (EAT)
At least 1,000 people were killed when Cyclone Idai hit Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Malawi in March. The cyclone's floodwaters swamped medical facilitie...
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Saudi-led coalition’s air strikes hit Yemeni capital
By Reuters,
2010, April 10, 2019 (EAT)
The Saudi-led coalition carried out air strikes in Yemen against two Houthi targets in Sanaa, the capital, early on Wednesday, its spokesman said. ...
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Rwanda’s post-genocide guide keeps the memories alive
By Reuters,
1143, April 6, 2019 (EAT)
Every weekday, Aline Uwase Turatsinze gets up, washes her face and rides a motorbike to the site where more than 60 members of her family were buried ...
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Mass Cholera vaccination campaign gets underway in Mozambique
By VOA,
1950, April 3, 2019 (EAT)
A mass vaccination campaign against cholera has begun in Mozambique to prevent this deadly disease from turning into a full-blown epidemic. Mozambi...
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