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

Brazil President tests positive for COVID-19 after months of dismissing seriousness of the virus

By CNN,

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has tested positive for Covid-19, following months of downplaying the virus. Bolsonaro himself announced the res...

Brazil , Jair Bolsonaro

OPINION: Africa’s twin battles – COVID-19 and fake news

By Guest Writer,

By Yemisi Adegoke Just under four months after Africa recorded its first coronavirus case, the number of confirmed cases has reached more than 250,...

BBC , coronavirus , COVID-19 , ebola , fake news , who

How one gay Egyptian woman stood up to homophobia and paid the ultimate price

By CNN,

In 2017, Sarah Hegazi was arrested and said she was tortured for waving a rainbow gay pride flag at a concert in Cairo. Last weekend, the 30-year...

Gay , LGBTQ , Sarah Hegazi

Jailed Iranian journalist faces new ‘absurd’ charge

By VOA,

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned the latest "absurd charge" brought against jailed Iranian journalist and human rights advocate Narges Mo...

Iranian journalist , Narges Mohammadi , reporters without borders

OPINION: Deaths of George Floyd, Hussein Moyo reflect deep-rooted societal malaise

By Guest Writer,

Today, I choose to join millions of global citizens to express my outrage over the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black citizen of United States ...

floyd , hussein moyo

OPINION: The resumption of Kenya’s economy – is now the time?

By Guest Writer,

By Kagwe Kibugu In light of the recent call for the National Government to loosen the curfew and county restrictions, I can't help but sympathize w...

World Press Freedom Day: 22 cases of attacks on journalists reported between March & April

By Citizen Reporter,

ARTICLE 19 Eastern Africa has expressed dismay over the increase in violence against journalists while on duty in Kenya between May-April 2020 with do...

Press Freedom

Journalist killed in Kibra as he was heading home from work, suspect lynched

By Erick Owenga,

A radio journalist working with Pamoja FM in Kibra was killed on Monday morning under unclear circumstances. It is reported that Hassan Mohammed Ma...

Kibra , Pamoja FM , Press Freedom

What happens if a coronavirus vaccine is never developed? It has happened before

By CNN,

As countries lie frozen in lockdown and billions of people lose their livelihoods, public figures are teasing a breakthrough that would mark the end o...

coronavirus , coronavirus vaccine

Trump adds to confusion over Kim Jong Un’s health status

By CNN,

President Donald Trump added to the sense of confusion surrounding the health of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un Monday, appearing to contradict him...

Kim Jong-un , Mike Pompeo , North Korea , President Donald Trump

China is installing surveillance cameras outside people’s front doors…and sometimes inside their homes

By CNN,

The morning after Ian Lahiffe returned to Beijing, he found a surveillance camera being mounted on the wall outside his apartment door. Its lens was p...

china , surveillance camera , Weibo

Irate CS Kagwe blasts social media users over attack on Brenda Cherotich

By Citizen Reporter,

Health CS Mutahi Kagwe came out guns blazing expressing rage over the social media attack on Brenda Cherotich, one of the recovered coronavirus patien...

Brenda Cherotich , coronavirus , kagwe

Airtel offers free internet access for students in Kenya

By Sponsored,

Airtel Kenya has responded to the government’s directive to close schools to avoid the spread of Coronavirus in the country by partnering with Longh...

Airtel Kenya

China to expel New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post reporters

By CNN,

China has announced it will expel journalists from three US media outlets, in a major escalation of tensions with Washington. The decision, effec...

china , Mike Pompeo , New York Times , Wall Street Journal , Washington Post

Chinese Gov’t poses global threat to human rights: study

By Citizen Reporter,

The Chinese government is carrying out an intense attack on the global system for defending human rights. According to Human Rights Watch, the Chin...

chinese , human rights , Trump

Yvonne Chaka Chaka: If I was deported would they buy me a business class ticket?

By Citizen Reporter,

South African musician Yvonne Chaka Chaka insists that the Ugandan Government did not deport her. In a series of messages posted on Twitter on New ...

Bobi Wine , Museveni , uganda , yvonne chaka chaka

16days: Fighting sexual harassment in African newsrooms

By Rachel Ombaka,

UN Women has kicked off 16days of activism, a campaign to end violence against women and girls around the world. It began on November 25, which is ...

#TimesUpAfriMedia , orangetheworld

BWIRE: Why Kenya needs MIL policy yesterday

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire Information including media content regulation in Kenya is as problematic as in the rest of the world, given the rapidly expanding ...

Media and information literacy (MIL)

Chinese state media escalate row with NBA

By Reuters,

Chinese state media on Wednesday accused the National Basketball Association (NBA) of endorsing violence and peddling a “secessionist pipe dream” ...

Chinese State Media , NBA