President William Ruto’s administration has denied motorists a Sh10.94 reduction per litre of petrol in a bid to slow down the runaway cost of living by cushioning key sectors of the economy that run on diesel. The State opted to provide a Sh18.79 a litre subsidy on diesel, with the motorists running on petrol paying…
Donors need to provide cash now to save lives and not wait for famine to be declared in parts of East Africa where tens of millions of people are going hungry, the head of the International Rescue Committee (IRC) said on Tuesday. Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia are suffering their worst drought in 40 years, the…
By PATRICK ILUNGA Former Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta Tuesday went close to the conflict zone in Goma and Rutshuru in DR Congo’s North Kivu, where he pleaded with fighters to end the war as he met displaced people escaping from the fighting. Mr Kenyatta, who is a mediator for the seven-nation East African Community, was…
Gloria DickieReuters SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, Nov 16 (Reuters) – With the annual U.N. climate summit in its final week, many of the world’s environment ministers assembled in Egypt have begun setting their sights on another high-stakes meeting for nature taking place next month. But for those talks on protecting nature to be a success, experts say, governments…
By Ziad Al-Qattan BBC News Arabic As Egypt hosts world leaders to discuss action over climate change, an oil terminal is dumping toxic wastewater on the country’s Red Sea coast, an investigation by BBC News Arabic has found. A rare form of coral, that offers hope for preserving ocean life as the planet warms, could…
A residential building under construction has collapsed on Tuesday in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. Construction workers are feared trapped under the rubble and rescue operations have begun. According to witnesses, some people who were injured during the collapse are being treated in a nearby hospital. “It was at 2 p.m. when we noticed that the building’s pillars had begun to crumble. We then started screaming…
Lusaka, Moscow in constant touch over death of 23-year-old, says foreign minister. James Kunda LUSAKA, Zambia Zambia said Monday that it has written to Russian authorities seeking urgent information about the death of a 23-year-old Zambian citizen on the Ukraine warfront. Lemekhani Nathan Nyirenda, a Zambian government sponsored student in Russia, is said to have…
Armed forces minister accuses Malian government of having partnership with Kremlin-linked Wagner Group. Aysu Bicer ANKARA The UK announced Monday that the country is ending troop deployment to the UN mission in Mali earlier than expected, with British Armed Forces Minister James Heappey saying that two coups in Mali in three years had “undermined” international…
By AGGREY MUTAMBO Kenya on Monday joined 93 other countries in supporting a UN resolution calling for Russia to compensate Ukraine after invading it in February this year. The non-binding resolution A/ES-11/L.6: ‘Furtherance of remedy and reparation for aggression against Ukraine’ by the UN General Assembly reflected the enduring indifference to African countries in condemning Russia’s…
Gloria DickieReuters SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, Nov 15 (Reuters) – The world population surged past 8 billion people on Tuesday, the United Nations said, warning that more hardship is in store for regions already facing resource scarcity due to climate change. Whether its food or water, batteries or gasoline, there will be less to go around as the global population adds another…