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Kenya, Tanzania brace for Cyclone Hidaya as flood death toll rises
Public minibus are submerged in the flooded streets of Dar salaam, Tanzania Thursday, April 25, 2024. Flooding in Tanzania caused by weeks of heavy rain has killed 155 people and affected more than 200,000 others, the prime minister said Thursday.
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2024-05-03, Al Jazeera
Kenya and Tanzania have been bracing for a cyclone on the heels of torrential rains and floods that have devastated East Africa, killing nearly 400 people and forcing...
On a China-built train from Mombasa to Nairobi
Malindi, Kenya
Creative Commons / Andrea Albini
2023-08-22, Asiatimes
Having spent the last five weeks in East Africa after a long hiatus, I sensed that Kenyans are more confident than at any time since achieving independence in 1963 of...
Six killed in banned opposition protests in Kenya
Protesters throwing rocks and police firing tear gas clash in the Mathare neighborhood of Nairobi, Kenya Wednesday, July 12, 2023
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2023-07-13, Independent online (SA)
Six people were killed on Wednesday in clashes in Kenya between police and demonstrators who joined banned opposition protests against tax hikes, police officers told...
Press Release - Communique of the 15th Joint Financial Sector Regulators Forum Mombasa County, 15 November 2024 (Central Bank of Kenya)2024-11-20
Public Technologies: ) Communique of the 15th Joint Financial Sector RegulatorsForumMombasaCounty, 15 November 2024 The 15th Joint Financial Sector Regulators Forum (JFSRF) was held in Mombasa County on November 15th 2024. The Forum was established to facilitate effective...
Kenyan advocacy group uses social initiatives to fight homophobia2024-11-19
Washington Blade: A Kenyan queer rights organization has launched a social support initiative to fight endemic homophobic stigma and discrimination in the country. The Initiative for Equality and Non-Discrimination, which has been training judicial officers on LGBTQ rights, is...
Urban mosquito sparks malaria surge in East Africa2024-11-19
The Peninsula: Nairobi: The spread of a mosquito in East Africa that thrives in urban areas and is immune to insecticide is fuelling a surge in malaria that could reverse decades of progress against the disease, experts say. Africa accounted for about 95 percent of the 249...
Kenya: Kenya's West Rift Farmers Get Low Bonuses Due to Minimum Price Policy2024-11-19
All Africa: Farmers in Kenya's west of the Rift received the lowest bonus for the 2023/24 financial year as earnings were dented by unsold tea stockpiles at the Mombasa auction, industry data showed. ......
What happened when Ford paid a famous YouTuber to drive around the globe in an EV2024-11-18
Fast Company: Back in March, YouTuber Lexie Alford (aka “Lexie Limitless”) became the first person to drive around the world in an electric car. She drove across six continents, through 27 countries, clocking more than 30,000 km over the course of the six-month journey in a...
'Charge Around the Globe' Journeys to Prime Video2024-11-18
PR Newswire: Lexie Alford's 'ChargeAround the Globe' in new three-part documentary on PrimeVideo series. COLOGNE, Germany, Nov. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Earlier this year Lexie Alford, known to millions as @LexieLimitless, set out to prove just what is possible in...
Kenya: Government to Release KSh 2.5 Billion to Pay National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) Debts2024-11-18
APO: Download logo The government will release an additional KSh2.5 billion next week to pay for debts owed to hospitals and service providers by the defunct National HospitalInsurance Fund, PresidentWilliam Ruto has announced. This is on top of the KSh5 billion...
Africa's largest refugee camp in Uganda gets a healing touch from Goa via football2024-11-17
The Times of India: Panaji: Kennedy D’Silva has been to some difficult places with the KarunaFootball Foundation, launching humanitarian projects to bring peace and restore the affected communities through football.He’s done it in Kerala, when massive landslides hit Wayanad...