Nairobi — Hundreds of women and girls in Kenya are using SMS to report cases of rape through a toll-free messaging service set up to help survivors break the silence around sexual violence in the conservative nation, the initiative’s founder said on Thursday. Although there are several hotlines for victims of sex attacks, the SMS platform – operated by the… Read more »
Hollywood star Lupita Nyong’o recently sneaked into the country for a series of investment meetings. The award winning actress, currently riding high on the success of the ‘Black Panther’ movie, managed to avoid media attention during the visit. It is understood she met a few local celebrities notably comedians Eric Omondi and Jalang’o. Various sources have told Nairobi News star… Read more »
Archaeologists have unearthed evidence that could add Kenya’s coast a new identity of Cradle of Mankind. For many years, archaeological excavations in the country were focused on the Rift Valley region after evidence of the Early Man’s life was found in Turkana. 78,000 YEARS However, results of a project by a team led by the German-based Max Planck Institute for… Read more »
These human rights parties may be right that it is inhumane to bring in refugee’s and then kick them out of their country but the fact is that if these Sudanese truly are criminals then they have all the reasons to send them out of there country. If it were my country I would most definitely not want 132 unregistered… Read more »
Niger has deported at least 132 Sudanese refugees and asylum seekers back to Libya, drawing criticism that it is flouting international law by sending them back to dangerous and inhumane conditions from which they recently escaped. The deportation, the first of asylum seekers from Niger’s migrant hub of Agadez, was confirmed by a high-ranking UN refugee agency (UNHCR) official, and… Read more »
It is great that the death rate was reduced in these countries by over 13% but it’s kind of messed up that they did this “test” small children. I hope they death rate continues to decline and a lot of these bacterial diseases and infection are killed and or easily cured with progressive step towards the great medicine we have.
Giving the antibiotic azithromycin twice a year to young children in sub-Saharan Africa reduced childhood deaths by 13.5%, a new study has shown. Large-scale distribution of the drug could save millions of lives in a region where one in nine children dies before age 5, according to the United States Agency for International Development. The study, published Wednesday in The… Read more »
Insurgent groups in Borno, Yobe and other settlements around Lake Chad are currently running quasi-administrative policies that include imposition of taxes on civilians in the territories they control, a new report by Reuters has found. The news agency reported on Sunday that Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA), a faction of Boko Haram, currently controls swathes of land that stretch… Read more »
Drama unfolded at the Boulevard Hotel in the city centre on Monday after unidentified men attacked a former Nairobi Central Business District Association (NCBDA) official during a press conference. Former NCBDA chairman Timothy Muriuki was stopped from reading his press statement by two men who ejected him from the hotel located on Harry Thuku Road, just opposite the Kenya Broadcasting… Read more »
The Former Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailermarian Desalegn has called on South Sudan’s President, Salva Kiir, who is struggling to uphold power, to quit politics and give others a chance, Sudan Tribune reported. Hailermarian unexpectedly resigned on 15 February 2018, saying he hoped to end years of unrest and political turmoil in Ethiopia, after ruling the country for six years. The… Read more »