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Family of Ugandan Weightlifter Says He Contemplated Suicide After Olympic Disqualification
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65 Kenyans taking Prep contract HIV, ministry says
Kenya become the first African country to roll out PrEP as a national program, in the public sector, in May,… -
Rwanda extends lockdown measures against COVID-19 to consolidate gains
KIGALI, July 25 (Xinhua) -- Rwandan government on Sunday announced a five-day extension of the current lockdown measures that prohibit unnecessary…
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Rwandan Triathletes Excited About New Ironman 70.3
Athletes from the Rwanda Triathlon Federation. PHOTO RWANDA TRIATHLON FEDERATION Today, Ironman announced a new 70.3 location for this August: Rubavu, Rwanda. Though course maps are still being finalized, the...
US, Uganda, Tanzania top as Kenya’s tourist sources
Uganda and Tanzania continue to be major tourist sources for Kenya after the United States of America (USA) as the country registered a 53.29 percent growth in 2021, following the...
Kenyans with sickle cell now getting serious malaria — Kemri
MUTATED PARASITE: Malaria is caused by Plasmodium parasites, which are spread to people through the bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes. Photo via The Star Individuals who carry the sickle...
Boris Johnson scraps Plan B COVID rules and mandatory face masks from next week
Boris Johnson has confirmed that Plan B COVID measures will end next week. (PA) Boris Johnson has announced an easing of England’s Plan B coronavirus restrictions amid a battle to...
‘Baby AB’ puts on a show as South Africa romp to win over Uganda
Image International Cricket Council South Africa’s Dewald Brevis cracked 108 and took the final wicket as South Africa downed Uganda by 121 runs in Trinidad, an emphatic response to their...
East Africa receives funding from UK to tackle flooding, droughts
Photo Anadolu Agency UK’s Minister for Africa Vicky Ford, who is on a three-country visit to East Africa, on Monday announced a $22 million (£17 million) support package for Somalia,...
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UN chief: Mali military should hold elections in short time
UNITED NATIONS — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Thursday that Mali’s military government needs to hold delayed elections in “a relatively short amount of time” -- not in 2026 as...
IEBC must not let public down
IEBC is now fully constituted with seven commissioners. Image: IEBC Perhaps surprisingly, most Kenyans are confident that the presidential election in August 2022 can be free and fair. The monthly...
Rwandan Triathletes Excited About New Ironman 70.3
Athletes from the Rwanda Triathlon Federation. PHOTO RWANDA TRIATHLON FEDERATION Today, Ironman announced a new 70.3 location for this August: Rubavu, Rwanda. Though course maps are still being finalized, the...
US, Uganda, Tanzania top as Kenya’s tourist sources
Uganda and Tanzania continue to be major tourist sources for Kenya after the United States of America (USA) as the country registered a 53.29 percent growth in 2021, following the...
265 people killed in accidents so far, police say
National traffic commandant Mary Omari in a past event- handout Pedestrians account for the majority of fatalities, with Nairobi leading with 85 people In Summary •Country is losing many people...
Kenyans with sickle cell now getting serious malaria — Kemri
MUTATED PARASITE: Malaria is caused by Plasmodium parasites, which are spread to people through the bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes. Photo via The Star Individuals who carry the sickle...
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Jeff Bezos. MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images Jeff Bezos will step down as Amazon CEO in Q3 2021, the company announced on January 3. CEOs are taking to Twitter to send their congratulations to both Bezos and his success...
Kenyan Woman’s Start...
Photo UNEP/YouTube An absolutely brilliant young woman in Kenya has started a company manufacturing bricks from recycled plastic. Nzambi Matee says she was “tired of being on the sidelines” while civil servants struggled...
Nigeria’s ‘Techprene...
As recently as 10 years ago, Africa’s technology industry was sparse. But as a result of advancements in mobile phone technology as well as better internet connections, the continent has transformed — unearthing countles...
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New findings of early man...
An international team of archaeologists and paleoanthropologists has discovered a large collection of two million years old stone tools, fossilized bones, and plant materials at the Olduvai Gorge in northern Tanzania. N...
UK travel ban extended to...
File photo: Tourists have still flocked to Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Picture PA The UK's travel ban has been extended to include United Arab Emirates, Burundi and Rwanda, with British nationals returning from those co...
South Sudan suspends airl...
Photo Anadolu Agency South Sudan's president on Wednesday suspended the operation of South Supreme Airlines, the company owning the plane that crashed in the Pieri Town on Tuesday evening, an official statement said. “As...
Kenya's SGR night train u...
NAIROBI, March 4 (Xinhua) -- For the last two months, a government worker George Agutu, who works in Mombasa, Kenya's coastal city, has traveled to the capital Nairobi every weekend to be with his family. However, befor...
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Kenyans with sickle cell now g...
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Rwanda Announces Changes to CO...
Kigali, Rwanda. Photo via Jacolene/iStock/Getty Images Plus Government officials representing the African nation of Rwanda have announced changes to its COVID-19 protocols for arriving internatio...
Egypt sends medical aid to Tan...
Egypt sends medical aid to Tanzania. Photo Ahram Online Two military aircraft took off from East Cairo military base to Tanzania carrying tons of medical aid Thursday, the Egyptian Armed Forces a...
Study finds Rwandan genocides...
Scientists with the USF Genomics program and the Center for Global Health and Infectious Disease Research have taken a significant step in providing the people of Rwanda the scientific tools the...
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