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How climate change deepens the divide for women and girls

ZARIA, Nigeria — When climate disasters strike, they rarely arrive alone. Alongside flash floods, droughts and crop failures, another threat quietly g...

1 year ago · By Nixon Ngari

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Kenya’s Ksh.4.2 Trillion Budget Is a Step Too Far

NAIROBI — Kenya’s new budget is raising eyebrows. Experts say the government’s Ksh.4.2 trillion spending plan for 2025/2026 is too ambitious, and may...

1 year ago · By Frank Kiforo

Education

UN warns of long road ahead as 138 million children still affected by child labour

LONDON — Nearly 138 million children were still engaged in child labour last year, according to a new global estimate by the United Nations. While tha...

1 year ago · By Nixon Ngari

Africa

UN taps ocean champions in Africa, Mexico and Spain to revive a dying blue planet

NICE, France — In a decisive move to breathe life back into the world's oceans, the United Nations has named three marine restoration projects in Afri...

1 year ago · By Nixon Ngari

Kenya

Fake degrees EACC targets salary clawbacks in public service fraud crackdown

Nairobi – Kenya’s anti-corruption watchdog has arrested five current and former public officials accused of forging academic certificates to land gove...

1 year ago · By Nixon Ngari

Business

Ruto construction of Rironi-Mau Summit highway to begin in August

Nairobi — After years of delays, construction on the critical Rironi-Mau Summit Highway is finally set to begin this August. President William Ruto ma...

1 year ago · By Nixon Ngari

Agriculture

Women farmers in Kenya take lead in greener farming revolution

NAIROBI, Kenya — On a breezy morning in the capital, a group of women stood proudly beside baskets of indigenous grains, pulses and vegetables. Many h...

1 year ago · By Nixon Ngari

Entertainment

From Milkshake to Maasai Mara Kelis’s unexpected new life on 300 acres in Kenya

Nairobi - When American singer Kelis, best known for her 2003 hit “Milkshake,” announced she had purchased 300 acres of farmland in Kenya’s Naivasha r...

1 year ago · By Nixon Ngari

Agriculture

Africa’s livestock future takes centre stage in Nairobi forum

Nairobi — A major regional forum exploring the future of livestock in Africa opened in Nairobi on Monday, with camel herders, scientists, and governme...

1 year ago · By Nixon Ngari

Climate

Climate change fuels growing crisis of farmer suicides in India

MARATHWADA, India — On a small plot of parched land in Maharashtra, Mirabai Khindkar’s life has been shattered. After successive crop failures, brough...

1 year ago · By Nixon Ngari

Kenya

Sifuna: Ruto Doesn’t Deserve a Second Term

As President William Ruto marks nearly 1,000 days in office, opposition leaders are sounding the alarm over broken promises and growing public frustra...

1 year ago · By Frank Kiforo

Kenya

Kenya puts innovation front and centre for Africa public service day

Nairobi — Kenya is gearing up to host Africa Public Service Day (APSD) 2025 with a three-day celebration from June 10 to 12 at the Kenyatta Internatio...

1 year ago · By Nixon Ngari