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Petrol prices up again Kenyans hit at the pump as EPRA announces new hike

Diesel and kerosene drop slightly, but rising fuel costs keep pressure on households and businesses NAIROBI — Petrol prices in Kenya have soared once...

1 year ago · By Nixon Ngari

Africa

Ramaphosa visits flood-hit Eastern Cape as 78 reported dead

MTHATHA, South Africa — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa visited the flood-ravaged Eastern Cape province on Friday, where families are mourning...

1 year ago · By Nixon Ngari

News

What brought down Air India flight 171 a closer look at the tragic crash in Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad, India – What should have been a routine international flight ended in horror just minutes after takeoff. Air India Flight 171, bound for Lo...

1 year ago · By Nixon Ngari

Africa

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

News

India plane crash kills 241 passengers with only one lucky survivor

Ahmedabad, India - It was just past lunchtime when the quiet at a medical college in Ahmedabad was shattered by the roar of engines and the sound of d...

1 year ago · By Nixon Ngari

Business

A miracle in seat 11A the sole survivor of Air India’s devastating crash

AHMEDABAD, India — When the smoke cleared from the burning wreckage of Air India Flight AI171, no one expected to find survivors. The Boeing 787 had s...

1 year ago · By Nixon Ngari

News

Modi visits sole survivor of India’s deadly plane crash

Ahmedabad, India - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid a sombre visit on Friday to the only survivor of a devastating plane crash that claimed 24...

1 year ago · By Nixon Ngari

Kenya

Police under fire after woman miscarriage in custody as anger grows over brutality claims

Nairobi - A woman held in police custody in central Kenya has suffered a miscarriage, triggering fresh outrage over police conduct just days after the...

1 year ago · By Nixon Ngari

News

Black Box hunt as grief mounts families wait for answers in India plane crash

AHMEDABAD, India — Under a cloudless June sky, the smell of scorched metal and dust still hangs in the air. The twisted remains of Air India flight AI...

1 year ago · By Nixon Ngari

News

Many feared dead as Air India plane crashes with 242 on board near India’s Ahmedabad airport shortly after take-off

Ahmedabad, India –A London-bound Air India flight carrying 242 people crashed moments after takeoff from Ahmedabad on Thursday, killing an unknown num...

1 year ago · By Nixon Ngari

News

UN nuclear watchdog rebukes Iran’s lack of co-operation on nuclear power

Vienna — For the first time in two decades, the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog has formally accused Iran of failing to meet its nuclear obligations,...

1 year ago · By Nixon Ngari

News

Starving but surviving baby Siwar’s escape from Gaza brings flicker of hope

At the Jordanian Border — The sound was soft, almost fading into the wind. But it was unmistakably the cry of a baby a frail protest from a child stil...

1 year ago · By Nixon Ngari