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Kenya deepens UNAIDS ties in bid to end HIV in children by 2030

NAIROBI —Kenya’s government has pledged to step up efforts to eliminate HIV in children, as it deepens ties with the United Nations on health policy a...

1 year ago · By Nixon Ngari

Kenya

Kenya’s Muslim Council backs Ruto’s IEBC picks, calls for swift approval

NAIROBI —As Kenya prepares to rebuild its electoral body, one of the country’s top religious organizations has stepped into the fray urging lawmakers...

1 year ago · By Nixon Ngari

Kenya

Former DP Gachagua courts Gen Z, dismisses coalition rift

JUJA, Kenya — At a packed Sunday church service in Juja, former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua made an emphatic return to the political stage rally...

1 year ago · By Nixon Ngari

Climate

COP30 Presidency’s second letter: From vision to action through a global “Mutirão”

The COP30 Presidency, led by André Aranha Corrêa do Lago, has released a second letter On Thursday (8 May) that shifts from outlining a vision to adva...

1 year ago · By Nixon Ngari

Africa

First white South Africans granted refugee status fly to US under Trump Programme

JOHANNESBURG — Under the flickering fluorescent lights of OR Tambo International Airport, a quiet procession of white South Africans pushed trolleys h...

1 year ago · By Nixon Ngari

Africa

Malalah: Rigathi Gachagua is legitimate Deputy President of Kenya

NAIROBI — Former Kenyan Senator Cleophas Malalah has issued a bold call for President William Ruto to dissolve his government, following a Court of Ap...

1 year ago · By Switch TV Reporter

News

Robert Prevost becomes Pope Leo XIV, the First American Pope

VATICAN CITY — As the bells of St Peter’s Basilica rang out, the faithful gathered in St Peter’s Square erupted in familiar chants: “Viva il Papa!” Th...

1 year ago · By Switch TV Reporter

Kenya

White smoke at the Vatican: The World awaits new Pope’s first appearance

VATICAN CITY — White smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday evening, signalling to the world that the Catholic Church has chosen...

1 year ago · By Switch TV Reporter

Africa

President names new IEBC Chair, Six Commissioners

NAIROBI — Thursday, 8 May 2025 President William Ruto has nominated Erastus Edung Ethekon as the new Chairperson of the Independent Electoral and Boun...

1 year ago · By Switch TV Reporter

Kenya

A global Church awaits: Who will be the next Pope?

By Nixon Ngari Behind the closed doors of the Sistine Chapel, 133 cardinals are now deep in deliberation. Their task is monumental: elect a new pope t...

1 year ago · By Switch TV Reporter

Health

A Sense of Hope: Kenyan Doctors Restore Touch in Amputated Arm in World-First Surgery

NAIROBI — In a quiet surgical theatre at Kenyatta National Hospital, a team of Kenyan and international doctors did something no one else has ever don...

1 year ago · By Njeri Mitchell

World

Cardinals Begin Secret Vote for New Pope Under the Eyes of Michelangelo

VATICAN CITY — The doors have closed. The guards are posted. And under the gaze of Michelangelo’s frescoes, 133 cardinals have begun the solemn task o...

1 year ago · By Njeri Mitchell