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Scientists grasping at straws to explain Africa’s low Covid-19 death rates after their failed grim predictions

By | 3 months ago

For months health experts warned that living conditions in poor, urban communities across Africa will contribute to rapid spread of Covid-19....

Oxford University scientists, who are developing the COVID-19 vaccine said the drug has an 80 per cent chance of success, reports Sky News. [PHOTO | FILE]
WHO ‘fears silent virus epidemic’ in Africa

By | 6 months ago

There have been almost 3,400 deaths and almost 115,000 infections across Africa according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control...

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Algeria confirms the first case of coronavirus

By | 9 months ago

Algeria minister Abdel Rahman Ben Bouzid says patient is an Italian man who arrived in the country on February 17....

Excessive Greed Sign of Cultural Malaise

By | 1 year ago

Muiru Ngugi Over the last few years, Kenyan headlines have revealed a deep-seated malaise afflicting Kenya’s, and Africa’s, emerging culture.  Am...

Gospel artiste Mercy Masika gets new job at UNHCR

By | 1 year ago

United Nations has appointed gospel singer Mercy Masika as its Goodwill Ambassador for Kenya. Prior to her appointment, Masika served as UNHCR’s...

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Eden Getachew is the Centre of Government and Delivery Lead, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change. [PHOTO | COURTESY]

Nairobi to host Africa’s Delivery Units Virtual Conference

Even in societies where land is communally owned, a boundary of sorts marking the beginning and the end to an individual’s crop or space, is inevitable. [Even in societies where land is communally owned, a boundary of sorts marking the beginning and the end to an individual’s crop or space, is inevitable. [PHOTO | FILE]PHOTO | FILE]

GITONGA: Hedges or fences? What home-owners need to consider

An artistic impression of a modern warehouse. [PHOTO | COURTESY]

GITONGA: Modern warehouses could boost food security in Kenya

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Raila Odinga: My stand on the revenue sharing formula for counties

BWIRE: Milestone as education experts in 13 countries agree on tool to assess learners