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Study warns climate shifts could widen malaria risk across Africa
Charity Kilei  |  Nov 29, 2025

The study emphasizes the importance of ongoing monitoring and surveillance, as understanding local mosquito populations and environmental conditions w...

1,000 weapon‑wounded patients treated in South Sudan hospitals this year - ICRC
Mary Wambui  |  Nov 29, 2025

The combined effects of conflict in South Sudan and Sudan, intercommunal violence, and severe flooding throughout the year have devastated communities...

UN says rebuilding Gaza will cost Sh 9.1 trillion as Palestinian economy nears collapse
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Nov 26, 2025

The UN estimates that rebuilding homes, roads, hospitals, and other basic services in Gaza will cost more than Sh 9.1 trillion ($70 billion) and will...

World Bank sounds alarm as Kenya’s labour market weakens, wages fall and informal jobs surge
Alfred Onyango  |  Nov 25, 2025

In its latest November economic update, the World Bank notes that despite a rapidly growing working-age population, formal employment growth has stagn...

IGAD rallies region to tackle deepening displacement crisis amid funding cuts, conflict
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Nov 25, 2025

Technical experts are currently deliberating on specific gaps in protection, education and livelihoods, with their recommendations set to be endorsed...

Kenya’s maternal mortality ‘a crisis that cannot be ignored’, MP Nyikal warns
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Nov 25, 2025

Nyikal cited national data showing haemorrhage accounts for 44 per cent of deaths, obstructed labour 34 per cent, eclampsia 13 per cent, sepsis 6 per...

We inherited Sh118 billion in pending bills, Nairobi Governor Sakaja tells Senate
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Nov 24, 2025

Governor Sakaja tells Senate how Nairobi is tackling massive inherited debt while hitting record revenue and fast-tracking development projects across...

Somali President Hassan fires back after ex-leader Farmaajo’s warning on economic crisis
Abdirahman Khalif  |  Nov 24, 2025

Farmajo warns of severe economic hardship in Somalia, claiming government inaction, while President Hassan Sheikh defends his administration's efforts...

UAE, US top diplomats discuss Sudan ceasefire efforts
XINHUA  |  Nov 22, 2025

The US State Department said in a press release that the two sides "continued discussions on our collective efforts to achieve a humanitarian ceasefir...

Technology of freedom, risk of violence: Digital divide facing women in post-war Tigray
Addis Standard  |  Nov 22, 2025

Survivors of genocidal sexual and gender-based violence face renewed victimisation online, where AI-generated propaganda fuels stigma and hate.

Two tables, one war: Life amid ceasefire in Israel and Gaza
XINHUA  |  Nov 21, 2025

There is still a long way to go before people can find an answer to that question - not in promises or temporary pauses, but in days of uninterrupted...

MPs question rising debt despite Treasury’s reduced CBK borrowing
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Nov 20, 2025

The Treasury drew only Sh700 million from the CBK overdraft in the first three months, down from Sh1.9 billion during the same period last year.

Government to review SHA packages amid calls for better cancer care
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Nov 19, 2025

A major focus of the review is the oncology package, which is currently capped at Sh550,000.

IGAD leads new push for Peace in Sudan as regional and global partners back three-step plan
Mary Wambui  |  Nov 18, 2025

The Quad initiative, announced on September 12, 2025, aims to first launch a three-month humanitarian truce to allow rapid delivery of aid to civilian...

Africa has a debt crisis: momentum from G20 in South Africa can help find solutions
The Conversation  |  Nov 18, 2025

The importance of debt, development finance and climate to Africa’s future is clear. Over half of African countries are either in debt distress or at...

Egypt rejects any attempts to divide Sudan: FM
XINHUA  |  Nov 18, 2025

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty stressed Egypt's continued dedication to supporting Sudan's unity, territorial integrity, and the preservatio...

Nigeria’s new terror threat: JNIM is spreading but it’s not too late to act
The Conversation  |  Nov 17, 2025

Insecurity in the Sahel region is worsening. Violent extremist groups are entering new territories such as Nigeria and parts of coastal West African s...

Parliament flags exclusion of teen mothers, prisoners from SHA coverage
Lucy Mumbi  |  Nov 16, 2025

According to the National Assembly’s Departmental Committee on Health, weak mechanisms for identifying and enrolling the poor have forced patients to...

MSF raises alarm over extreme malnutrition as Sudan crisis deepens
Mary Wambui  |  Nov 15, 2025

Thousands of families live in makeshift camps with little access to clean water, food, or hygiene services, leading to a cholera outbreak and rising c...

How ATPU busted prominent lawyer over alleged terror financing linked to ISIS
Mary Wambui  |  Nov 15, 2025

The lawyer is reported to have played a role in the financing and facilitation of the movement of youth to Somalia, from where they would cross over t...

UNHCR warns of deepening humanitarian crisis in Darfur, Kordofan
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Nov 15, 2025

UNHCR notes that women and girls have been subjected to rape and other sexual violence, while parents search for missing children separated during the...

Sudan war: Aid teams plead for access to thousands trapped in El Fasher
UN News  |  Nov 15, 2025

According to the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, nearly 100,000 people have fled El Fasher and villages close by in the last two weeks alone.

Thousands flee, RSF pushes east as Sudan conflict escalates across Darfur and Kordofan
DW News  |  Nov 13, 2025

Despite a US-backed ceasefire, RSF forces continue their eastward offensive, sparking new waves of violence and mass civilian displacement across Kord...

Climate change is making the world sick: COP30 report links climate change to new disease hotspots
The Conversation  |  Nov 14, 2025

Experts call for urgent action as warming climates help diseases like dengue and chikungunya spread into new territories.

Kenya among 16 global hunger hotspots facing crisis, UN warns
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Nov 12, 2025

Conflict and violence are the main drivers of hunger in 14 of the 16 hotspots, while economic shocks and extreme weather make conditions worse.

AU warns Africa’s debt crisis is deepening as loan repayments outpace social spending
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Nov 11, 2025

The AU says more than half of Africans now live in countries spending more on debt repayments than on social services, calling for urgent G20-led refo...

African Union urges swift global action as Mali crisis deepens
Lucy Mumbi  |  Nov 10, 2025

AUC Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf said the worsening violence threatens to overwhelm communities, disrupt essential supplies and intensify instabil...

Race against time as scientists urge immediate action on climate tipping points
The Conversation  |  Nov 10, 2025

The International Court of Justice recently ruled that world leaders must take immediate action, on a level that hasn’t been seen before, to prevent c...

Senate urges swift action on Kenyans stranded in Russia, gender violence, mental health, and illegal construction
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Nov 09, 2025

Nominated Senator Hamida Kibwana sought urgent clarification from the Standing Committee on Labour and Social Welfare regarding Kenyan youth who trave...

Sudan records nearly 2,000 cholera deaths as conflict exacerbates outbreak: Africa CDC
XINHUA  |  Nov 07, 2025

All 18 states in Sudan are affected by the ongoing cholera outbreak, with current hotspot areas including North Kordofan, White Nile, and Darfur, and...

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