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Many had responded to advertisements for customer service jobs but were later forced to work in scam compounds, where, according to survivors, they fa...
CS Mutua also responded to allegations by Nominated Senator Gloria Orwoba, who claimed that the Labour Mobility Program, intended to create employment...
The international community is at a “critical inflexion point,” the UNODC said, urging that failure to address the problem would have “unprecedented c...
In Africa, fault lines stretching across the continent pose serious risks, yet preparedness remains low.
There are fears that the aftershocks may persist for months following such a major earthquake, given that Myanmar is in a highly tectonically active r...
Dan, who gave only his first name for safety and privacy reasons, is among 78 Kenyans who arrived at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on Saturday a...
The final group of 78 arrived in Nairobi on Saturday following a successful repatriation effort spearheaded by the Kenyan Embassy in Thailand.
United Nations aid chief Tom Fletcher spent Friday night in Myanmar's second-biggest city, Mandalay, near the epicentre of the quake, posting on X tha...
The World Economic Forum recommends that buildings be fitted with "base isolation" systems to separate the building from its foundations using springs...
Myanmar's military ruler Min Aung Hlaing said the death toll from Friday's 7.7 magnitude quake reached 2,719 as of Tuesday morning and was expected to...
The civil war in Myanmar, where the junta seized power in a coup in 2021, has complicated efforts to reach those injured and made homeless by the Sout...
Citizens are advised to stay alert and follow local news and official updates for information on aftershocks and emergency response efforts.
A civil war in the Southeast Asian nation, where a military junta seized power in a coup in 2021, was complicating efforts to reach those injured and...
The quake devastation has piled more misery on Myanmar, which was already in chaos from a civil war that grew out of a nationwide uprising after a 202...
The junta chief, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, warned that the number of fatalities could go up and his administration faced a challenging situation...
The 7.7-magnitude quake, one of Myanmar's strongest in a century, jolted the Southeast Asian nation on Friday, leaving 1,644 people dead, 3,408 injure...
Friday's 7.7 magnitude quake, among the biggest to jolt the Southeast Asian nation in the last century, crippled airports, bridges and highways.
Friday’s quake, which measured 7.7 magnitude and has killed more than 1,600 people, has come at a vulnerable moment for the country, after four years...
Earthquake toll in Myanmar jumps to 1,002 with 2,376 injured
The plate boundary between the India Plate and Eurasia Plate runs approximately north-south, cutting through the middle of the country," said Joanna F...
Witnesses in Bangkok said people ran out onto the streets in panic, many of them hotel guests in bathrobes and swimming costumes as water cascaded dow...
Authorities from Thailand, China and Myanmar had earlier dismantled scam centres along the border where thousands of foreigners had been trapped in fo...
The Diaspora Affairs Ministry is requesting Sh120 million to repatriate Kenyans stuck in Thailand, Lebanon, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)...
The stories of how the victims fall prey to their traffickers mirror those given by those who get trafficked elsewhere on tourist visas.
Kenyan Ambassador to Thailand Kiptiness Lindsay Kimwole has revealed that Thailand has imposed strict regulations on foreigners stranded at the border...
Appearing before parliament on Wednesday, Cabinet Secretary Alfred Mutua said the Ministry’s Secretariat has assisted victims of abuse in several coun...
The individuals were freed by two armed groups, the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) and the Border Guard Force (BGF), but are still unable to cr...
Many of those stranded were lured with promises of jobs that never materialised.
The Kenyans were among hundreds of foreigners trafficked into the country late last year and coerced into participating in online fraud schemes, inclu...
