Regarding the death toll, one may rely on a literal reading of the archives, which consistently report 35 deaths (or 70 in one officer’s report, phras...
Global energy employment hit 76 million in 2024, growing nearly twice as fast as the wider economy, the IEA reports, but warns severe skills shortages...
A Lancet trial in two UK hospitals found that screening women at 36 weeks and offering early-term delivery to those at high risk cut term pre-eclampsi...
Local experts said the decision underscores Sudanese cultural identity, particularly amid the ongoing civil war, which has led to widespread deaths, d...
WHO confirms drone strikes in Sudan’s South Kordofan killed 114 people, including 63 children, hitting a kindergarten and hospital. The agency urges a...
A Lancet series and WHO warn that rising ultra-processed food consumption is fuelling non-communicable diseases worldwide, with growing impacts in Ken...
At the forum, an additional 15 National Health Compacts, country-led, five-year reform plans that align health and finance institutions behind measura...
WHO and the World Bank report 1.6 billion people pushed deeper into poverty by health costs and 4.6 billion lacking essential services, as Kenya and o...
The 2026 World Cup draw in Washington set heavyweight clashes, including England-Croatia and Brazil-Scotland, outlined host paths for USA, Canada and...
World Bank Group’s Chief Economist and Senior Vice President for Development Economics, Indermit Gill, therefore warns that despite the improving glob...
The Arab region recorded its hottest year on record in 2024, with 35 extreme events causing over 300 deaths and affecting 3.77 million people, as WMO...
A new WHO report finds rising malaria drug and insecticide resistance, 282 million cases and 610,000 deaths in 2024, even as vaccines and new tools av...
The WHO’s latest annual update shows impressive progress since 2000: intervention has saved an estimated 14 million lives worldwide over the last quar...
Local actors, state and non-state, are no longer passive recipients of external interference. They are active participants in shaping their own securi...
The core contestation is between commodifying land through individual rights and markets, versus protecting it as a social good through communal right...
Kenya is intensifying engagement with WADA and rolling out anti-doping reforms as it seeks to exit the global Watchlist and avoid sanctions ahead of 2...
New data from African trials and global studies show long-acting HIV injections can match daily pills for viral suppression and prevention, with fewer...
World Bank data shows Generative AI skills now attract wage premiums of up to 36 per cent worldwide, as vacancies surge across ICT and white-collar ro...
The 2026 FIFA World Cup draw takes place Friday, December 5 in Washington, setting groups and opening fixtures for the first 48‑team tournament across...
Deputy Governor Josphat Chirema Kombo urged residents, particularly the youth, to make HIV testing a routine part of their health care, saying early k...
A World Bank and CAK report warns that 30-year leases of Kenya’s state sugar mills, after major debt write-offs and grants, may entrench dominance and...
Turkana County leaders used World AIDS Day in Lodwar to warn of rising HIV infections and deaths, unveil new highway health outreach, and urge shared...
Somalia’s Health Ministry has raised Marburg virus surveillance after confirmed cases in Ethiopia, reinforcing border monitoring, rapid-response teams...
Kenya has been ranked Africa’s most competitive economy and 56th globally in the IMD 2025 World Competitiveness Ranking, reflecting structural reforms...
Amir added that the decision followed what Iran described as "unsportsmanlike actions" by US authorities relating to the December 5 draw in Washington...
Nairobi will stage the first stop of the SVNS 2 circuit on February 14–15, a landmark achievement for the country as it steps back onto the world rugb...
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