748 Air Services expands to new route.
Aviation firm, 748 Air Services launches flights to Mombasa and Ukunda today, as celebrations for Madaraka day get underway. On 20th May this year, the Charter Airline company initiated direct daily flights to Kisumu. Cabinet Secretary for Sports, ...
Bomb Kills 2 CAR Police Officers, 3 Russian Paramilitaries.
A military convoy struck a roadside bomb in the northwest of the conflict-wracked Central African Republic, leaving two policemen and three Russian paramilitaries dead, the government said on Sunday. Tensions have been high in the country of 4.7 milli ...
WHO Calls for 20 Million COVID Vaccine Doses for Africa.
The World Health Organization is asking for 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine for African countries, to administer second doses to those who have received their first shot. After three weeks of declining rates of COVID-19 infections in Africa, the ...
Breaking taboos: Arab podcasts talk sex.
Porn, masturbation and anal sex: taboo-breaking podcasts for Arab audiences are shattering the silence which has stymied sex education at home and in the classroom. "There's a growing appetite for relatable content," said Hebah Fisher of the UAE-based ...
wajir governor back at his village.
Wajir Governor Mohammed Abdi has been impeached. A total of 25 senators voted in favour of the ouster motion on Monday night. Two senators voted against the motion while four abstained. The impeachment takes effect immediately, though Governor A ...
Chile’s Palestinian community, largest outside Mideast, protests airstrikes.
Chile's Palestinian community -- the largest outside the Middle East with more than 300,000 people -- protested on Tuesday, in Santiago against the bloodshed caused by Israeli airstrikes. More than a thousand people met at the Club Palestino football ...
Japanese Medical Group Calls for Cancellation of Tokyo Olympics.
A top medical organisation in Japan, has thrown its weight behind calls to cancel the Tokyo Olympics, saying hospitals are already overwhelmed as the country battles a spike in coronavirus infections less than three months from the start of the Summer Ga ...
Burundi: Floods from rising Lake Tanganyika affect 8000 families
Recent flooding from the rising waters of Lake Tanganyika at the port of Bujumbura in Burundi, has affected 8,000 families. Around 2000 people are displaced in lakeside communities including Bugarama, Kanyenkoko, Muhuta, Nyanza-Lac, Gatumba, Rukaramu, ...
More than 800 migrants rescued at sea head to itally.
Two Italian ports faced an influx of hundreds of migrants on Saturday, as a charity ship sailed toward a Sicilian port with 236 people rescued in the Mediterranean from traffickers' boats. The Italian coast guard and border police brought 532 others t ...
Tanzania issues new Covid guidelines for travellers
Dowladda Tansaaniya ayaa soo saartay tilmaamo cusub oo ku saabsan cudurka loo yaqaan 'coronavirus', oo ay ka mid tahay muddo 14 maalmood ah oo karantiil ah oo loogu talagalay dadka imaanaya dalka. Tallaabadani waxay khuseysaa ajaanibta iyo muwaadiniin ...