Kenya

The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority has decided to block Telegram throughout Kenya to 'fight against exam fraud'

The construction of the Rironi-Mau Summit Highway is set to begin with funding from the Chinese government; a controversial news that follows the cancellation of the bid awarded to a French consortium by former President Kenyatta

WWF-Kenya adopted 25 hectares of degraded landscape in the Ngong Hills forest for reforestation, involving local communities in planting, contributing to the growth of forest ecosystems and providing livelihood opportunities for local people

Mazingira Day was observed on 10th October as national holiday dedicated to the environment; the key role of schoolchildren was awarded with a ceremony and the crucial action of the National Youth Service for planting 15 billion trees by 2030 was reminded

A businessman from Kitale, Bonface Koimburi Ndura, 78, has petitioned the Nairobi High Court for legal recognition of polygamy in Christian marriages through an amendment to the Marriage Act

Celebrating World Rhino Day at Sereolipi Primary School in Samburu County, Kenya announced the quadrupling of rhinos in three decades

An agreement was signed to allow 250.000 skilled and semi-skilled Kenyan workers to migrate to Germany as part of a new labour migration agreement aimed at solving the labour shortage

Arica VR Campus offers rural communities a first glimpse of the metaverse, an initiative that aims to show young people living in disadvantaged contexts an opportunity to learn about the possibilities offered by the technological tools of the future

First investigation into the college fire that killed 17 students revealed that the school dormitory where the students slept was 'overcrowded, in violation of safety standards', the National Commission for Gender Equality said

Kenya Airways presented its financial results for the first half of the year noting a profit after tax for the first time since 2013

Kenyan Emmanuel Wanyonyi (born 1 August 2004) won gold in the men's 800m final at the Paris 2024 Games and became the youngest athlete to win an Olympic gold medal in the speciality

The first index person diagnosed with Mpox at the Taita Taveta border last week has recovered; the Ministry of Health has stated that action is already underway to trace Kenyans who were in contact with the individual

To stop the spread of an invasive mosquito species that transmits malaria, the Kenya Medical Research Institute, in collaboration with Imperial College London, will introduce genetically modified mosquitoes