Africa Kenya The ban imposed in some parts of the country on muguka, an alkaline plant variety of the popular stimulant known as khat, or miraa, has been lifted by President Ruto
Africa Kenya Kenya has been nominated by US President Joe Biden as a major non-NATO ally, making it the first sub-Saharan African country to receive this designation
Africa Kenya Kenyan doctors have ended their 56-day strike that paralysed the public health system as an agreement was reportedly reached with the government; the issue of the remuneration of trainee doctors remains, a matter that will now be decided by a court
Africa Kenya The reopening of schools planned for next week has been postponed until further notice by President Ruto, due to the heavy rains and flooding that killed at least 200 people and displaced over 190.000
Africa Kenya General Francis Ogolla, Kenya's Chief of Defence Forces, died in an helicopter crash with other 9 soldiers; an investigation on the accident has been opened
Africa Kenya The Fertilizer Finance Mechanism for Africa, a special fund of the African Development Bank Group, has launched a US$2 million credit guarantee program to increase fertilizer use by Kenyan smallholder farmers
Africa Kenya Doctors at public hospitals have ended their 7th day of nationwide strike, accusing the government of failing to implement promises contained in the 2017 collective bargaining agreement, signed after a 100-day strike that saw people die from lack of care
Africa Kenya Kenya's head of parliament has ordered the Ministry of Education to investigate allegations that Daystar University, a private Christian school near Nairobi, forces Muslim students to attend Christian services
Africa Kenya During the recent recruitment of 15.000 young people for the National youth service, a kind of national guard, a group in Thika, Kiambu county, has been disqualified because of tattoos on various parts of their body
Africa Kenya The City Hall building in Nairobi has become the first government building in Africa to be certified as a 'green building' by the World Bank's International finance corporation
Africa Kenya Kenyan beekeepers are abandoning traditional honey harvesting to exploit the growing market for bee venom, a substance that is gaining popularity in alternative medicine, with the non-lethal extraction process revolutionising the industry
Africa Kenya Thousands of people, with a majority of women, took to the streets Saturday to demonstrate in the wake of recent cases of feminicide that have shocked public opinion; it was the largest movement against gender-based violence ever organised in the country
Africa Kenya Kenya will abandon the Government to Government agreement, an oil supply deal with 3 national oil exporters in the Gulf launched by President William Ruto last spring in an attempt to halt the Kenyan shilling's freefall against foreign currencies