Africa Kenya 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
Africa Kenya 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
Africa Kenya 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
Africa Kenya Kenya Airways presented its financial results for the first half of the year noting a profit after tax for the first time since 2013
Africa Kenya 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
Africa Kenya 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
Africa Kenya 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
Africa Kenya President Ruto announced the dismissal of the entire government, with the exception of the vice-president and the foreign minister, after 'listening to what the people have said and after an overall evaluation of the performance of my office'
Africa Kenya Youth groups across the country organised themselves online and called for the '7 days of justice': seven days of protests across Kenya to ring reminder bells on the corruption and unfairness plaguing the system
Africa Kenya More protests took place against the controversial tax bill that provides for tax increases that opposers claim will raise the cost of living for people already struggling to make ends meet
Africa Kenya The 'Strengthening Early Warning and Preventive Action Systems in Kenya' initiative, financed by Italian Cooperation and implemented by United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, will kick off to improve resilience against natural disasters
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