Another contingent of 200 Kenyan police arrives in Haiti for UN-backed mission to stamp out criminal gangs
More Kenyans are expected to arrive in coming weeks and months and will be joined by police and soldiers from the Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Benin, Chad and Jamaica for a total of 2,500 personnel. They will be deployed in phases at a cost of some $600 million a year, according to the UN Security Council.
Housing: How rapid urban migration is piling pressure on cash-strapped Kenyan government
Kenya’s urban areas are home to a third of the country’s total population of about 55 million. Of those in urban areas, 70 per cent live in informal settlements marked by a lack of basic infrastructure, according to UN-Habitat.
No let up in protests as irate Kenyan youth demand president surrenders power to ‘competent’ leader
The protests came five days after President William Ruto dismissed all but one Cabinet minister and promised to form a broad-based, lean and efficient government in response to the protesters’ demands. The head of the police, who have been accused of brutality toward the demonstrators, resigned on Friday but protesters remained adamant that they will continue until the president steps down.
One killed as countrywide protests resume with ‘Ruto Must Go’ chants to press for removal of Kenyan president
At least 50 people have been killed in the protests to date, according to the government-funded Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR).
Ties that bind II: Why environmental and ecological politics, like Siamese twins, are critical to conservation
The ecological approach inherently recognises the complexity of our world and helps us understand it. If we are to understand the complexity of life, whether it be plant, animal, or human animal, we need to understand the complex systems of which they are a part. Leadership is no different. Leadership takes place in a variety of social and biological systems which are interdependent and mutually influencing
‘New era’ in malaria control begins with vaccination of children in Ivory Coast
In 2021, WHO endorsed the first malaria vaccine, known as Mosquirix, made by GSK. But that vaccine requires four doses and protection fades within months. GSK also previously said it would only be able to make about 15 million doses.
Poverty and inequality: UN honours Nelson Mandela’s fight for children’s rights and equity
The UN’s Goodwill Ambassador for the International Fund for Agricultural Development Sabreina Elba noted that since 2020, the wealth of the world’s five richest billionaires had more than doubled – while over half of humanity has become poorer.
Rwandan elections body says incumbet Kagame is on course to retaining seat with 99 per cent vote
Paul Kagame has led the East African country since he seized power as the head of rebels who took control of the government and ended the genocide in 1994. He was vice president and de facto leader from 1994 to 2000, when he became president.
Ties that bind: Why science is the thread that unites environmental, social, ecological, ecosystem dimensions of business and entrepreneurship
Academic knowledge is a specific form of knowledge that has characteristics that differentiate it from other kinds of knowledge, and particularly from knowledge or beliefs based solely on direct personal experience in the total environment. Therefore, academic knowledge is not all the knowledge that is available to humanity to fit in the total environment or bring about societal change.
S&P Global doesn’t expect recent protests in Kenya to derail IMF plans, will make rating call in August
Under pressure, Kenyan President William Ruto’s government took a step on Monday to try and keep the IMF on side, saying it would cut 2024-25 spending by 1.9 per cent to claw back some of the money that it had hoped to bring in from the now-scrapped tax hikes.
