Mysterious death of primary school pupil in Kenya’s Kakamega County rekindles debate on decriminalisation of suicide
In 2020, a report by a national taskforce on mental health also called for decriminalisation of attempted suicide. It also called for a national suicide registry to improve access to mental healthcare, suicide crisis support and data on suicide and suicidal attempts. These recommendations would support the country’s suicide prevention strategy.
Analysts: M23 capture of Goma in eastern Congo likely to open floodgates for illicit gold exports to Dubai via Rwanda and Kenya
A lightning advance in Congo’s mineral-rich eastern borderlands is set to boost the M23 rebellion’s illegal mining revenues, with analysts predicting a further surge in illicit trade in minerals including coltan and gold through neighbouring Rwanda. The Rwanda-backed insurgency entered Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s largest city, this week,...
Dead bodies strewn on streets in Goma as US, France, Belgium embassy attacked as Kenya’s is looted by mobs in Kinshasa
The Rwandan, French, US, Ugandan, Kenyan, Dutch and Belgian embassies were targeted. Videos posted online and verified by experts showed dozens of people looting the Kenyan embassy, while others showed looting had spread to other locations including a supermarket.
Rwandan-backed M23 rebels swarm eastern Congo’s capital Goma in major conflict escalation, new-borns killed
Corneille Nangaa, leader of the Congo River Alliance that includes the M23, said his forces controlled the city. His claim could not be independently verified amid conflicting accounts of the situation as the sound of explosions, heavy artillery and gunfire resounded all day.
Official: Incidents of gender-based violence in rural Kenya on the rise as little is done to protect women
GBV activists in Elgeyo Marakwet County led by Jackline Koech called for the enactment of a GBV policy in the county saying its lack has affected the fight against the rising cases of GBV. Ms Koech further said the lack of policy has made it impossible to get financial allocation from the county government as there were no guidelines put in place for the same.
Sixty senior career officials at USAID suspected to have been hostile to Trump placed on ‘excused absence’
Those being put on leave comprised career staff in the leadership positions of almost all USAID bureaus based in Washington, with roles ranging from energy security to water security, children’s education and digital technology, two of the sources said. Staff in the agency’s general counsel’s office were among those targeted.
Some 300,000 Gaza residents stream home to the north after hostage breakthrough
Despite the ceasefire agreement, Palestinian hospital officials said a bulldozer driver was killed by an Israeli missile along the coastal road west of Nuseirat camp in central Gaza Strip. There was no immediate Israeli comment.
Used and dumped by power wielders, Kenyan youth finding relief in farming as executive and legislature wreck economy
During the anti-tax protests last year, there was unanimity among the youth – referred to as Gen-Z or Young Generation – that the country’s wobbly economy was s an outcome of a thieving executive and a compliant parliament.
How erratic healthcare has enabled herbalist in rural Kenya to rake in profits treating whooping cough, syphilis, diarrhoea and toothaches
Despite his humble beginnings, Lemaiyian is now a permanent fixture in Kericho town and its environs, where he administers traditional herbs on the streets, where has as established a business with high prospects, by prescribing cures for a stubborn diseases such as whooping cough, syphilis, diarrhoea and toothaches.
