Doctor prescribes rigid dietary regimen for rural folk in Kenya to keep pancreatic cancer at bay

Doctor prescribes rigid dietary regimen for rural folk in Kenya to keep pancreatic cancer at bay

Dr Philip Blasto says some of the high risk factors include smoking, obesity, having a family history of diabetes adding that some people inherit the gene from their parents that raise their risk of pancreatic cancer.

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Keeping healthy with the dead: How Zimbabweans try to outpace death with exercise at club in a cemetery

Keeping healthy with the dead: How Zimbabweans try to outpace death with exercise at club in a cemetery

At dawn, 65-year-old Nelly Mutandwa swapped her pyjamas for leggings, a T-shirt and sneakers. She grabbed a bottle of water before heading to an unconventional workout spot: a cemetery in Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare. Surrounded by rows of graves, she joined other members of the Commandos Fitness Club in an hour-long...

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Remembering Sam Nujoma: First born in a family of 11, how Namibia’s fiery freedom fighter steered his country to freedom in 1990

Remembering Sam Nujoma: First born in a family of 11, how Namibia’s fiery freedom fighter steered his country to freedom in 1990

Sam Nujoma built ties with North Korea, Cuba, Russia and China, some of which had supported Namibia’s liberation movement by providing arms and training. But he balanced that with outreach to the West, and Nujoma was the first African leader to be hosted at the White House by former US President Bill Clinton in 1993. Clinton called Nujoma “the George Washington of his country” and “a genuine hero of the world’s movement toward democracy.”

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Fish farming propels Kakamega in western Kenya top of aquaculture as forecasts for 2025 show rapid growth

Fish farming propels Kakamega in western Kenya top of aquaculture as forecasts for 2025 show rapid growth

A non-governmental organisation, Green Life, says, “The forecast for aquaculture in Kenya is largely positive. In 2025, the Kenyan population is estimated to be 56 million people. Assuming that the average consumption per capita remains at 4.3 kilogrammes per capita, this implies a total estimated consumption of 241,000 tonnes of fish in 2025.”

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Kenya builds 23,000 cubic litre per hour borehole to serve 500 households, 10,000 heads of cattle in semi-arid north

Kenya builds 23,000 cubic litre per hour borehole to serve 500 households, 10,000 heads of cattle in semi-arid north

Following the completion of the project, the regional and national government say they will follow the project with reinstating the Ksh4.6 billion ($35.604 million) hunger safety net programme (HSNP) that had been paused in eight arid and semi-arid Lands (ASALs) counties for lack of funding four months ago.

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After revoking Biden security intelligence access, Trump adds Antony Blinken and Jake Sullivan on the list

After revoking Biden security intelligence access, Trump adds Antony Blinken and Jake Sullivan on the list

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth last month revoked the personal security detail and security clearance for Mark Milley, a retired Army general and former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

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