Striking staff at Kenya’s main airport end two-day boycott after return-to-work agreement was reached

Striking staff at Kenya’s main airport end two-day boycott after return-to-work agreement was reached

Kenya Airways, in a statement, said it was in the process of normalizing the schedule and that “normal operations will resume within the next 24 hours.”

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Why Ruto’s unfinished 35-year old KPC-Ngong Forest land fraud is a stain Kenya’s judiciary

Why Ruto’s unfinished 35-year old KPC-Ngong Forest land fraud is a stain Kenya’s judiciary

The key legal question was whether the land had been properly degazetted (legally removed from forest status) before it was subdivided, allocated and later sold.

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Transition: America’s prime Black civil rights activist, Rev Jesse Jackson, waves world last goodbye as he ‘returns to the Pavilion’ aged 84

Transition: America’s prime Black civil rights activist, Rev Jesse Jackson, waves world last goodbye as he ‘returns to the Pavilion’ aged 84

Jesse Jackson famously marched with the Rev Martin Luther King Jr in civil rights demonstrations in the 1960s and was with King the morning he was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968.

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Why Nyerere called fairy love story of Botswana of President Seretse Khama and his White wife Ruth ‘one of the great love stories of the world’

And three governments – Britain, South Africa and Seretse’s own tribal council – mobilised to stop them. Seretse wrote to his uncle Tshekedi, the regent who had raised him since his father’s death, announcing his intention to marry Ruth. Tshekedi was horrified.

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Report says racism aimed at Aborigines, Africans, Chinese and Asians is ravaging Australian universities

Report says racism aimed at Aborigines, Africans, Chinese and Asians is ravaging Australian universities

Based on a survey of more than 76,000 students and staff at 42 universities, the report said that 70 per cent of respondents reported experiencing indirect racism.

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Hotels in Kenya’s coast region diversify into wellness tourism as demand surges

Hotels in Kenya’s coast region diversify into wellness tourism as demand surges

The resort now offers structured fitness activities including aqua aerobics, beach jogging and gym sessions aimed at promoting cardiovascular health and managing lifestyle-related conditions.

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Declassed records show US Energy Department’s lab-leak pivot was not driven by new intelligence

Declassed records show US Energy Department’s lab-leak pivot was not driven by new intelligence

Most records remain hidden within the latest 186-page tranche released by the DOE, which has long run intelligence operations that leverage its unique scientific and technological expertise to protect national security. Only a relatively small number of pages, mostly of internal email discussions, contain substantive, readable material.

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Chinese President Xi’s ‘zero-tariff’ for African countries hailed as a message for joint pursuit of modernisation

Chinese President Xi’s ‘zero-tariff’ for African countries hailed as a message for joint pursuit of modernisation

Multiple African enterprises targeting the Chinese market noted that the new measures, such as the zero-tariff policy, will bring them fresh opportunities to expand trade with China and enhance product competitiveness.

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