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.
Interpol links increased activity of ISIS in Kenya, Tanzania and DRC to political instability and socioeconomic challenges
Thirty-seven suspected terrorists, including suspected members of Islamic State, have been arrested across East Africa over the past two months, the global police body Interpol said on Monday. Interpol, which is headquartered in France, said the arrests had been made during November and December during operations conducted jointly with the...
DRC military surrender, Goma residents flee after Rwanda-backed rebels roll into eastern Congo’s largest city
As the M23 rebels entered Goma, a fire at the city’s Munzenze Prison on Monday morning resulted in the escape of thousands of inmates. “All the prisoners who were detained came out, whether women, men or minors, everyone came out,” said Mwamisyo Ndungo, one of the escapees who estimated that more than 2,000 fled the facility.
Conflicted CIA director nominee: Why Democrats and world are worried about John Ratcliffe’s role in 2020 US election mess
As is customary for government officials, Ratcliffe has vowed to avoid “any actual or apparent conflict of interest” by selling stocks and recusing himself from any matter in which he had a personal stake. For Hauser, however, that does not erase the risk that his ties to the industry will affect his judgment on a technology that many critics say has yet to prove its usefulness.
How English Premier League’s financial rules are working to check influx of dirty money, enforce fair-play
There is, inevitably, to a concentration of talent in the Premier League. At a very generous estimate, there are perhaps a dozen clubs left on the continent with the financial clout to pay a competitive fee (and salary) to sign a player from England’s top flight. The days when English clubs regarded their European counterparts as predators are long gone. Now, they see them almost exclusively as prey.
Hours after M23 and allies announce Goma capture, UN Security Council demands rebels halt offensive in eastern Congo
The UN Security Council urged Rwanda and the DRC to return to talks to achieve peace and address issues related to the presence of Rwanda Defence Forces in the eastern Congo and Congolese support for the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR).
