US signs agreement to invest $1.3 billion in Tanzania’s health sector over the next five years

US signs agreement to invest $1.3 billion in Tanzania’s health sector over the next five years

The agreement, signed late on Wednesday, is similar to those struck with countries including Rwanda, Kenya and Uganda under US President Donald Trump’s “America First Global Health Strategy”, designed to make poorer nations more self-reliant as the ⁠US has dismantled foreign aid programmes.

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East African Community to celebrate World Kiswahili Day in Burundi from July 5-7

East African Community to celebrate World Kiswahili Day in Burundi from July 5-7

More than 300 delegates, including language experts, policymakers and Kiswahili enthusiasts from the eight member-states of the East African Community (EAC), are expected to gather in Bujumbura, Burundi, next month for celebrations marking World Kiswahili Language Day and the third East African Kiswahili Commission (EAKC) conference, an official announced on...

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South African President Ramaphosa rejigs Government of National Unity with a cabinet reshuffle

South African President Ramaphosa rejigs Government of National Unity with a cabinet reshuffle

The structural adjustments also introduced several new deputy ministers from the DA, including Alexandra Abrahams for electricity and energy, Jack Bloom for water and sanitation and Yusuf Cassim for higher education.

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Kenya Railways and Kisumu County chiefs eye Railways City on 100-acre land that will serve as East Africa’s logistics hub

Kenya Railways and Kisumu County chiefs eye Railways City on 100-acre land that will serve as East Africa’s logistics hub

The SGR extension from Narok to Kisumu officially commenced on Thursday, marking a major milestone in Kenya’s transport infrastructure development and positioning Kisumu as a regional railway and logistics hub in East Africa.

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Dumping cabbage for liseveve: How indigenous vegetables in western Kenya are regaining ‘freedom’ from colonial species

Dumping cabbage for liseveve: How indigenous vegetables in western Kenya are regaining ‘freedom’ from colonial species

Farmers cultivating black nightshade (lisutsa or managu), amaranth (murere), spider plant (tsisaga), cowpea leaves (likhuvi / shikhuvi) and liseveve (pumpkin leaves – pictured) say the crops now generate higher returns than exotic vegetables

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It is not just competition of who’ll win the World Cup, the world is also watching ‘who’s next manager to get the axe’

It is not just competition of who’ll win the World Cup, the world is also watching ‘who’s next manager to get the axe’

The Netherlands’ Ronald Koeman, Ecuador’s Sebastian Beccacece, Uruguay’s Marcelo Bielsa and South Korea’s Hong Myung-bo are the latest to step down following the departures of Scotland’s Steve Clarke, the Czech Republic’s Miroslav Koubek and Tunisia’s Sabri Lamouchi.

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Governor Anyang-Nyong’o draws up six-point plan to re-imagine Kisumu’s image sullied by runaway insecurity

Governor Anyang-Nyong’o draws up six-point plan to re-imagine Kisumu’s image sullied by runaway insecurity

The security team announced plans to institutionalise community policing through village and neighbourhood committees aimed at improving intelligence gathering and promoting proactive policing.

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US Senate committee chair brands state agencies ‘thoroughly corrupt’, censures drug firms and mainstream media for lying about Covid vaccines

US Senate committee chair brands state agencies ‘thoroughly corrupt’, censures drug firms and mainstream media for lying about Covid vaccines

“Prior to 2021, on average VAERS reported about 280 deaths associated with various vaccines,” Johnson said. “With the advent of the Covid injections, they reported 21,000 worldwide deaths. So 280 on average to all of a sudden 21,000.”

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Ruling Communist Party of China marks 105 years of sustained robust resilience and economic transformation in human history

Ruling Communist Party of China marks 105 years of sustained robust resilience and economic transformation in human history

The CPC’s strength lies in its institutional architecture, which features the centralised, unified leadership of the CPC Central Committee, its local committees, over 5.43 million primary-level organisations, and over 101 million members nationwide. This system gives the Party a formidable capacity to mobilise and unite the 1.4 billion Chinese people

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