Politics or banditry: Speculation rife as Kenya’s military chief dies in suspect helicopter crash
Gen Ogolla, 61, was on a tour of the country’s troubled western region that has seen frequent attacks by local bandits. He was appointed Kenya’s Chief of Defence Forces in April last year after Gen Robert Kibochi retired.
Explainer: How UN food security agency uses deaths and malnutrition to declare famine
In the 21st century, climate-related famines have largely been averted thanks to an innovative tool to track acute hunger, developed during the crisis in Somalia in 2004 by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and now used by humanitarian agencies worldwide. This initiative is called the Integrated Security Phase Classification or IPC.
Kenya telecoms operator Safaricom posts $1.07 billion earnings for full year to March
Overall group service revenue grew 13.4 per cent year on year to 335 billion shillings. Safaricom group’s M-Pesa mobile financial services business grew 8.8 per cent to 117.2 billion shillings, while mobile data revenue grew 11.4 per cent to 54 billion shillings, the company said in a statement.
US contractors land in Haiti to build base for UN forces as Kenyan contingent reassembles in Nairobi
The Kenyan contingent that will deploy reassembled this week for the first time since the Kenyan government announced in March that the deployment would be delayed, said a Kenyan security official, who asked not to be named.
Bamako-bound Boeing 737 catches fire, skids off runway at Senegal airport and injures 10 people
The incident has raised scrutiny of Boeing to the highest level since two crashes of Boeing 737 Max jets in 2018 and 2019 that killed 346 people. About a dozen relatives of passengers who died in the second crash have been pushing the US government to revive a criminal fraud charge against the company by determining that Boeing violated terms of a 2021 settlement.
AstraZeneca withdraws dangerous Covid vaccines worldwide that cause blood-clots, memory loss
Despite these known dangers, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in December 2021 that the AstraZeneca vaccine was “excellent,” adding that “there is no indication to not use it.” The WHO reiterated these claims in June 2022, saying the AstraZeneca vaccine is “safe and effective for all individuals aged 18 and above.”
Haiti’s transitional council rejigs its operations as it navigates political turmoil, gang violence
Instead of having a single council president, four longtime politicians will take turns leading the council every five months, according to two members who were not authorised to publicly share the changes because they had not yet been announced.
China’s economy rumbles from a lull as exports, imports return to growth signalling demand recovery
China’s economy grew faster than expected in the first quarter, although data on exports, consumer inflation, producer prices and bank lending for March showed that momentum could be faltering again. A protracted property crisis is also showing few signs of abating, spurring calls for more policy stimulus.
Relief for patients as Kenyan doctors agree to end national strike after almost two months
The end of the strike comes as a relief to millions of Kenyans seeking health services from public hospitals that had been crippled by the strike. Some hospitals had decided to hire temporary doctors for emergency services.
Bulldozers kill three people as Kenya government demolishes shanties on riparian land in Nairobi
President William Ruto, who visited the vast Mathare informal settlement along the Nairobi River on Monday, said those whose houses had been demolished would be given Ksh10,000 ($75) compensation to help them resettle elsewhere.
Hereditary politics: Tyrants, be it in Uganda or Chad, are self-perpetuating bloodhounds
Both Yoweri Tibuhaburwa Museveni of Uganda and Idriss Deby of Chad have a few similarities: They both loved power to the extent of excluding others from accessing it so long as they ruled; relied heavily on their armies, which they personalised; organised regular elections not to lose power to others, but simply to show that elective politics worked to prove their popularity; preferred politicomilitary politics to civilian politics and ensured that soldiers were in every civic space as dominants; and believed everything started with themselves and ended with themselves. The military is a t the centre of the electoral process.
Truth behind the fake meat industry: New film exposes in detail health risks of lab-grown meat
Considering the well-established effects of ultra-processed foods, it’s only a matter of time before the truth comes out about the health effects of lab-grown and cultured meats, which are the epitome of ultra-processed food.
