Olympics: Starved of action, Kenyan and South African rugby teams train together
Rugby Africa has embarked on preparation African teams that will represent the continent in the Tokyo Olympic Games by organising a training camp in South Africa. The preparations under #AficaAsOne campaign involve South Africa and Kenya, which have already qualified for the games, while Zimbabwe and Uganda will be using...
How South Africans who lost jobs since onset of Covid struggle to rebuild lives
Some 40 kilometres outside Cape Town, Leebah Bessick wipes sweat from her forehead as she digs a pitchfork into the earth at a neighbourhood community garden. It’s an unseasonably hot day at Blackheath Secondary School and even a shady corner of the garden offers Bessick and fellow gardeners little comfort...
ICC finds ex-Uganda’s LRA commander guilty of 61 crimes against humanity
Former Ugandan rebel leader facing charges of genocide and crimes against humanity the International Criminal Court (ICC), Mr Dominic Ongwen, was today May 6 sentenced to 25 years in prison following trial judgment in which the Trial Chamber IX found him guilty for a total of 61 crimes. Ongwen, who...
Tanzanian president dazzles Kenyans, resets creaky EAC trade and diplomatic ties
Not before has a Tanzanian president caught the attention and dazzled Kenyans as did the newly installed President Samia Suluhu Hassan during her maiden two-day tour, effortlessly pulling off a diplomatic coup that at the end of her visit endeared her to her hosts whose perception of her predecessors was...
Even in darkest realms of life, ‘Black and brown people are fetishes or body parts’
When Johnnie Keyes starred in Behind the Green Door, one of the first mainstream American adult films to feature a Black performer, he was credited merely as “African Stud.” It was 1972 and his co-performer Marilyn Chambers was a white woman, an influential casting decision that earned the film the...
The rich also cry: Couples make a killing as America’s ‘divorce industry’ booms
As Kenya and Africa in general experience a phenomenal rise in dissolution of marriages, divorce in the United States, Europe and other developed countries has transformed into a thriving industry from which couples are making a killing. The latest of such high-profile dissolution was announced on Monday this week when...
China’s Covid vaccines go global: If no option is offered, they’re a good choice
The World Health Organization (WHO) is considering approving two of China’s Covid-19 vaccines for emergency use, potentially opening the door to wide distribution in lower-income nations through the Covid-19 Vaccines Global Access (Covax) initiative. A successful outcome in the coming weeks might boost global confidence in these vaccines, say scientists....
Global pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca starts 120,000 tree project in Kenya
A reforestation initiative introduced in Kajiado County in Kenya will see AstraZeneca and Global EverGreening Alliance lead the efforts to restore degraded agricultural and forest lands through planting 120,000 trees. The project, 70 kilometres south of the capital Nairobi aligns with AstraZeneca’s Global sustainability commitment to environmental protection. The health...
First genetically modified mosquitoes released into open air in Florida, US
After a decade of fighting for regulatory approval and public acceptance, a biotechnology firm has released genetically engineered mosquitoes into the open air in the United States for the first time. The experiment, launched this week in the Florida Keys – over the objections of some local critics – tests...
Press Freedom: Journalists take risks, put stories first before own health and safety
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) May 3 launched on a European survey on, World Press Freedom Day, as part of a wider campaign to push for a safer and healthier working environment for journalists. “The safety of journalists has been in the spotlight in recent years as a record...
