Americans now admit no ‘natural’ or human origin of Covid, confirms evidence virus leaked from Wuhan lab
The Trump administration last week launched a revamped version of the government’s official Covid-19 website. The site is now dedicated exclusively to detailing evidence of the “true origins” of Covid-19” which the White House says escaped from a lab in Wuhan, China.
Kenya secures $25 million from World Bank to fund national youth opportunities programme
The NYOTA programme targets youth aged between 18 and 29 (and up to 35 years for Persons with Disability – PWD) aims to address unemployment, enhance income generation and promote a savings culture among the target group.
Vatican announces Pope Francis’ funeral will be held on Saturday, many world leaders expected
The Pope started to feel unwell at around 5:30 a.m. (0330 GMT) on Monday and was promptly attended to by his team. More than an hour later he made a gesture of farewell to his ever-present nurse, Massimiliano Strappetti and slipped into a coma, the Vatican’s official media channel said.
Urbanisation: With a population of nearly 6,000, Malava Town in western Kenya on cusp of municipal status
Once formed, the Municipal Board will play a critical role in planning and managing urban growth, ensuring that the town becomes a hub for sustainable development and economic activity in the region.
Scramble in Holy See: Guinean Cardinal Sarah among top contenders to replace fallen Pope Francis as head of Catholic Church
Any baptised Catholic male is eligible, although only cardinals have been selected since 1378. The winner must receive at least two-thirds of the vote from those cardinals under age 80 and thus eligible to participate. Pope Francis, who died on Monday, appointed the vast majority of electors, often tapping men who share his pastoral priorities, which suggests continuity rather than rupture.
Women football rivals athletics in Kenya’s tea-growing Kericho county as young girls embrace the sport
Women football players in Kericho County have received a significant boost following assurances of sponsorship and academy training under the Football Kenya Federation (FKF). Kericho, like most parts of Kenya’s Rift Valley is known to produce athletics world beaters, but football now penetrating the grassroots in a county synonymous with...
How President Museveni and ruling NRM preside over ethnic cleansing of Uganda’s economy
Ethnic cleansing is not genocide, which can, biologically-speaking, be reduced to “genetic death”- the death of genes. Genes are the building blocks of all living things. Genocide does not discriminate between all ethnic groups in an affected area. They suffer equally. However, ethnic cleansing targets a particular ethnic group or a few ethnic groups. It can involve one ethnic group targeting one ethnic group genetically extinguishing or other ethnic groups, often violently.
After years of grassroots mobilisation, 700 young Maasai girls spurn genital mutilation for alternative rite of passage
During the three-day session, over 700 girls aged between 10-17 years received training on life skills and decision making, sexual and reproductive health, child rights and gender equality, hygiene and personal care and education and career aspirations.
Great grandchildren of former slave owners and slaves in the Caribbean up the ante for reparations at UN meeting
The Geneva-based Human Rights Council has called for global action for years, including reparations, apologies and educational reforms to make amends for racism against people of African descent. The 15-nation Caribbean Community, known as CARICOM, has a 10-point plan for reparatory justice, starting with demands for European countries where enslaved people were kept and traded to issue formal apologies.
Divine message: Catholic cleric blasts Kenya president’s reckless borrowing, misuse of loans
The cleric further termed human organ trafficking as unacceptable saying a person can donate their organ upon demise through a will to be used by patients who want it.
