Cooking and coughing: Respiratory diseases surge in Kenya as 20 million people burn wood to save money
Respiratory diseases have been the most prevalent diseases in Kenya for the past several years and are on the rise, according to government authorities, with 19.6 million reported cases last year. Burning biomass such as firewood is the largest contributor to those diseases, said Evans Amukoye, a scientist with the Kenya Medical Research Institute’s respiratory diseases research centre.
Resilience facility: IMF in staff level agreement with Kenya, urges fiscal consolidation
Although Kenya has been facing liquidity challenges since 2022, it managed to sell a new $1.5 billion Eurobond from international markets in February, albeit at a steep price, to partly buy back another Eurobond that is maturing in June.
New study in Kenya’s Samburu national park finds African elephants call each unique names
Researchers tested their results by playing recordings to individual elephants, who responded more energetically, ears flapping and trunk lifted, to recordings that contained their names. Sometimes elephants entirely ignored vocalizations addressed to others.
Central Bank of Kenya to use part of World Bank loan to make $500 million bond payment
Kenya’s economy is estimated to have grown 5.8 per cent in the first quarter of this year after 2023 growth of 5.6 per cent.
Why Environment Day is a solemn moment of reflection on how humanity interacts with surroundings
Unfortunately, education and the products of education at the time were also individualistic; a consequence of disciplinary knowledge production, management and transfer. This fact undermined the IEC-U. There was a critical shortage of people with integrated minds to drive the mission of IEC-U towards realizing its vision of integrated conservation of the environment of Uganda.
Central Bank of Kenya retains base lending rate at 13 per cent on strength of stable inflation
The Kenyan shilling has stabilised against the dollar after the government successfully raised $1.5 billion from international markets in February to partially buy back another bond that is maturing in June.
Divine quest: Kenya’s President Ruto, wife Rachel turn to evangelical pastors to intercede in Haiti mission
Not everyone is convinced by the Kenyan pastors’ strategy. Evangelicals themselves have a complex history in Haiti, where they have poured resources into humanitarian projects but also faced criticism for ethical scandals, including alleged child trafficking by some missionaries after a devastating 2010 earthquake, and for preaching intolerance of local spiritual practices.
Ethiopia cannot be an ally and at the same time an aggressor, Somalia warns and threatens to expel Ethiopian troops
Relations between Mogadishu and Addis Ababa nosedived earlier this year after landlocked Ethiopia agreed to lease 20 km (12 miles) of coastline from Somaliland – a part of Somalia which claims independence and has had effective autonomy since 1991, but has failed to win international recognition.
Ugandan breastmilk donors give mothers hope as the once frowned upon act of godliness is embraced
ATTA Breastmilk Community was launched in 2021 in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, by a woman who had struggled like Ikendi without getting support. The registered nonprofit, backed by grants from organisations and individuals, is the only group outside a hospital setting in Uganda that conserves breast milk in substantial amounts.
Kenya, backed by EU, agrees to help Seychelles prosecute piracy suspects in Indian Ocean
On May 14, six suspected pirates were handed over to the Seychelles authorities for trial by Operation Atalanta, after being involved in an attack on the Marshall Islands-flagged Merchant Vessel Chrystal Arctic on 10 May.
