Colonial pitfalls of vaccination: How a health system perpetuates historical marginalisation and political humiliation
In Covid-19 vaccines, we have an extremely impressive piece of biotechnology. But they won’t do their job if the health system ends up perpetuating historical marginalisation and political humiliation. People get uneasy when the vaccinator shows up and says they must have a “jab”, especially while other forms of healthcare...
Fight against malaria in tropical regions ramped up with WHO approval of first vaccine in Africa
In a momentous and long-awaited decision, the World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended the wide rollout of a malaria vaccine to protect children in Africa. That opens the way for countries to decide how to use the vaccine, the first ever to be approved for a parasitic disease, as part...
Ethiopia ready to annihilate Tigray and Oromia after acquiring Iranian-made unmanned aerial vehicles
In the latest effort to halt the advancing Tigray Defence Force (TDF) and Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), Ethiopia is said to have purchased several Iranian-made Mohajer-6 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Plant SkySat satellite images analysed by Bellingcat.com identified two Mohajer-6 UAVs and a Ground Control Station (GCS) at Semara airport...
A Nigerian’s public outcry against graft is proportional to distance to dabble in it
On June 13, 1988, Pini Jason Onyegbaduo (1948 – 2013), a popular Nigerian columnist, propounded a “Hypothesis of Corruption.” The hypothesis was intellectually articulated in the now-defunct THISWEEK newsmagazine. But unknown to Pini Jason, he had developed what would become known as the “Jason’s Law of Corruption.” The “Law” would...
‘Let’s endure the pain,’ CJ Maraga says as he advises Kenya president to dissolve parliament
Kenya’s Chief Justice David Maraga has kicked up a political storm after he asked President Uhuru Kenyatta to dissolve the country’s parliament for failing to enact laws to end discrimination of women in appointive and elective positions. Justice Maraga, who seen as a paragon of the rule of law since...
Africa in race to secure 220m coronavirus vaccine doses
While the race to find safe and effective Covid-19 vaccines continues, African countries are signing up to a ground-breaking initiative, which aims to secure at least 220 million doses of the vaccine for the continent, once licensed and approved. All 54 countries on the continent have expressed interest in Covax,...
No time for half-hearted noise or waiting games, Kenya needs a revolution – US agency report
After three elections in which the opposition appeared to have won convincingly only for the electoral body and some foreign observers to give the verdict to the governing party, there are questions about whether Kenya can be the standard bearer in Africa, having held elections periodically since independence in 1963.In...
Malindi fishermen decry lack of rescue boats
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Drug abuse takes root in Garissa
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How police ‘arrested’ Uhuru’s focus on anti-terror tenders
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