New investigation finds Germany knew about Covid lab leak in 2020 but hid evidence from public for political reasons
The FBI had evidence in 2021 that the virus leaked from a lab, but wasn’t allowed to present it, The Wall Street Journal reported last year. Investigative journalist Paul D. Thacker said major US news outlets have not reported on the German investigation “because it doesn’t fit their politics.”
Largest, most comprehensive study finds menthol cigarettes have higher death risk, especially for Black smokers
The alarming findings come at a critical time – just weeks after the FDA under the Trump administration withdrew a proposed Biden-era ban on menthol cigarettes and flavoured cigars amid tobacco industry pressure.
World apprehensive as some states in US push for digital ID adoption, fears of ‘surveillance-based technocracy’ rise
Several media reports have presented May 7 as a deadline for people to get a REAL ID-compliant driver’s licence if they intend to travel domestically by air on or after that date. For instance, Washington, DC-based radio station WTOP reported that “time is running out” for people to get a REAL ID-compliant ID card to travel domestically.
Some 100,000 motorsport fans descend on Kenya’s ‘Sin City’ for the fourth edition of World Rally Championship
The competition, which kicked off in Naivasha on Friday after President Ruto flagged it off at Nairobi’s Kasarani Stadium, is expected to push up local tourism inflows as small and large businesses open their doors for buyers.
Previously synonymous with ‘hot’ Indian cuisines pepper in Kenya is changing into a cash as demand surges on world market
Speaking during a farmers’ exhibition in Kandara, Murang’a, Kenya Agricultural Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) Director Crops System, Dr Lusike Wasilwa, said Kenya is serving less than half of its potential of its international market, with the United States of America, Netherlands, Germany, Russia, UK, Canada, France, UAE and Poland ready to buy Kenyan chilli.
Often misdiagnosed as tuberculosis lung cancer is emerging as a leading killer, doctors at Kenya’s main health facilities say
Non-Communicable Disease Alliance-Kenya (NCDA-Kenya) programme officer Gideon Ayodo says lung cancer is impoverishing families due to high cost of treatment.
East African Kiswahili scholars root for Africa’s widely spoken indigenous language to be medium of diplomacy
Prof Aduda told the more than 200 Kiswahili professionals converged at the university that Kiswahili was one of the languages that play a pivotal role in Africa and beyond in promoting peace, unity, socio-economic development and cultural diversity.
African Union peacekeepers in Somalia accused of widespread abuse blamed on blanket immunity
AU forces are credited with keeping successive Somali governments in power. In gruelling house-to-house urban warfare in 2011, AMISOM managed to push al-Shabaab out of the capital, Mogadishu, and took significant losses in the process.
Forgotten pioneer trade unionist remembered: Kabarnet Museum hnours ‘uhuru now’ hero Makhan Singh who fought for Kenya’s freedom
Makhan Singh, recognising the apathy of the colonising British, devoted himself to opposing injustice in both the land of his birth and his adopted home. Singh’s determination to lay the basis for a more just politics in India and Kenya is inspiring and encourages us to imagine morally and ethically defensible futures, writes Dasgupta
EAC and SADC ministers merge Luanda and Nairobi processes under the oversight of African Union to fast-track pacification of Congo
The recent decision by the SADC Summit on March 13 to terminate the SAMIDRC mission added to the complexity of the situation, with ministers recognising the need to ensure an orderly withdrawal process, while preventing a security vacuum, which could lead to further escalation.
