Anglican schism over homosexuality force Church of England to relook at status Archbishop of Canterbury

Anglican schism over homosexuality force Church of England to relook at status Archbishop of Canterbury

For centuries, the man who crowns British monarchs as the senior-most bishop in the Church of England, which formed after Henry VIII’s 16th-century split from Rome, has also been the titular head of 85 million Anglicans across 165 countries.

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Life of dignity: How deputy governor humanises support to people with disability in Nandi County

Life of dignity: How deputy governor humanises support to people with disability in Nandi County

Since assuming office in 2017, Dr Yulita Mitei has rolled out transformative programmes that redefine how disability is addressed by county governance.

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Covid fraud: Scientists tell leading European public broadcaster ‘Never seen science so compromised’

Covid fraud: Scientists tell leading European public broadcaster ‘Never seen science so compromised’

Earlier this year, The Wall Street Journal reported that censorship extended to intelligence agencies. In August 2021, the Biden administration excluded the FBI from a White House intelligence briefing, preventing the bureau from presenting evidence supporting the lab-leak theory.

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How Nandi in Kenya’s Rift Valley is pivoting agriculture as key driver of economic resurgence

How Nandi in Kenya’s Rift Valley is pivoting agriculture as key driver of economic resurgence

Kabiyet Dairy Factory is a game-changer in the county’s dairy sector, he adds. With a capacity to process over 200,000 litres of milk daily, the state-of-the-art facility has created a structured market for milk from smallholder farmers in Mosop, Aldai and Chesumei sub-counties.

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Kenya poised to retain status as world geothermal power production leader as GDC strikes steam at Baringo Geothermal project

Kenya poised to retain status as world geothermal power production leader as GDC strikes steam at Baringo Geothermal project

Interviewed, Ngugi expressed GDC’s commitment to ensuring timely delivery of renewable energy projects that will greatly support the country’s development vision and plans. The director said that at Paka field, where most of the work had been done, was slated to start production of the first 100 megawatts by 2028.

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Shunning suicide for Jesus Christ: How meeting God at the point of need healed my migraine

Shunning suicide for Jesus Christ: How meeting God at the point of need healed my migraine

In 2022, I joined the University of Nairobi, hopeful that campus life would usher in a new lease of life. Instead, the agony intensified. I visited Kenyatta National Hospital and was prescribed spectacles to reduce light sensitivity. They cost 6,000 Kenya shillings, but even that brought no respite. At this point, I was on the cups of surrendering to unknown force. Death!

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Why militarised approach to Cameroon’s wildlife conservation fuels local resentment

Why militarised approach to Cameroon’s wildlife conservation fuels local resentment

The mixed patrols take place both inside the national parks and the surrounding Zones d’Intérêt Cynégétique (ZICs). In the former, the patrols are organised and paid for by Cameroon’s government-run conservation agency, MINFOF, and its international conservation partners – World Conservation Society (WCS) for Benoué and Bouba Ndjida, and the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF), in Faro.

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Insurgency, ravages of climate change pose biggest threats to wildlife in northern Cameroon

Insurgency, ravages of climate change pose biggest threats to wildlife in northern Cameroon

Cameroon’s Far North has long been on the frontline of climate change. The region has suffered recurrent droughts, most notably during the 1970s and 1980s. This has led to successive waves of southerly migration to more fertile regions. Perhaps the most striking symbol of the changing climate is the shrinking of Lake Chad, a large part of which overlaps with northern Cameroon.

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Erotic Hollywood producer’s companies gleaned millions from unusable dating sites

Erotic Hollywood producer’s companies gleaned millions from unusable dating sites

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Diogo Jota’s deftness on the ball dazzled and puzzled fans, which is why his cruel death in burning car has hurt Liverpool

Diogo Jota’s deftness on the ball dazzled and puzzled fans, which is why his cruel death in burning car has hurt Liverpool

Jota was beloved not just because of his prowess as a striker, but because of his warmth and friendliness as a human being. Darwin Nunez, his fellow Liverpool forward, said he would always remember his “smile, as a good companion on and off the field” and he wasn’t alone.

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