Lobby raises red flag over rising pollution in Kenya despite ban on single-use plastics
According to Greenpeace Africa, an earlier report by the Kenya Plastics Pact (KPP) to ensure all plastic packaging in the country is recyclable in eight years’ time was too ambitious and unattainable. The lobby group claimed the country’s production of plastic materials currently outstrips her ability to recycle the wastes.
Data suggest Covid vaccines may have contributed to Germany’s 2023 surge in excess mortality
This study provides moderate-strength evidence of an unexpected, statistically robust association between vaccination rates and excess mortality in Germany’s third pandemic year – without establishing causality.
Kenya in penultimate stages of reviewing policies for research, artificial intelligence and science diplomacy
Secretary General of KAMMP Abdullah Bajaber emphasised the importance of government support, in enabling youth innovations to flourish.
Africa challenges rich world to walk the talk in fight against climate as it hosts its first G20 summit
Rich countries agreed at last year’s United Nations climate summit to pool at least $300 billion a year by 2035 to help developing countries deal with the impacts of climate change and weather disasters. But independent experts said much more – an estimated $1 trillion a year – was needed by 2030.
Verdict on broken trust: Political commentator Russell Brand explains why UK health workers skip flu vaccination
In October 2021, as governments worldwide mandated Covid-19 vaccines, New York physician assistant Deborah Conrad was fired for reporting vaccine-related adverse events to the federally run Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System or VAERS.
‘The people have had enough’: Moment of Truth sold-out conference signals growing power of health freedom movement
Children’s Health Defence hosted its sold-out “Moment of Truth” conference November 7-9 in Austin, Texas, drawing about 1,000 attendees in person and another 1,000 online. Meanwhile, Vice President JD Vance praised US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at the MAHA Summit on November 14, highlighting the movement’s growing influence over health policy.
What ‘Godfather of vaccines’ said under oath: Vaccine critics are ‘religious zealots who believe will of God includes death and disease’
Under oath, vaccine pioneer Dr Stanley Plotkin revealed how conflicts of interest, ethical blind spots and scientific hubris have compromised vaccine safety. In a 2018 deposition with attorney Aaron Siri, Plotkin exposed experiments on vulnerable children, the absence of placebo-controlled trials and complete disregard for post-market surveillance.
Two new malaria drugs show promise as drug after study in 12 African countries
Novartis’ GanLum is a combination of a new drug, ganaplacide and an existing long-acting medication, lumefantrine.
Kenyan youth demand increased taxation of world’s super-rich, polluting oil giants for climate justice
The UNTC’s third round of negotiations (INC-3) in Nairobi, from 10-19 November 2025, coincides with COP30 in Belém, Brazil, where countries are debating how to bridge the 1.5°C ambition gap, ending forest destruction and who picks up the tab for international climate finance.
Africa outlines plans to spur local drug production to cut dependence on imports
Director of Human Capital Development at the African Union Development Agency, Symerre, emphasised that the three-day conference will ensure local manufacturing and intra-African trade in medical products become a reality.
