Blue economy: Kenya collects views from communities along Indian Ocean coast for Marine Spatial Plan development

Blue economy: Kenya collects views from communities along Indian Ocean coast for Marine Spatial Plan development

Dr Jackeline Uku explained that the process will bring together county governments and users of marine resources, to agree on how specific spaces are allocated, helping to minimise potential conflicts between competing activities.

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How Trump bulldozed Netanyahu to apologise to Qatari emir that earned him Hamas trust, peace deal

How Trump bulldozed Netanyahu to apologise to Qatari emir that earned him Hamas trust, peace deal

An important development during the talks was the mediators’ success in convincing Hamas that its continued holding of hostages had become a liability for it rather than leverage, the senior US official and the Palestinian official in Gaza said. Hamas came to a view that continuing to hold hostages undermined global support for Palestinians, and that without them, Israel would have no credibility to restart fighting, the Palestinian official said.

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Kenya revisits plan to demolish asbestos-roofed houses with help of World Bank, European Union

Kenya revisits plan to demolish asbestos-roofed houses with help of World Bank, European Union

Director of London Institute of Railways, D Lawson Kamau Mbuguss, who said resident of crowded settlements like Nairobi’s Eastlands, Kongowea in Mombasa, Nyalenda in Kisumu or Langa Langa in Nakuru, are at a high risk of cancer.

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Education minister says Kenyan government will engage striking lecturers to resolve salaries dispute

Education minister says Kenyan government will engage striking lecturers to resolve salaries dispute

According to Ogamba, SRC has maintained that money owed to the lecturers was Ksh624 million instead of the Ksh7.9 billion as claimed by the universities Union, as part of the 2017-2021 and 2021-2025 Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs).

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Why out of seven by-elections in Mbeere and Malava are eliciting the most state interest

Why out of seven by-elections in Mbeere and Malava are eliciting the most state interest

A common denominator in either by-election is the strong presence of state and ruling party, United Democratic Alliance (UDA). The ruling party has mobilised state machinery at national and grassroots levels to stomp for the nominees, raising fears of possible rigging by the state where possible outcomes may appear to be tilting away from the ruling party.

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WHO director: Bill Gates has bragged about making $550m from vaccines for Covid-19, which he ‘and others now admit was not a dangerous virus’

WHO director: Bill Gates has bragged about making $550m from vaccines for Covid-19, which he ‘and others now admit was not a dangerous virus’

Dore pointed out that a previous WHO director, Margaret Chan, admitted to begging donors for money, which she said was spent on projects highly linked to their preferences. “Bill Gates basically is the biggest funder to the WHO and he basically dictates what they do, and it basically comes down to what’s going to pad his bottom-line,” Dore said.

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End of two years of war doesn’t guarantee immediate rebound in Israel’s economy

End of two years of war doesn’t guarantee immediate rebound in Israel’s economy

At 3.25 to the dollar, the shekel has appreciated nearly 20 per cent against the US currency since October 2023, aided by Bank of Israel stabilisation measures. The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange’s benchmark index is up nearly 300 per cent, compared to 56 per cent for the S&P 500. Israel has also maintained access to international debt markets, raising a record $8 billion in March 2024 and $5 billion in February 2025.

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Citing police and military sources, widely read newspaper says abducted Tanzanian former envoy Humphrey Polepole was assassinated

Citing police and military sources, widely read newspaper says abducted Tanzanian former envoy Humphrey Polepole was assassinated

Scores of high profile personalities and frustrated youth that have been exerting pressure on governments in eastern Africa to institute economic, political and democratic reforms have become targets of abduction and disappearances as governments in Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda resort to repressive tactics to hold onto power.

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Burkina Faso terms Trump deportations of Africans as ‘indecent, totally contrary to the value of dignity’

Burkina Faso terms Trump deportations of Africans as ‘indecent, totally contrary to the value of dignity’

Human Rights Watch said last month the Trump administration offered financial incentives to some African countries to accept deportees. The rights group said it reviewed written agreements showing Eswatini will receive $5.1 million in US funding for migration and border management while Rwanda will receive $7.5 million.

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While farming community is the most studied population in Kenya, new evidence now links climate change to mental health

While farming community is the most studied population in Kenya, new evidence now links climate change to mental health

Elizabeth Amina Kadenge is a 41-year-old farmer and mother of four in Kaloleni. At the time of the study, her maize harvest had been wiped out by drought. This year, it was wiped out again – by too much rain.

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