Children’s hair may hold clues to depression and behavioural risks years before symptoms appear
One in every 4 children is currently living with a chronic physical illness. These include various respiratory and cardiovascular conditions, such as asthma, congenital heart disease, rheumatic heart disease and stroke.
Will GSF breed to more violence? Locals complain foreigners come with preconceived plan that isolates Haitians as key partners in intervention
According to the latest BINUH – the UN’s office in Haiti – report, more than 60 per cent of gang-related casualties between June and September came during security operations.
Fading American dream: How Trump’s new policies shattered hopes of 600,000 refugees listed to relocate to US
As part of Trump’s crackdown on both legal and illegal migration, the Republican president has upended the decades-old refugee programme that has served as a beacon for those fleeing war and persecution. In October, he resumed the program but set a historic low of refugee admissions at just 7,500 – mostly white South Africans.
As UN Security Council’s new Gang Suppression Force gets ready to take over from Kenya-led mission in Haiti, past scepticism persists
After the Kenya-led Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission failed to stem Haiti’s rapidly deteriorating security situation, the UN Security Council approved Resolution 2793 on September 30 to replace the MSS with a new force.
US Presidents Trump hosts DRC and Rwanda presidents to sign peace deal for in eastern Congo, Kenya attends as guarantor
Lauded by the White House as a “historic” agreement brokered by Trump, the so-called Washington Accords for Peace and Prosperity between Presidents Felix Tshisekedi of Congo and Paul Kagame of Rwanda follows months-long peace efforts by the US and partners, including the African Union and Qatar, and finalizes an earlier deal signed in June.
Pests destroy macadamia worth $21.6m annually as increased pesticide use threatens Kenyan produce in word markets
MACNUT Chair Maigua said Kenya produces 45,000 metric tonnes of macadamia annually, with 44,100 tonnes being marketable, yet 17,640 tonnes is lost to insect damage, including 2,222.64 metric tonnes of high-value exportable kernels, translating into billions in lost revenue.
State bureaucracy frustrates 200,000 people who’ve applied for refuge, asylum in Kenya
According to Deu Kamuzinzi, a refugee and advocacy lead at Youth Voices Community, delays in clearing the piling backlog of applications has locked out thousands of refugees from contributing to the country’s economy.
After decades of wild denials, US Centres for Disease Control now admits vaccines actually cause autism
The CDC webpage has previously stated there is no link between vaccines and autism. It now says, “The claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism.”
A walk in the night-2: How US ex-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice flew to Kenya, forced Kibaki to share power with Raila
Raila Odinga’s immense popularity and his wide regional alliances from across all the regions except central were driving the campaign for electoral justice and winning growing support and international diplomatic backing. But I finally realised that my friends were right, my media interviews, diplomatic briefings and ODM statements had an impact and created the high-level threats and real danger.
A walk in the night: Day Kenya’s Secret Service chief Michal Gichangi asked me tell Raila to accept 2013 election loss
“I did not believe I had played an important role in Kibaki being forced to share power with Raila, until Raila told me Cabinet Secretary Muthaura had given government appointments to all his officers including their nemesis Miguna. But Salim will never get one.”
