UN boss Antonio Guterres says African representation in global affairs works against the continent
Speaking during a press conference at the United Nations Offices in Nairobi, Guterres said Africa’s development and growth is constrained by an unfair international system that denies the continent adequate representation in key global institutions.
Two Congolese research groups warn ADF-linked attacks have intensified in Ituri and North Kivu
Since the beginning of the year, ADF-linked attacks have intensified in parts of Ituri and North Kivu, notably around Mambasa, Irumu and Beni territories, targeting isolated villages, roads, shops and households.
Africa Forward Summit in Kenya tells continent to embrace smart energy to drive economy
Addressing delegates that comprised policymakers, investors, entrepreneurs, engineers and development leaders, Piron argued that Africa’s next economic transformation will depend not only on generating electricity, but on building the transmission and digital infrastructure capable of moving power efficiently across borders, industrial plants and cities.
Changing geopolitics are in focus as France’s Macron kicks off Kenya visit for an Africa summit
On Sunday, Kenya and France signed 11 agreements involving investments in various sectors, including an ambitious nuclear energy plant, modernised transport and sustainable agriculture.
For the fallen CNN founder and owner Ted Turner the UN, not US was the only durable force for peace
To strongly support the UN, Mr Turner donated an astonishing $1 billion, one third of his entire fortune, to the organization, and also helped establish the United Nations Foundation.
Kenyan veterinarians root for intensified donkey protection to pre-empt looming species extinction
Addressing local farmers and other residents, Uriri Sub-County Deputy County Commissioner of Christine Wafula urged communities to protect donkeys from abuse and neglect, describing the animals as vital to rural livelihoods, especially in transport, farming and water distribution.
One of Africa’s oldest learning institutions, Maseno School, marked 120 years with plans to raise student population to 5,000
During the cerebration, a Ksh2 billion ($15.5 million) school redevelopment masterplan was unveiled to upgrade the ageing infrastructure.
Race and class: In public Slave Master called Esther his ‘property’ but in a letter ‘more wife to me than any peace I have known’
For 14 years, she had moved through Cole House like a shadow trusted to carry trays, letters, silence, and shame. But by the time she stepped out into the hall with the banker downstairs and the hidden desk waiting in the dark, she knew the night had changed.
Closing of file proceedings rites: Koome leads judiciary in honouring fallen Justice Frederick Ochieng
National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula who attended the proceedings, remembered Justice Ochieng as a devoted family man and brilliant legal mind who discharged his duties with honesty, fairness and diligence.
Crime agency FBI instigating virologist linked to Fauci Covid project for smuggling into US dangerous pathogens from Congo
The FBI’s investigation into Munster and Yinda comes amid a flurry of activity involving virologists linked to Fauci and controversial gain-of-function research. Evidence suggests that researchers may have created SARS-CoV-2 in a lab and that the virus escaped the lab, leading to the Covid-19 pandemic.
