Mount Kigali University and JKUAT sign key academic collaboration agreement

Mount Kigali University and JKUAT sign key academic collaboration agreement

The MoU was signed by Prof Victoria Wambui Ngumi – Vice Chancellor of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, and Dr Martin Kimemia – Vice Chancellor of Mount Kigali University.

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When play is mourning: Saeed, a Gazan boy spends hours holding and speaking to a doll as if it were his brother killed by Israeli army

When play is mourning: Saeed, a Gazan boy spends hours holding and speaking to a doll as if it were his brother killed by Israeli army

What stood out most to viewers was not visible suffering. It was how quietly the children had taken it in. The four children were not acting out sadness for attention. They were repeating something they had already lived through. And something they may face again.

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Hague-based ICC rules it has jurisdiction over former Philippine President Duterte case

Hague-based ICC rules it has jurisdiction over former Philippine President Duterte case

The defence argued that the ICC lacks jurisdiction over alleged crimes committed in the Philippines, on the grounds that the country is no longer a State Party to the Rome Statute, the Court’s founding treaty.

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Stand-off over Ikolomani gold heads to Kakamega County Assembly as resistance rises

Stand-off over Ikolomani gold heads to Kakamega County Assembly as resistance rises

The petitions were filed last December by Nelly Madegwa of Msingi Adili, Nickson Murabwa (KCC), Brenda Oyiko(The Kaki Comm), Eliud Wanjala (Shabokee Stars) and Audrey Bigatih of G-to-W.

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Israeli soldier kicks up worldwide storm after knocking down Jesus Christ statue in Lebanon with sledgehammer

Israeli soldier kicks up worldwide storm after knocking down Jesus Christ statue in Lebanon with sledgehammer

Locals say the statue was on a crucifix outside a family home on the edge of Debel, one of the few villages where residents have remained during Israel’s war with Hezbollah.

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Is Pope Leo’s ancestry African? Census records trace his geology to mulatto, Black, Creole or free person of colour

Is Pope Leo’s ancestry African? Census records trace his geology to mulatto, Black, Creole or free person of colour

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday recalled the “sorrow and great suffering” Angolans endured for centuries as the American pope prayed at a Catholic shrine located at the site of an important hub of the African slave trade during Portugal’s colonial rule. Leo travelled to the Sanctuary of Mama Muxima, nestled...

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PBO boss: Kenyan civil societies at the risk of winding up unless they wean themselves from foreign donations

PBO boss: Kenyan civil societies at the risk of winding up unless they wean themselves from foreign donations

Public Benefit Organisations Regulatory Authority (PBORA) Director General Laxmana Kiptoo, speaking during the marking of PBO Week in Mombasa, said the sector must embrace innovation amid declining donor support.

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Dutch ambassador to Kenya tells Turkana County humanitarian support is key component of his government’s foreign diplomacy

Dutch ambassador to Kenya tells Turkana County humanitarian support is key component of his government’s foreign diplomacy

Ambassador Beerends who was accompanied by representatives of International Finance Corporation (IFC), International Labour Organization (ILO), UNICEF, UNHCR and the World Bank – five partners implementing projects funded by the Kingdom of the Netherlands in climate change, humanitarian services, natural resources governance, inclusive financing and systems strengthening under the PROSPECTS partnership, said humanitarian support is at the centre of Dutch foreign diplomacy.

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Court orders KRA to unfreeze former Nairobi Governor Sonko’s bank accounts, opens CBK probe into Equity Bank activities

Court orders KRA to unfreeze former Nairobi Governor Sonko’s bank accounts, opens CBK probe into Equity Bank activities

Friday’s ruling now cements that temporary relief, allowing Sonko breathing room as the substantive tax dispute proceeds.

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Kenya hosts African negotiators in capital to strengthen continent’s position on climate justice

Kenya hosts African negotiators in capital to strengthen continent’s position on climate justice

Nana Antwi-Boasiako Amoah, chairman of the African Group of Negotiators Experts Support, said the discussions would prioritise agriculture, food security, gender equality and climate finance.

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