UN refugee food rations cut is a serious environmental and terrorism threat in north-eastern Kenya, warns MP

UN refugee food rations cut is a serious environmental and terrorism threat in north-eastern Kenya, warns MP

Speaking during the unveiling of the Fafi Madrassa Waqf’s purchased land in Garissa Town, the MP urged both the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the WFP to revoke the rationing guidelines and instead call for a stakeholder meeting with the government and the local leaders, so as to find a favourable solution.

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Lake Victoria pollution at tipping point as study exposes how 44 towns in East Africa poison world’s second largest freshwater mass

Lake Victoria pollution at tipping point as study exposes how 44 towns in East Africa poison world’s second largest freshwater mass

Speaking during the release of the findings in Mwanza Tanzania, Eng Otoung, said the study provides a layered snapshot of the lake’s physical, chemical and biological condition.

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Covid fraud: Scientists tell leading European public broadcaster ‘Never seen science so compromised’

Covid fraud: Scientists tell leading European public broadcaster ‘Never seen science so compromised’

Earlier this year, The Wall Street Journal reported that censorship extended to intelligence agencies. In August 2021, the Biden administration excluded the FBI from a White House intelligence briefing, preventing the bureau from presenting evidence supporting the lab-leak theory.

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Kenyan president among world leaders to be taxed for using private jets or first class

Kenyan president among world leaders to be taxed for using private jets or first class

UN chief Antonio Guterres said the Seville meeting aimed “to repair and rev up” a world system where “trust is fraying and multilateralism is strained.”

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Trump administration rounds up, arrests Iranian immigrants in unprecedented deportation drive

Trump administration rounds up, arrests Iranian immigrants in unprecedented deportation drive

The US Border Patrol arrested Iranians 1,700 times at the Mexican border from October 2021 through November 2024, according to the most recent public data available. The Homeland Security Department reported that about 600 Iranians overstayed visas as business or exchange visitors, tourists and students in the 12-month period through September 2023, the most recent data reports.

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No love for the dollar as markets fret about Fed independence after Trump threatens chair with sack

No love for the dollar as markets fret about Fed independence after Trump threatens chair with sack

Down 10 per cent so far this year and set for its worst year since 2003, the dollar was expected to weaken further as renewed concern about Fed independence comes amid increased expectations for rate cuts and a looming July 9 deadline for trade agreements.

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US health secretary’s ‘alternative medicine’ push inspired quest to ‘live forever’ via snake venom, urine therapy

US health secretary’s ‘alternative medicine’ push inspired quest to ‘live forever’ via snake venom, urine therapy

Biohacking is a big tent, combining Silicon Valley technology, Burning Man spirituality and health libertarianism. If anything unites this crowd, it is a distrust of the medical status quo – particularly the pharmaceutical industry – and an appetite for tech-heavy alternatives.

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Anti-graft body raises serious concerns over possible looting as current financial year closes

Anti-graft body raises serious concerns over possible looting as current financial year closes

EACC Western Region Manager Eric Ngumbi expressed of looting public coffers when he opened a three-day integrity workshop for Bungoma County senior officials, Mohamud said the commission was closely monitoring transactions in the devolved units, where the risk of financial misconduct is highest at the close of the budget cycle.

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Kibera slums in Nairobi leads Kenya’s and Africa’s charge into crypto economy as dollar influence queried

Kibera slums in Nairobi leads Kenya’s and Africa’s charge into crypto economy as dollar influence queried

Bitcoin, the first and largest crypto, was created in 2009 in the wake of the global financial crisis as a decentralized digital asset that could act as an alternative method of payment.

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Pork barrel: Kenya’s plan to set up embassy in Kosovo ushers in ‘transactional diplomacy’

Pork barrel: Kenya’s plan to set up embassy in Kosovo ushers in ‘transactional diplomacy’

Foreign office and office of the president dismissed the allegations as “illogical” but stayed clear of Serbia’s allegations that Ruto was bribed with big businesses to recognise Kosovo.

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