Nairobi — Strathmore University has partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to revamp its remote learning programme worldwide. The move to cloud means that the university no longer has to worry about maintaining hardware and can scale its e-learning with ease. “In the last year, online education has become a major focus for us. Like […]
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Nairobi — Russia’s war on Ukraine has seen scores of hospitals and clinics bombed and frequent power cuts that can turn off lifesaving machines. Medical aid groups are using a Kenyan-manufactured breathing device for premature babies that works without electricity, helping save vulnerable newborns in countries affected by conflict. Staff at the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga […]
Chinese businesswoman, En Huang, alias Aisha Huang, who is at the centre of alleged illegal mining activities was yesterday remanded into police custody by an Accra Circuit Court together with three other accused. Ms Huang, who has earned the moniker as the illegal mining “Galamsey Queen’ has been charged with the sale and purchase of […]
Monrovia — Three former senior government officials who are facing sanctions from the United States Government could face prosecution as the US Congress has established the Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Rewards Program to further the U.S. government’s commitment to combating foreign government corruption. A statement from the US Department of Treasury said the program will also […]
Cape Town — President Cyril Ramaphosa on Way to Meet U.S. President President Cyril Ramaphosa is en-route to Washington D.C., where he will hold a meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden at the White House on September 16. Ramaphosa will also meet U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris at her official residence. The agenda for the […]
WHO welcomes the overarching recommendations of TheLancet COVID-19 Commission’s report on “Lessons for the future from the COVID-19 pandemic,” which align with our commitment to stronger global, regional and national pandemic preparedness, prevention, readiness and response. At the same time, there are several key omissions and misinterpretations in the report, not least regarding the public […]
The East African Court of Justice has summoned the Kenyan Attorney General to appear next week to justify why William Ruto was in 2021 blocked from travelling to Uganda. Ruto, who was by then the Deputy President was was blocked from boarding a plane to Uganda at Wilson Airport after he was told to seek […]
Nairobi — Pepita Ranka, one of the two most prominent bodyguards assigned to Uhuru Kenyatta during his 10-year reign, has been embedded to President William Ruto’s security team joining two principal bodyguards who formed part of his security detail as Deputy President. Ranka switched to Ruto’s security detail on Tuesday soon after the outgoing President […]
Nairobi — Kenya has rescinded its recognition of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR). Sahrawi Republic has been seeking to transition from a semi-autonomous region to self-rule, a push that Morocco has vehemently objected to opposing proposals for Western Sahara to decide its future through a referendum. President William Ruto made the announcement at State […]
Farmers in Nyagatare District have got a ready market, and maize flour needed by its residents is now available, thanks to the over Rwf1.35 billion maize processing factory which has started operation, The New Times has learnt. The factory, with a capacity to process 30 tonnes of maize a day, is a joint venture between […]
Nairobi — Former Tusker FC and AFC Leopards winger, Paul ‘Sensational’ Were scored his first goal in the colors of his new club, Rayon Sports, as they edged out Rwamagana City 2-0 in a Rwandese Premier League tie. Were, signed at the start of the season after featuring for fourth-tier side South B United back […]
Nairobi — Kenyans will have to dig deeper into their pockets to purchase fuel starting Thursday, as the new government commences the gradual removal of the fuel subsidy. In the latest monthly review by the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA), the price of petrol is up by Sh20.18 to retail at Sh179.30 per litre […]
The airline must pay the sole survivor of the crash and the families of other victims hundreds of thousands of euros. Poor pilot training was among the causes for the crash, an investigation found. A French court on Wednesday ordered a Yemeni airline to pay a cash settlement to the sole survivor of a 2009 […]
After lying dormant for 13 years, the sanctions committee aims for more consistency and better results. The African Union (AU) decided in May this year to activate its Peace and Security Council (PSC) sanctions committee. Although established in 2009, the committee has never operated – partly due to opposition and a lack of buy-in from […]
In 2021 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued the first volume of its latest authoritative report on climate change. The United Nations secretary-general branded its findings a “code red for humanity”. The emerging and predicted impacts on agriculture and food supplies are stark, according to the panel. For instance, heat waves, drought and increasing […]
Emergency workers are struggling to help victims in a region that has been cut off from the outside world and is in the midst of a humanitarian crisis. Ten people have died and at least 14 more were injured in a second day of airstrikes in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region on Wednesday. Five people died […]
A global report released today highlights massive global failures in the response to COVID-19. The report, which was convened by The Lancet journal and to which we contributed, highlights widespread global failures of prevention and basic public health. This resulted in an estimated 17.7 million excess deaths due to COVID-19 (including those not reported) to […]
In 2017, Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote, registered two companies in Kenya planning to produce cement in Nairobi and Mombasa. The companies where Dangote was to own 90 per cent, with 10 per cent owned by some “local shareholders”, were Dangote Cement Kenya Limited which was focused on cement production, while Dangote Quarries Kenya Limited […]