Kenya’s leading research institute has begun exploring the efficacy of one of its herbal and traditional medicines likely to treat Covid-19. Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)…
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The World Bank has approved $500 million in grants and low-interest loans to help countries in Africa and the Middle East combat swarms of desert locusts…
Burundi is kicking out the World Health Organization’s top officials in the country just days before the presidential election and after the WHO raised concerns about…
Kenya Airways (KQ) has nearly doubled air ticket prices for repatriating Kenyans stranded in Britain who will Friday pay £771 to fly back to Nairobi from…
The Tanzanian government has announced a partial relaxation on international flight restrictions. The relaxation will affect repatriation flights, humanitarian aid operations, medical and relief flights, technical…
Updates from Rwanda’s national broadcaster, Rwanda Broadcasting Agency, reveal that the death toll from heavy rains in the country has risen to 72. According to Rwanda’s…
South Africa’s Health Minister Zweli Mkhize on Wednesday said Madagascar had reached out for “help” with scientific research. “Our scientists would be able to assist with this research,” Mkhize tweeted.
The International Monetary Fund has approved $739 million in emergency financing to cushion Kenya from economic shocks owing to the novel Coronavirus pandemic. The IMF adds…
Rights groups secured a court injunction stopping the demolition the following day, but authorities proceeded with the forced evictions regardless, Ruth Mumbi, a human rights activist said.
“We are making preparations including the holding of a regional election in order to safeguard the rights of our people from chaos,” regional ruling party, TPLF said in a statement. It did not mention a date for the vote.