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Canada’s supply of vaccines to increase in coming weeks, despite cut in supply from India

04/22/2021

Despite news that Canada won’t be getting doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from India this month, federal officials say they expect Canada’s COVID-19 vaccine [...]

Kenya court suspends move by govt to close refugee camps

04/09/2021

Kenya’s high court on Thursday suspended the government move to shut down two camps that hold hundreds of thousands of refugees from war-torn neighboring countries. [...]

Kenya rejects UN refugee repatriation plan

04/09/2021

Kenya has rejected a United Nations agency roadmap for the closure of refugee camps that stretches to December 31 next year. The Kenyan government on March 23 decided to [...]

Prominent Kenyan media personality Lorna Irungu dies

03/22/2021

Former TV host, popularly remembered as the OMO Pick a Box host, Lorna Irungu-Macharia, has died. She succumbed to Covid-19.. Lorna was the Managing Director of PR [...]

Samia Suluhu Hassan becomes Tanzania’s new president

03/19/2021

Tanzania’s Vice-President Samia Suluhu Hassan has taken his place as the country’s head of state. First elected as Magufuli’s running mate in 2015, she was [...]

Tanzania’s President John Magufuli dead at 61

03/17/2021

Tanzanian President John Magufuli has died at age 61. The news was announced Wednesday on state television by Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan, who said the cause of death [...]

Kenya to take over Chinese-operated rail line five years early

03/16/2021

Kenya has announced that it is ending its contract with China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) to run the Mombasa to Nairobi standard gauge railway. The 480km line is run [...]

Musician Christian of the Longombas dies

03/15/2021

Popular musician Christian Hulu of the popular music group the ‘Longombas’ has died. He was 37. The singer died on Saturday while receiving treatment at Downtown [...]

Three-year-old girl dies, best friend seriously sick after becoming ill following breakfast at sleepover

03/12/2021

The mother of a three-year-old Toronto girl says her daughter is dead and another child is seriously sick after they became suddenly ill moments after they ate breakfast [...]

Alek Minassian found guilty in 2018 Toronto van attack that killed 10, injured 16

03/03/2021

A man who killed 10 people and injured 16 others by deliberately driving a van down a bustling Toronto sidewalk was found guilty at trial on Wednesday, with a judge finding [...]