Malian woman gives birth to nine babies
A 25-year-old Malian woman has given birth to nine babies – two more than doctors had detected during scans. Halima Cissé gave birth to the nonuplets in Morocco. [...]
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Census amid a pandemic: 15 million Canadian households to get census forms this week
Every five years, the government of Canada conducts a national census and starting May 3rd, the 2021 census is underway. This year, for the first time, Statistics Canada is [...]
JSC nominates Martha Koome as Kenya’s next Chief Justice
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has unanimously nominated Justice Martha Koome Karambu for the position of Chief Justice and forwarded her name to President Uhuru [...]
Canada’s supply of vaccines to increase in coming weeks, despite cut in supply from India
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 [...]