UN alarmed by ‘abnormal’ price of maize in Kenya
The United Nations (UN) has issued a red alert about the spike in the price of maize in Kenya, saying it could negatively impact access to food. In its latest Food Price [...]
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Suspect in Quebec mosque shooting charged with 6 counts of murder
Quebec police have charged Alexandre Bissonette with six counts of 1st-degree murder in connection to a shooting rampage at a mosque that left six dead and 19 injured. [...]
Smiles 4 Canada Orthodontists offering free dental services
Smiles 4 Canada, a program run by the Canadian Foundation for the Advancement of Orthodontics (CFAO) in conjunction with the Canadian Association of Orthodontists (CAO) is [...]
Canada says TPP trade deal dead without United States
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal cannot proceed without the United States, Canada said on Tuesday, even as Australia and New Zealand pledged to salvage it. U.S. [...]
4 year old Monica Makhungu missing since October 2016
A family in Nairobi’s Mukuru kwa Rueben is pleading with members of the public to help in their search of their missing daughter. Monica Makhungu who is 4 years of age [...]
First Somali-Canadian MP Ahmed Hussen is new Minister of Immigration
Prime Minister Justine Trudeau has shuffled key cabinet ministers at a swearing-in ceremony that took place at Rideau Hall. Ahmed Hussen, the Liberal MP for Toronto riding of [...]
Communications Authority Kenya sets up tough measures on use of SIM cards
Giving a stranger your phone to make a distress call could earn you six months behind bars and a fine of Sh10,000 if it is found that your mobile device has been used to [...]
Update: Mother of slain Ottawa teen Leslie Mwakio thanks fellow Kenyans for support
Last month, we published an article about a Gofundme appeal by a former mentor of Leslie Mwakio who was shot dead in a car in Ottawa on the night of December 6th, 2016. [...]
China announces ban on ivory trade by end of 2017
China has announced a ban on all ivory trade and processing activities by the end of 2017. Conservation groups hailed the decision as “historic” and a [...]
Kenya Terminates US Election Education Program Ahead of Polls
Kenya’s government has terminated operations of a U.S.-funded project to educate voters, just months before this East African country holds its next presidential [...]