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Ethiopia: Military Action Fast Outpacing Diplomacy As PM Abiy Joins the Frontline
Western countries and UN missions have urged their nationals to urgently leave Addis as conflict rages. Is this it for Ethiopia? → Read More
Africa: China Loan Binge Starts to Bite
China's ambitious Silk Road project, from which African states have gained immensely by obtaining commercial loans for infrastructure development, has returned to haunt some of the beneficiaries who are now facing debt distress, exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. → Read More
Kenya: Police Finally Arrest Agnes Tirop's Husband in Mombasa
Emmanuel Rotich, the husband of slain Kenyan long distance athlete Agnes Tirop, has been arrested in Mombasa, Nation Sport can confirm. → Read More
Kenya: It's a Dog's Life for Kenyan Fishermen As Trawlers Have a Field Day
Kenyan fishermen have expressed fears that they will be locked out of earning their living in the Indian Ocean if the government imposes safety rules that will allow more foreign fishing vessels in the deep sea. → Read More
Kenyan Health Workers to Get UK Jobs in New Pact
Jobless Kenyan nurses and other health workers will get a chance to work in the UK as part of a new scheme requested by Kenya, and set to be launched Thursday, Nation has learnt. → Read More
Kenya: Tanzania, Kenya in Fight for Lucrative Uganda Petroleum Trade
The rising political temperatures in Kenya over the Uhuru Kenyatta succession are likely to take a toll on the country's trade with its East and Central African partners, with importers and transporters on the Northern Corridor already exploring new routes for their cargo. → Read More
East Africa: Tanzania, Kenya Fingered as Region's Narcotics Hub
Tanzania and Kenya remain the region's significant transit points for illicit drugs, facilitating the movement of the multimillion-dollar drug trade to Uganda and Europe because of porous borders and poor policing. → Read More
Ethiopia: U.S. Playing Hardball With Govt, Rallies EU for More Addis Sanctions
The United States has rallied its allies in the European Union for more sanctions against Ethiopia, including further funding cuts, over the Tigray conflict. → Read More
Africa: Second Covid-19 Dose in Sight As Us Donates 80 Million Vaccines to Covax
Kenya and other African countries waiting to receive their second doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine can now breathe a sigh of relief after the United States committed to provide at least 80 million Covid-19 vaccines to Covax -- the global Covid-19 vaccine equity scheme -- before the end of June. → Read More
East Africa: Uganda, Kenya Team Up On Old Metre Gauge Rail Project Eyeing Congo, S. Sudan
With an eye on the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan markets, there is renewed vibrancy on the Northern Corridor, as Uganda and Kenya join forces to push the rehabilitation and seamless connection of the old metre gauge railway line, over which the two countries' officials met this week to thrash out operational details. → Read More
East Africa: Rwanda Tops Region, Takes Bulk of U.S.$142 Million IMF Debt Relief
Countries in the region led by Rwanda and Tanzania are drawing benefits from over $142.7 million in debt relief from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). → Read More
Kenya: Alarm in Kenya as Deadlier Mutations of Covid-19 Found in Tanzania
Scientists have discovered the most mutated variant of the Covid-19 virus in Tanzania, in what could portend trouble for Kenya, given these new variants are highly transmissible, and suspected to be resistant to some of the immune fighters. → Read More
Kenya: Rich Kenyans Race to Buy Caribbean Citizenship
Wealthy Kenyans have stepped up the search for a second passport in the exclusive small Caribbean island nations of Dominica and St. Kitts and Nevis amid anxieties about the next elections and the effects of Covid-19 on the economy. → Read More
Kenyans to Pay Sh327 to Get Coronavirus Vaccine
Kenyans could pay Sh327 each to get a dose of the Covid-19 vaccine developed jointly by pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford, the Nation has learnt. → Read More
Kenya: Shame of Dying Doctors Amid State Neglect of Health Sector
For Kenyan healthcare workers, the call to duty as the country's front line soldiers in the fight against Covid-19, is akin to suicide. → Read More
Kenya: Fish Imports From China Drop By Half to U.S.$9 Million
The Covid-19 pandemic has handed Kenyan fishermen an unexpected boon after fish imports from China dropped to Sh993.62 million in the last nine months of the year, compared to the Sh2.03 billion in 2019. → Read More
Kenya: Covid-19 Leaves a Trail of Destruction Amid Rising Death Toll
The deaths of over 100 people in the first week of November show just how much of a burden Covid-19 is inflicting on families. → Read More
Kenya: Five Counties Face Covid-19 Lockdown
At least five counties are facing fresh lockdowns to curb the spread of Covid-19, the Nation has established. → Read More
Kenyatta Says He Won't Seek Elective Position After 2022
President Uhuru Kenyatta is not keen on seeking any elective position after his term ends in 2022, contrary to his foot soldiers' assertions. → Read More
Kenyatta Heads to France to Sign U.S.$1,7 Billion Loan
President Uhuru Kenyatta is expected to leave for Paris tomorrow, where he will take billions of shillings in debt for a road project. → Read More