NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 31 – The World Health Organization (WHO) says it is mobilizing efforts to support national health authorities in swiftly containing and ending the outbreak of the Sudan virus disease in Uganda. The Sudan virus disease,which belongs to…
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 31 – The Nationwide Livestock Vaccination Campaign, aimed at vaccinating at least 22 million cattle and 50 million goats and sheep, kicked off on Thursday. The government has reiterated that the exercise is entirely voluntary, insisting it…
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 30 – President Paul Kagame has told off his South African counterpart, Cyril Ramaphosa, over Pretoria’s labeling of the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) as a militia. “The Rwanda Defence Force is an army, not a militia,” Kagame said…
Lands and Housing Cabinet Secretary Alice Wahome has accused former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua of allegedly spreading falsehoods regarding government projects. While defending initiatives launched or continued by President William Ruto’s administration, Wahome argued that Gachagua’s recent remarks lack foundation…
Kenya is losing 9 women daily to cervical cancer as statistics show over 3000 die annually due to the disease that has been categorised as the world’s second killer disease. Consequently, there are 5226 new cases of cervical cancer reported…
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 30 – Presidents William Ruto and Abdel Fattah El-Sisi have signed Kenya and Egypt’s Joint Declaration for a Strategic and Comprehensive Partnership. President Ruto explained that this would elevate the relations between the two countries to a…
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 30 – Rwandan President Paul Kagame has criticized South African President Cyril Ramaphosa over his claims that the M23 rebel group is a militia. In a statement issued on Wednesday, Kagame dismissed the claims as distortions, accusing…
KAMPALA, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) — Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has said he is ready to mediate efforts to end the conflict between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) government and the March 23 Movement (M23) rebels. John Mulimba, Uganda’s…
KINSHASA, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) — Uganda Airlines announced on Tuesday the suspension of its flights to Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where several embassies were damaged, looted, and even set on fire amid mass…
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) — Eighteen bodies have been recovered from the Potomac River following the collision of a passenger plane and an Army Blackhawk helicopter near the Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, local media reported. No…