Kenya using $47m to power SGR trains annually

Revenue generated from the SGR grew 13.15 percent in the nine months to September 2022.

The Kenya Standard Gauge Railway train.

Getachew to head Tigray interim govt

TPLF's Getachew Reda

There was no immediate response to announcement from TPLF or Getachew himself.

Oxfam: Water crisis in Horn worsening

A man ferries water

Water prices in Eastern Africa have risen by 400 percent in some areas since January 2021.

Uganda faces backlash over anti-gay bill

LGBTQ refugees protest at the UNHCR office in Nairobi

Ugandan lawmakers approved the Anti-Homosexuality Act late on Tuesday.

Kenya vigilant after Tanzania Marburg outbreak

Ag. Director General for Health

Five people have died of the Marburg disease in Tanzania's Kagera region.

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    Business

    ILO says 29pc of critical workers underpaid

    Workers in Ethiopia

    From 90 countries sampled, Kenya leads the rank of underpaid workers at 50 percent.

    Cabinet meeting State House Nairobi.

    Ruto backs sale of state firms without MPs’ approval

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    Opinion

    EYAKUZE: Thanks to Samia it is going to be quite ‘boring’ in Tanzania

    Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu

    Kikeke was unable to get a definitive answer from Mama Samia about Mbowe, Lissu or the new Constitution.

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    Magazine

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    Rhodes grave draws debate in Zimbabwe
    Scientists reveal corridor in Giza pyramid
    Burkina film festival proceeds despite insurgency
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    Science & Health

    UN's new way of tracking gas emissions

    WMO secretary general

    WMO chief said their measurements showed greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere were at record high.

    USAID Kenya High Priority Plan

    Kenya gets $100m USAID water investment

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    Historic pact to protect oceans reached
    Uganda records sharp drop in HIV rate
    African climate activists protest online
    Gabon village fights logging in ancient forest
    Gig work apps not protecting domestic workers
    Congolese doctor picked to head Africa CDC

    Sports

    Libya's boxing on road to recovery

    Praxides Oduor (left) of Nairobi takes on Stacy Ayoma

    Libyan authorities considered the sport too violent, despite Gaddafi's regime being accused for more than 40 years of atrocities.

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    KUSI IDEAS

    Kusi sets stage for Pan-African innovation marketplace

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