• News
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Science & Health
  • Magazine
  • Sports
  • Rest of Africa
  • KUSI IDEAS
  • News
    East Africa Rest of Africa World

    Latest News

    Africa hopeful of early gains from Biden’s first days in the Oval Office
    In race for the jab, Africa may look to India's new vaccine for Covid-19
    Ethiopia and Somalia deny Somali soldiers fighting in Tigray region
    Police disperse pro-Bobi Wine protesters in Nairobi
  • Business

    Latest Business

    Kenya joins Tanzania and Uganda in taxing digital transactions
    KRA lists new measures for taxpayers
    AU member states adopt digital Covid certificates
    Cost of Covid-19 test a hindrance to free movement in EAC
  • Opinion

    Latest Opinion

    EDITORIAL: Without an accent on peoples’ rights, EAC federation is on a perilous path
    New battles will have to be fought in America over ancestral lands
    On the Internet, some individuals have more freedom than others
    Free trade bloc, debt, Covid weighs seriousness of our leaders’ wisdom
  • Science & Health

    Latest Science & Health

    Kenya records two cases of new South Africa coronavirus variant
    Countries push for IP waivers on Covid-19 vaccine access
    South Africa's Covid-19 strain more contagious, experts confirm
    African countries to start Covid-19 vaccine pre-orders
  • Magazine

    Latest Magazine

    Kenyan series to stream on Showmax
    Will Burundi’s tourism turn the tide?
    DISCOVERY: Afternoon well spent at Naivasha basin
    Nakisanze merges high fashion with traditional art
  • Sports

    Latest Sports

    Tanzanian football club flies East African flag to CAF
    Zimbabwe soccer national team hit by Covid-19 outbreak
    Why masked and muted Olympics will still dominate crowded 2021 in sports
    Football great Diego Maradona dies at 60
  • Rest of Africa

    Latest Rest of Africa

    S. African Minister dies of Covid-related complications
    Tshisekedi meets with Rwandan delegation on bilateral cooperation
    UN Security Council to hold urgent meeting on Darfur: diplomats
    Sudan, Ethiopia fail to resolve simmering border conflict
  • KUSI IDEAS

    Latest KUSI IDEAS

    Creativity, innovation, and resilience; that is the answer of African youth to Covid-19
    Pandemic preparedness: My 21st century task for leaders in Africa
    Here’s Africa’s ‘fire exit’ from Covid-19 pandemic
    Africa needs a robust vaccine pipeline to avoid being relegated to back of queue
  1. The East African
  2. News
  3. World

World

Africa cheers as US returns to the World Health Organization

Former President Trump withdrew membership from the WHO last July, which was to come into effect in July this year.

Joe Biden.

US virus deaths top WWII fatalities

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.

US remains the worst-hit country, with around a fifth of the two million global Covid-19 deaths.

Joe Biden sworn in as US president

Joe Biden.

Biden, 78, became the oldest US president in history.

YouTube extends ban on Trump channel

Donald Trump.

Operators say the embittered leader could use his accounts to foment more unrest aimed at Biden's inauguration.

World leaders welcome US transfer of power to Biden

US Capitol.

Democrat Joe Biden will be sworn in as president after four turbulent years under Donald Trump.

Jack Ma.

Jack Ma makes first live appearance in three months

  • World
    Trump spends last day in White House
  • World
    Trump mulling pardons on last full day in power
  • World
    Biden team says US will not lift Covid travel bans
  • World
    US capital locks down as security threats mount
  • World
    Now that Trump is impeached (again), what's next?
  • World
    US carries out first federal execution of woman in decades
  • World
    Twitter suspends 70,000 accounts linked to pro-Trump QAnon conspiracy
  • World
    US Congress confirms Joe Biden's victory
  • World
    Explainer: Can Trump be removed from office before his term ends on Jan 20?
  • World
    China goes online to mock 'beautiful sight' of US Capitol chaos
  • World
    Facebook and Twitter block Trump for breaking rules
  • World
    US Congress reconvenes after mobs invade Capitol
  • image
    Editorial EDITORIAL: Without an accent on peoples’ rights, EAC federation is on a perilous path
  • joachimpix
    Comment BUWEMBO: Free trade bloc, debt, Covid weighs seriousness of our leaders’ wisdom
  • Jenerali Ulimwengu
    Comment ULIMWENGU: New battles will have to be fought in America over ancestral lands
  • nerima
    Comment NERIMA: On the Internet, some individuals have more freedom than others
  • tee
    Comment NGUGI: Trump’s delusions of grandeur - Hillary had warned Americans
  • News

    East Africa Rest of Africa World

    Business

    Opinion

    Science & Health

    Magazine

    Sports

    Rest of Africa

    KUSI IDEAS

    The East African
    Apps
    • Play Store

    • App Store
    Information
    • Contact Us
    • Frequently asked questions
    • NMG Privacy Policy
    • Terms of use
    • Terms and Conditions of Use
    • Our Blog Rules
    NMG Sites
    • E-Papers
    • Business Daily
    • NTV
    • NTV Uganda
    • Daily Monitor
    • The Citizen
    • The Eastafrican
    • Nation Media Group
    Follow us

    The East African