Kenya Forest Service refutes claims of illegal logging
Kenya Forest Service (KFS) has refuted claims by a section of media that there is massive illegal logging taking place within Mt. Kenya and Aberdare forests. The allegations had raised fears among...
View ArticleTeachers training college to be established in Tana River County by April
Tana River County is set to get a teachers training college (TTC) in April this year, Governor Dhadho Godhana has said. In a press statement released from Nairobi, the governor said local leaders had...
View ArticleKenya Dairy Board keen to reduce sale of milk through informal channels
Reducing the sale of milk through informal channels, lowering the cost of production as well as increasing compliance and quality assurance will be among the key agendas for the Kenya Dairy Board in...
View ArticleKenya Breweries to recruit fifteen thousand new sorghum farmers
Kenya Breweries plans to recruit fifteen thousand new sorghum farmers to support the expected growth in demand for the produce at the new Kisumu plant currently under construction. Kenya Breweries...
View ArticleGerman row over car exhaust tests on humans and monkeys
The German government has denounced experiments funded by German carmakers in which humans and monkeys reportedly inhaled diesel exhaust fumes. German media say the health impact research was done by...
View ArticleIndonesia police cut transgender women’s hair
Police in north Indonesia have detained 12 transgender women, cut their long hair, and say they are now “coaching” them to behave like “real men”. Several beauty salons in Aceh province were raided...
View ArticlePresident Kenyatta meets Djibouti leader
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday met Djibouti President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh and agreed on greater trade and security cooperation. On the margins of the AU summit in Ethiopia, President Kenyatta told...
View ArticleGlee actor Mark Salling, 35, found dead
US actor Mark Salling, known for his role in the TV series Glee, has been found dead near his Los Angeles home, his lawyer confirmed to the BBC. US media reports suggest he may have taken his own life....
View ArticleTrump signs order to keep Guantanamo Bay prison open
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to keep Guantanamo Bay military prison open. Mr Trump announced the move in his State of the Union address. The decision reverses that of former...
View ArticleHawaii officials quit over missile alert
Two top civilian officials from Hawaii’s Emergency Management Agency have resigned over the sending of a false incoming missile alert. The 13 January message led to widespread panic and the authorities...
View ArticlePope to send envoy to investigate Chile sex abuse claims
Pope Francis is sending the Vatican’s top expert on sexual abuse to Chile to investigate accusations that a bishop covered up for an abusive priest. The Pope met the priest’s victims on a recent visit,...
View ArticleTop-secret Australian files ‘left at second-hand shop’
Australian bureaucrats have launched an investigation into how top-secret documents were exposed after being left in a second-hand shop. The Australian Broadcasting Corp has published a series of...
View ArticleKenya Power employee released on KShs. 2 million bond for vandalism
A Marimanti Court has granted a Kenya Power employee and one other suspect KShs.2 million bond each with no option of cash bail for vandalism of conductors at Tunyai area, Tharaka Nithi county. Francis...
View ArticleCourt overturns life bans given to Russian athletes
A decision to overturn the Olympic life bans of 28 Russian athletes “may have a serious impact on the future fight against doping”, says the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The Court of...
View ArticleTurkey court ‘reverses release’ of Amnesty head Taner Kilic
A court in Istanbul has reversed its decision to release the head of human rights group Amnesty International in Turkey, ordering him to stay in jail during his trial, the group says. Taner Kilic has...
View ArticlePoland’s Senate passes controversial Holocaust bill
Poland’s Senate has approved a controversial bill making it illegal to accuse the Polish nation or state of complicity in the Nazi Holocaust. The bill amendment, which sets fines or a maximum...
View ArticleExperts urge farmers to carry out soil tests
Farmers have been urged to frequently carry out soil tests to get critical information on their soil’s general health and nutrients composition. Agriculture experts say soil testing would help farmers...
View ArticleNorth Korea to send highest level official ever to South Korea
North Korea’s head of state will go to Pyeongchang this week for the Winter Olympics, the most senior official to ever visit South Korea. North Korea confirmed Kim Yong-nam’s attendance at the opening...
View ArticlePressure grows on South African President to stand down
South African President Jacob Zuma is under growing pressure to step down following talks with senior members of his ANC party on Sunday. Details of the talks were not revealed but party leaders are to...
View ArticleSamsung heir freed from S Korea jail
Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong has been freed from jail after a South Korean court suspended his five year jail term for bribing the country’s ex-president. An appeals court upheld parts of the conviction,...
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