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Beatrice Wangari, 45, Detained Over Death of Dr Job Obwaka at Her Kitengela Home

Kenya, May 5 -- Nairobi police have placed a woman in custody while they look into the sudden passing of Dr Job Obwaka, a well-known gynaecologist and former leader at Nairobi Hospital. Beatrice Wanga... Read More


Trade: Tanzania, Kenya set May deadline on barriers

Tanzania, May 5 -- Dar es Salaam. Tanzania and Kenya yesterday agreed to eliminate all non-tariff barriers by the end of this month in a move aimed at improving trade between the two countries. The t... Read More


Budaka moves to tackle school hunger with new feeding programme

Uganda, May 5 -- Children in Uganda's eastern district of Budaka arrive at school each day in neat uniforms, exercise books in hand, ready for lessons. But for many, the school day has long been marke... Read More


Samia reprimands Ruto over Tanga refinery plans

Nairobi, May 5 -- Kenya's president arrived in Dar es Salaam on Monday, May 4, for a state visit intended to improve relations with neighbouring Tanzania. However, he probably did not expect to be rep... Read More


Where's the truth? SHA's numbers don't add up

Nairobi, May 5 -- Kenya's new health insurer has more members, charges more money, and is losing billions. The old one, with fewer members and lower premiums, ran a surplus. When the government repla... Read More


Rain without a pause: Climate change deepens coastal seven-days rain phenomenon

Nairobi, May 5 -- Every year during the rainy season, Mombasa braces for a familiar stretch of unrelenting downpour. For days on end, the skies over Kenya's coast open without mercy, heavy rain pound... Read More


Fresh chapter for Tanzania, Kenya

DAR ES SALAAM, May 5 -- PRESIDENT Samia Suluhu Hassan has said Tanzania and Kenya have agreed to eliminate all non-tariff barriers in a major effort to boost trade and investment between the two count... Read More


Public warned against WhatsApp video extortion

Sri Lanka, May 5 -- Sri Lanka CERT received several complaints recently from individuals coerced into paying ransom after falling prey to a WhatsApp video scam allegedly operated from India. The fraud... Read More


LG Sinha leads 'Nasha Mukht' padyatra in Budgam

Budgam, May 5 -- The Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday led a 'padyatra' in central Kashmir Budgam district as part of the ongoing 'Nasha Mukht Jammu and Kashmir Abhiyan', of... Read More


481 FIRs, 518 arrests in 22 days of J&K's anti-drug campaign

Srinagar, May 5 -- The Jammu and Kashmir administration has registered 481 First Information Reports (FIRs) and arrested 518 drug peddlers in the first 22 days of a 100-day 'Nasha Mukt' campaign launc... Read More