Kenya battles rising snakebite cases as climate change drives snakes closer to humans
A victim of snake bite is seen in Kitui County, Kenya, Jan. 14, 2025. (Photo by Rose Nganga/Xinhua)In Ikanga, a village in ...
Feature: Kenya battles rising snakebite cases as climate change drives snakes closer to humans
In Ikanga village, located in Kenya's Kitui County, 42-year-old farmer Agnes Mwikali vividly recalls the searing pain she felt when she accidentally stepped on a puff adder, one of Kenya's most ...
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Local Self-Governance on the Somalia–Kenya Border
Thirty years of civil war, insurgency, and counterinsurgency in Somalia and neighbouring northeastern Kenya have hollowed out state services and left borderland communities beleaguered. Yet in this ...
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President Ruto promises 3,500 new classrooms in Nairobi
President William Ruto has reiterated his administration’s plan to construct 3,500 new classrooms for learners in Nairobi to address a biting shortage.The Head of State said the government is ...
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The vanishing trail of Sri Lanka’s iconic tuskers calls for urgent action
With a single tusk that made him stand out, the majestic bull elephant Unicorn was a true king among the wild herds of ...
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From carriers to leaders: The women revolutionising Kenya’s water sector
In the pre-dawn darkness of rural Kenya, a woman rises before her children. By the time the first light breaks across the horizon, she will have already walked four kilometres, a yellow jerry can ...
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Conservationists, fishing industry find balance on protecting African penguins
Conservation NGOs and commercial sardine and anchovy fisheries in South Africa have reached an out-of-court settlement ...
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Again, Okorie appeals to Tinubu for Kanu’s release ahead of March 21 trial
Elder statesman, Chekwas Okorie, yesterday, said that the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has suffered ...
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Incidence of Scrub Typhus in Rural South India
Hospital studies suggest that scrub typhus is a leading cause of severe undifferentiated fever in regions across Asia where the disease is endemic, but the population-based incidence of infection ...
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Angela Rayner renews rural raid as farmers forced to sell fields 'for less than potential value'
Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has renewed Labour's rural raid after forcing farmers to sell fields "for less than their potential value". Rayner's Planning & Infrastructure Bill will ensure ...
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Nigeria strikes $200 million deal to power rural areas with renewable mini grids
LAGOS, March 10 (Reuters) - Nigeria has agreed to $200 million deal with WeLight, a pan-African Distributed Renewable Energy (DRE) company to deploy hundreds of renewable mini grids, aimed at ...
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Ruto meets 170 Kenya Kwanza MPs ahead of deal with Raila
As part of the deal, Kenya Kwanza has already ceded several parliamentary committee leadership positions to ODM, and Raila is expected to nominate additional allies to the Cabinet. Sources said ...