Government criticized for tree planting during dry season

15 Jan 2025 - Puritans may also argue that this robs the rite of its sting, given the reasons for which it was/is traditionally practised.

15 Jan 2025 - Eight people have died in Tanzania following an outbreak of suspected Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) in the Kagera region, with health officials advising against any travel and trade restrictions with Tanzania.

15 Jan 2025 - Drama unfolded outside Wang'uru law courts in Mwea, Kirinyaga after a woman demanded the arrest and arraignment of a suspect in a Ksh.30 million fraud case who has failed to appear before court for plea taking for the last two years.

15 Jan 2025 - The substance, vivid against the grey smoke and charred landscape, is fire retardant -- much of it a product called Phos-Chek that has been used by the US Forest Service since the 1960s.

15 Jan 2025 - Dozens of nurses from public hospitals in Kisumu today marched in the streets of Kisumu to demand for better working conditions from the Kisumu county government as their strike entered the second day.

15 Jan 2025 - South African rescuers have pulled out 36 dead bodies and 82 survivors from a gold mine deep underground in two days of operations, police said on Tuesday, adding that the survivors would all face illegal mining and immigration charges.

15 Jan 2025 - While Riyadh has not detailed preparations for this year's pilgrimage -- still five months away -- authorities will no doubt want to avoid a repeat, said Abderrezak Bouchama of Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah International Medical Research Center.

15 Jan 2025 - The 40-year-old was at home in Kabanna in the Afar region, about 250 kilometres (155 miles) northeast of the capital Addis Ababa, when an earthquake struck in late December.

15 Jan 2025 - After a battle in Russia's snowy western region of Kursk this week, Ukrainian special forces scoured the bodies of more than a dozen slain North Korean enemy soldiers.

15 Jan 2025 - Pump price for diesel increased by Sh2, kerosene by Sh3 and petrol by Sh0.19.