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The government has been challenged to capitalize on scientific data to give more accurate projections of the weather with the changing climatic conditions. Geospatial scientists from across the world who are converging in Nairobi for a three days Afri-Geo conference say they have noted lack of funding as the main hindrance to the sector's potential in boosting proper utilization of data collected from the space. This and other stories in our county news roundup.
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News making headlines across the counties
- 23 Oct 2024 - Israel on Tuesday confirmed it had killed Hashem Safieddine, the heir apparent to late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah who was killed last month in an Israeli attack targeting the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group.
- 23 Oct 2024 - A one-year-old child died while 14 passengers were hospitalised in serious condition after a truck rammed into a matatu along the Narok-Maimahiu road in the Pinyinyi area of Narok County on Tuesday night.
- 23 Oct 2024 - The E. coli outbreak, linked to one of McDonald's most popular menu items, has sickened 49 people and sent 10 to the hospital, officials say.
- 23 Oct 2024 - Germany has detected its first case of the new Mpox variant, the Robert Koch Institute for public health said on Tuesday, adding that it viewed the risk to the wider population as low.
- 23 Oct 2024 - Haitian gangs are ramping up attacks on areas they do not yet control, the head of the United Nation's Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) warned on Tuesday, after days of renewed violence from an alliance of armed gangs in the Caribbean nation.
- 23 Oct 2024 - South Africa sees Russia as a valued ally, President Cyril Ramaphosa said at a bilateral meeting with Russia's Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, on the eve of the BRICS summit of emerging economies that will take place in the Russian city of Kazan.
- 23 Oct 2024 - Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have attacked villages in the east of Sudan's El Gezira state, killing at least 25 people, following the defection of high-ranking RSF officer Abuagla Keikal who is from the area, activists said.
- 23 Oct 2024 - The Kenyan government, through the Climate WorX program, has launched a transformative initiative to engage youth and women in environmental conservation efforts by establishing a mega tree nursery around Ngong Forest. The project aims to prepare 3,000…
- 23 Oct 2024 - The two sisters left their home in search of their mother who had visited a hospital.
- 23 Oct 2024 - Democratic U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris held a marginal 46% to 43% lead over Republican former President Donald Trump, with a glum electorate saying the country is on the wrong track, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found.