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Advocates of fair health services for disabled women protests discrimination

Nita Bhalla, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Nov 14 11:12 PM

Disabled women around the world are being denied basic health services from family planning advice to pap smears because they are seen as asexual, disability rights campaigners said. Read more »

Gay men seen dying from AIDS due to Africa's homophobic laws

Nita Bhalla, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Oct 08 08:55 AM

NAIROBI - Thousands of gay men in Africa are likely dying from HIV-related illnesses every year due to homophobic laws that stifle their chances of being tested and treated, said researchers behind a study published on Monday in The Lancet HIV journal. Read more »

Teacher from remote Kenya village is world's best, wins $1 mn

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 25 06:58 AM

A maths and physics teacher from a secondary school in a remote village in Kenya's Rift Valley has won the $1 million Global Teacher Prize for 2019, organizers have said. Read more »

The nations grounding their Boeing 737s

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 12 06:54 AM

A number of countries grounded Boeing's 737 MAX 8 medium-haul workhorse jet on Monday in response to an Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed all 157 people on board.   Read more »

Boeing 737 MAX safety record questioned after two tragedies

Delphine Touitou, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 11 06:47 AM

For the second time in less than 6 months, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 has crashed minutes after takeoff and killed everyone on board, raising fresh questions about the safety of a model that is crucial to the US giant's future plans. Read more »

Greek man saved from Ethiopia crash by being late

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 11 06:45 AM

A Greek man said on Sunday he would have been the 150th passenger on the Nairobi-bound Ethiopian Airlines Boeing plane that crashed killing all on board, except he arrived two minutes late for the flight.  Read more »

From flying toilets to 'froggers': Kenya struggles with slum waste

Hereward Holland, Reuters
Posted at Mar 08 11:15 PM

NAIROBI - Most of Patrick 'Moreno' Osunda's neighbours curse when the rains make the latrines overflow. For him, it's the smell of money. Read more »

Kenya hotel siege over, militants and at least 14 victims dead

Duncan Miriri and Omar Mohammed, Reuters
Posted at Jan 17 12:38 AM

More than 700 civilians were evacuated from the dusitD2 complex after a 20-hour, overnight siege in a Nairobi hotel. Read more »

Filipinos in Kenya warned amid attack

Baz Ratner, Reuters
Posted at Jan 16 01:30 PM

A member of security forces walks as cars are seen on fire at the scene where explosions and gunshots were heard at the Dusit hotel compound, in Nairobi, Kenya. Read more »

Blast, gunfire in Islamist attack at Nairobi hotel, office complex

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 16 01:18 AM

A huge blast followed by a gun battle rocked an upmarket hotel and office complex in Nairobi on Tuesday, causing casualties, in an attack claimed by the Al-Qaeda-linked Shabaab Islamist group. Read more »

Pinoys in Nairobi urged to stay indoors amid Kenya terror attack

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 16 12:04 AM

MANILA - The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Tuesday advised Filipinos in Nairobi, Kenya to stay indoors amid a suspected terror attack. Read more »

Gold bars from the sky, double dead: Odd stories that baffled Pinoys in 2018

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 25 01:38 PM

Gold bars falling out of the sky, dangerous clouds, and a case of "double dead" were among the strangest stories that grabbed the attention of our readers this year. Read more »

Rhinos and their conservation in Kenya

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 30 12:09 PM

Three of the 5 species of rhino are listed as critically endangered -- their numbers decimated by poachers who kill the giant mammal for its horn, used in traditional Chinese medicine or as a supposed aphrodisiac. Read more »

Ninth rhino dead after failed move to new park in Kenya

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jul 18 06:40 AM

A ninth critically endangered black rhino has been reported dead after a botched operation to move the animals to a new reserve in southern Kenya, the country's tourism minister said on Tuesday. Read more »

At least 21 dead after dam bursts in Kenya

Thomas Mukoya, Reuters
Posted at May 10 06:23 PM

A dam burst in Kenya after weeks of torrential rain, unleashing a torrent of water that smashed into two villages killing at least 21 people and causing "huge destruction," rescue services and government officials said.   Read more »

Earliest Homo sapiens exhibited unexpected sophistication

Will Dunham, Reuters
Updated as of Nov 29 05:40 PM

WASHINGTON - On a grassy African landscape, some of the earliest members of our species, Homo sapiens, engaged in surprisingly sophisticated behaviors including using color pigments, creating advanced tools, and trading for resources with other groups of people. Read more »

Kenyan doctor performs brain surgery on wrong patient

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Mar 06 08:03 AM

A neurosurgeon at Kenya's largest hospital has been suspended after performing brain surgery on the wrong patient, the hospital said in a statement on Friday. Read more »

Kenya court awards 4 million shillings to girl strip-searched by police

Reuters
Posted at Dec 19 03:49 AM

NAIROBI - A Kenyan court on Monday awarded a young woman four million shillings in damages after she was strip-searched by police who said they were looking for drugs. Read more »

Cows and chickens cause spat between Kenya and Tanzania

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 09 10:45 AM

A diplomatic spat over cows and chickens has worsened already frosty ties between Kenya and Tanzania, with Nairobi lodging a formal protest against its neighbor, the foreign minister said Wednesday. Read more »

Bawal ang plastic: Kenya imposes world's toughest law vs plastic bags

Katharine Houreld and John Ndiso, Reuters
Posted at Aug 28 04:24 PM

NAIROBI - Kenyans producing, selling or even using plastic bags will risk imprisonment of up to four years or fines of $40,000 from Monday, as the world's toughest law aimed at reducing plastic pollution came into effect. Read more »