London, Feb. 16, 2021 (AltAfrica)-Victims of human rights abuses in Kenya and Malawi have receive a substantial among of money from a British company, Camellia Group, after agreeing to settle legal claims to compensate a number of Kenyan and Malawian women over gross human rights abuses and rape allegations. The firm’s guards have been accused ...

London, Feb. 10, 2021 (AltAfrica)-Kenya on Wednesday launched a $34 million project aimed at cushioning the effects of drought caused by climate change, targeting communities living in arid regions of the country. Finance and environment ministry officials said the five-year Green Climate Fund would go towards helping 620,000 people in 11 regional counties in arid ...

London, Jan. 14, 2021 (AltAfrica)-A new variant of the coronavirus has been detected in Kenya, preliminary research by the state-linked Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) has revealed. The variant, unique to Kenya, had been detected in the south-east of the country following a study done between June and October, Kemri said. More research needed to ...

London, Dec. 31, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Health CS has warned Kenyans to prepare for a probable slow and long-drawn vaccination process because Kenya is currently in Phase II of clinical trials for Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine the same vaccine approved on Wednesday by Britain Close to 400 participants had been chosen to participate in the trials that started two months ...

London, Dec. 12, 2020 (AltAfrica)-A woman has self-delivered a beautiful baby girl in a moving car on the way to a hospital The nerve-wracking footage captured how the baby started coming out & got grabbed by the anxious yet courageous mother. Although many things could have gone wrong, everything was gladly successful in the end ...

London, Dec. 4, 2020 (AltAfrica)-The Covid-19 pandemic has transformed the way millions of people around the world work and go about their daily lives. READ ALSO: UK TAKES DELIVERY OF FIRST BATCH OF COVID-19 VACCINE JAB Lockdown regulations implemented worldwide in a bid to contain the spread of the coronavirus have seen millions of people ...

London, Oct. 31, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Kenya has kicked off the clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19, a Covid-19 vaccine candidate.  The vaccine has been developed by the University of Oxford in partnership with AstraZeneca. Kenya becomes the second African country to trial the vaccine after South Africa. In a statement on ...

London, Oct. 28, 2020 (AltAfrica)-The World Health Organization (WHO) says Kenya has witnessed what it calls a dramatic rise in Covid-19 cases over the last month. The WHO says the country reported 4,594 new cases in the past week – up 51% on the previous week. READ ALSO: OKONJO-IWEALA CLEARS LAST HUDDLE AFTER ENDORSEMENT BY ...

London, Sep. 22, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Kenya’s Chief Justice, David Maraga, has written to the country’s President Uhuru Kenyatta, recommending that he dissolves parliament for its failure to enact a law on gender balance. Maragga’s recommendations follow six petitions calling for the dissolution of parliament. READ ALSO: UGANDAN ARMY KILLS 13 PRISON ESCAPEES AFTER MASSIVE JAILBREAK The ...

London, Sep. 16, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Kenya has reviewed its Covid-19 trends and exempted Tanzanians and visitors from Tanzania from the 14 days mandatory quarantine when they arrive in the country, The Nation reported. This is after the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) included Tanzania among states and territories whose travellers into the country will be exempt from quarantine. KCAA has updated the list ...