Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta (left) shakes hands with the opposition coalition leader Raila Odinga to symbolise a truce in March 2018.
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Even in the most tense and dangerous of moments, the elite has found a way to come back together.
Serious lead poisoning cases are a growing problem on the continent.
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Unregulated and hazardous lead acid battery manufacturing and recycling plants are often adjacent to residential areas, agricultural and grazing lands.
Mosquito eggs can remain viable for years even in dry conditions and hatch after heavy persistent rains.
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Prolonged rains increase the amount of stagnant water in the environment in which mosquitoes breed. This increases the risk of mosquito-borne diseases.
Coding can enhance children’s creativity and their understanding of mathematics.
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Coding is beneficial to children, irrespective of their career path later on in life.
President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed of Somalia (left) and Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta.Their countries are in a row over territory.
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As Kenya and Somalia scramble for offshore oil and gas, foreign investors wait eagerly on the sidelines
Nairobi River flows through a low-income settlement.
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There are huge holes in the governance of Nairobi river and city’s waste which means the river’s condition has deteriorated.
A female Aedes albopictus mosquito feeding on a human host.
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While no deaths have been reported in Ethiopia so far, outbreaks of the mosquito-borne disease spread rapidly and have severe impacts on public health.
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The rapid invasion is a major threat to the environment and rural people’s livelihoods.
Choosing when to harvest as well as storage poses big problems for African farmers.
Once crops have been harvested, farmers experience wastage and loss of food all over Africa.
More must be done to draw women into STEM careers.
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Women are drastically under-represented in the science, technology, engineering and maths fields.
Many children got burn injuries because of poor housing.
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Research found that burns were most common among children under five years.
Kenyan police continue security measures a day after the terror attack in Nairobi.
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Kenya needs to disseminate and implement intelligence so that it can effectively prevent and counter future terror attempts.
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and Chinese President Xi Jinping prior to a bilateral meeting in Beijing, China.
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Kenya has a legal framework that protects its citizens from racism but there are challenges with its implementation
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As rain continues to fall in Kenya, national and county governments must put measures in place to prevent a Rift Valley fever outbreak.
Cartoonist Godfrey Mwampembwa was fired from a leading Kenyan daily newspaper for his political views.
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New forms of artistic expression are driving debates in East Africa that challenge sensitive subjects. But the backlash has been vicious.
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Baringo county and other areas on the western side of Kenya are struggling to reduce their seasonal malaria caseloads.
Seasonal influenza is a serious public health problem.
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Influenza is an important cause of severe respiratory illness in Kenya especially among children below two years of age.
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Kenya must establish policies to tackle dengue fever and chikungunya, like it did for malaria.
Nairobi’s current waste disposal system is fraught with major problems.
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Nairobi’s new governor should learn from the mistakes of the past
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In the future, traps for mosquito that spread the dengue and chikungunya virus could be made from the carbon dioxide in human breathe as well as body odour.