Once regarded as a safe haven for refugees, Kenya is slowly becoming a hostile place for some of those seeking protection from political persecution and war, rights groups say.
Their concerns come after masked men abducted at gunpoint four Turkish (...)
Children's eyesight is steadily getting worse with one in three now short-sighted or unable to see things in the distance clearly, a global analysis suggests.
The researchers say Covid lockdowns had a negative impact on eyesight as children spent (...)
The World Health Organization (WHO) is optimistic that the ongoing mpox outbreaks in Africa could be halted within the next six months, with the first shipment of vaccines expected to arrive in Congo within days, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom (...)
The World Health Organization (WHO) Secretary-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, announced on Friday that the new mpox virus can be halted and brought under control with coordinated global efforts.
"This new mpox outbreak can be controlled and (...)
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has issued an urgent appeal for $16.5 million to bolster its response to the expanding mpox outbreak in East and Southern Africa, with a particular focus on protecting children and vulnerable (...)
The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended a targeted vaccination approach rather than mass vaccination to combat the spread of the mpox virus, highlighting that controlling the spread of mpox is more manageable compared to (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development has made several remarkable achievements in the recruitment sector during the first half of 2024. This is mainly through the Musaned, the ministry's official platform for (...)
Young protesters in Kenya returned to the capital's streets for an eighth week of demonstrations on Thursday as President William Ruto swore in a new cabinet.
Police fired tear gas at protesters in Nairobi city center as many businesses remain (...)
JEDDAH — Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman chaired the Cabinet session held in Jeddah on Tuesday.
The Cabinet began by reviewing several periodic performance reports on the programs of the Saudi Vision 2030, noting numerous (...)
Like humans, wild chimpanzees engage in snappy, turn-taking conversations, where they wait just a fraction of a second for their turn to 'speak'.
The animals communicate mostly with gestures including hand movements and facial (...)
On the eve of his perilous escape from his home country last month, Sudanese photojournalist Mohamed Zakaria left his camera equipment with a friend, not sure if he would ever see it again.
He was fleeing el-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur (...)
Rwanda's president said the international community "failed all of us", as he marked 30 years since the 1994 genocide that killed around 800,000 people.
President Paul Kagame addressed dignitaries and world leaders who had gathered in Rwanda's (...)
Few political turnarounds can match the last month in Senegal.
Just over two weeks ago, Bassirou Diomaye Faye was a little-known opposition leader languishing in jail, detained without trial on charges including inciting insurrection, who had never (...)
To the casual observer, it seemed like the long-cherished dream of a new single currency for East Africa had come to fruition.
An account on X, called "Government of East Africa", complete with a grey tick suggesting it was the real deal, released (...)
Tanzania's founding father Julius Nyerere has been honoured with a statue outside the African Union headquarters in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa.
Nyerere led what is now Tanzania from independence in 1961 until 1985.
Known as Mwalimu, Swahili for (...)
Tanzania's founding father Julius Nyerere has been honored with a statue outside the African Union headquarters in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa.
Nyerere led what is now Tanzania from independence in 1961 until 1985.
Known as Mwalimu, Swahili for (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Council of Ministers on Tuesday approved the Law for the Protection of Whistleblowers, Witnesses, Experts and Victims.
The Weekly session of the Cabinet, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman in Riyadh, also (...)
Emile Bolingo is not sure how long he and other residents of Goma, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, can hold out.
This major city in the region, with about two million people, has been cut off from the farms that feed it for several (...)
Developing countries must lead efforts to reform outdated international institutions and frameworks, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in remarks to the third summit of the Group of 77 (G-77) and China, which opened on Sunday in Kampala, (...)
DAVOS — Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Eng. Waleed Al-Khereiji underscored Saudi Arabia's firm stance against the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip. He emphasized the urgent need of an immediate ceasefire, the delivery of relief aid, and the (...)
UN Secretary-General António Guterres repeated his call for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza and the unconditional release of all hostages, in an address to the latest summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), which concluded in Kampala, Uganda, on (...)
RIYADH — Deputy Foreign Minister Walid Al-Khuraiji reaffirmed Saudi Arabia's keen commitment to preserving the unity and territorial integrity of the republics of Somalia and Sudan. This commitment is seen as crucial to maintaining security, (...)
RIYADH — The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (MHRSD) announced that it has cut the upper limit of fee for recruiting domestic workers from a number of countries. These countries include the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, (...)
RIYADH — Newly appointed Saudi ambassadors, including Princess Haifa Bint Abdulaziz Al Muqrin as the Ambassador to Spain, took their oaths before Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman in Riyadh on Tuesday.
Princess Haifa, along with other (...)
Once the gavel came down in Dubai, the warm words flowed — but will it really have an impact on climate change?
The agreement reached in this glitzy metropolis for the first time nails the role of fossil fuel emissions in driving up temperatures and (...)
