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Kenyans stranded as mobile money service outage hits2018-12-09
Xinhua: NAIROBI, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- On Saturday evening, Samuel Odhiambo received a "strange" distress call from a friend, who had taken his family for an outing at a mall east of Nairobi. "I am stranded. Please come and bail me because it's been an hour of waiting...
Kenya's biggest landfill poses climate change question - in pictures2018-12-09
The National: No one would envy a life of scavenging in Kenya's biggest landfill, but Daniel Kiarie says he would never leave it. Birds circle overhead and dogs scuffle as the 35-year-old moves through the filth of Nairobi, intent on useful finds. Ground-up garbage, from...
‘Mad’ Jack Churchill – The Only Man to Dispatch a German Soldier With a Longbow ...2018-12-09
War History Online: John Churchill, fondly referred to as Jack, is said to have marched into battle against the fearsome GermanWehrmacht carrying a bagpipe, a basket-hilted Scottish claybeg, and a longbow. Was he unbelievably heroic? Was he a madman? Or were the tales about him...
Germany and Kenya sign U.S. $126.5 million dollars development co-operation programme2018-12-09
Coastweek: NAIROBI (Xinhua) -- Henry Rotich, cabinet secretary for the National Treasury in Kenya, told journalists in Nairobi that under the agreement, Nairobi...
Bringing atrocities out of the shadows2018-12-09
Eagle-Tribune: NORTH ANDOVER — Labor and sex slaves toil shrouded from plain sight, a largely silent and anonymous population. Their global and United States numbers only can be estimated. In "FacesBehindAtrocity," a photo exhibit, Matilde Simas pulls into the light the...
Kenya's biggest landfill poses change question - in pictures2018-12-09
The National: No one would envy a life of scavenging in Kenya's biggest landfill, but Daniel Kiarie says he would never leave it. Birds circle overhead and dogs scuffle as the 35-year-old moves through the filth of Nairobi, intent on useful finds. Ground-up garbage, from...
Africa’s solid waste is growing, posing a climate threat2018-12-09
Arab News: Sat, 2018-12-08 (All day) NAIROBI, Kenya: No one would envy a life of scavenging in Kenya’s biggest landfill, but Daniel Kiarie says he would never leave it. Birds circle overhead and dogs scuffle as the 35-year-old moves through the filth of Nairobi, intent...
Nigeria-Japan bilateral ties unlocking more trade and investments opportunities – Envoy2018-12-09
Business Day Online: The AmbassadorExtraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Yutaka Kikuta, affirms that the cordial bilateral ties between his country and Nigeria have enabled both countries to unlock the trade and investments potentials in...
Africa's solid waste is growing, posing a climate threat2018-12-09
Manila Bulletin: By the Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — No one would envy a life of scavenging in Kenya's biggest landfill, but Daniel Kiarie says he would never leave it. Birds......
Chinese firms donate school supplies to Kenyan children's home2018-12-09
Xinhua: NAIROBI, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- Chinese firms on Saturday donated maize, beans, cooking oil and bedding worth 150,000Kenyan shillings (1,470 U.S....
Saturday Night Social: Let's All Applaud These Rhinos' Commitment to Wildlife Conservation2018-12-08
Jezebel: Sometimes, when two white rhinos love each other very much, they bang it out in front of a Nairobi high rise. Read more... ......
Kenya developing policy to minimize medicine costs2018-12-08
Xinhua: NAIROBI, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- Kenya is developing a policy to minimize the costs of medicines in the country, a senior health ministry official said on...
Global Forecast-Fahrenheit2018-12-08
Olean Times Herald: GlobalForecast as of 12:00 GMT Saturday, December 8, 2018 ————— City/Town, Country;Saturday's Weather Condition;Saturday's High Temp (F);Saturday's Low Temp (F);Sunday's Weather Condition;Sunday's High Temp (F);Sunday's Low Temp (F);Sunday's Wind...
Global Forecast-Celsius2018-12-08
Olean Times Herald: GlobalForecast as of 12:00 GMT Saturday, December 8, 2018 ————— City/Town, Country;Saturday's Weather Condition;Saturday's High Temp (C);Saturday's Low Temp (C);Sunday's Weather Condition;Sunday's High Temp (C);Sunday's Low Temp (C);Sunday's Wind...