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Order a long-term news report on Geneva
Every mention in the Kenyan press over the period you choose, compiled as a PDF or Word document.
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Citizen Digital
… WHO's Abdirahman Mahamud told a press briefing in Geneva that part of the reason for the scale of the outbreak was that some early confirmed cases were in urban centres, like Bunia and the mining town of Mongbwalu. …
Ebola cases in Congo reach highest first-month total of any outbreak - WHOThe Standard
… The announcement was made in Geneva during the UN-linked conference on AI, security and ethics.The REAIM summit brings together governments, military leaders, technology firms, researchers and policy experts to discuss safeguards around the use of AI in defence systems. …
Kenya to host global military AI Summit, a first for AfricaCitizen Digital
… African host of global military AI Summit in 2027 By Willy Lusige June 19, 2026 07:37 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter Ambassador Philip Thigo, speaks during the AI, Security and Ethics Conference in Geneva …
Kenya named first African host of global military AI Summit in 2027The Standard
… ween Israel and Hamas, which runs Gaza, was an "absurd and devastating figure"."During a period supposedly defined by restraint and protection, a child has been killed, on average, every single day for more than eight months," UNICEF spokesman James Elder told reporters in Geneva …
Gaza ceasefire a 'deadly illusion': UNICEFCitizen Digital
… Vance will lead technical talks this week and attend a physical signing ceremony expected in Geneva, Switzerland. …
US says Strait of Hormuz to be toll-free under Iran dealCitizen Digital
Clashes as thousands protest in Geneva ahead of G7 summit in France By AFP June 15, 2026 03:30 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter Demonstrators damage a PricewaterhouseCoopers building during a rally of a "No- …
Clashes as thousands protest in Geneva ahead of G7 summit in FranceThe Standard
… The 47-country council meets for three regular sessions a year in Geneva, with the current session, which lasts until July 7, being the second of 2026.UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will visit Haiti on Tuesday to show solidarity with victims of gang violence, his spokesman …
At least 2,300 killed this year in Haiti gang violence: UNCitizen Digital
Protests set to grip Geneva ahead of G7 summit By AFP June 14, 2026 10:47 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter Workers install a baracade to close the border crossing between Hermance in Switzerland and Chens su …
Protests set to grip Geneva ahead of G7 summitCitizen Digital
… In 2017, she became head of the FAO Liaison Office in Geneva, Switzerland, where she remained until 2020. …
Guyana's UN ambassador enters race for secretary-generalCitizen Digital
… "That reflects really the scale of this outbreak: a scale that is much bigger than what is being detected, and the high mobility of the population," he told reporters in Geneva. …
Ebola spreading into new areas in northeast DR Congo: WHOThe World Health Organization reports that a quarter of adolescents aged 11–17 engage in no physical activity of at least 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous exercise per week, raising health risks. The finding, based on surveys from 140 countries and territories covering more than 3.2 million teens, extrapolates to approximately 240 million young people with no active days in a week.
5 November 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The World Health Organization reports that a quarter of adolescents aged 11–17 engage in no physical activity of at least 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous exercise per week, raising health risks. The finding, based on surveys from 140 countries and territories covering more than 3.2 million teens, extrapolates to approximately 240 million young people with no active days in a week.
5 November 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Three-time Grand Slam winner Stan Wawrinka ended his professional tennis career following a first-round loss at the Basel Open on Tuesday. The 41-year-old Swiss, who won multiple majors during an era dominated by Federer, Nadal, and Djokovic, brought an end to his decorated 24-year career.
28 October 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Africa's Ebola outbreak has passed 10,060 confirmed cases with 4,887 deaths, the majority in the Democratic Republic of Congo since May, according to Congolese health authorities. Cases have also been detected in Kenya, Nigeria and Uganda, with the WHO warning of a "complex" containment challenge spanning east, west and central Africa.
27 October 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board unanimously rejected plans to phase out the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, instead endorsing a transition that will streamline operations while preserving the organisation's mandate. The decision follows wider reforms within the UN system under the Secretary-General's UN80 initiative.
27 October 2026 · Capital News →
Africa's latest Ebola outbreak has passed 10,060 confirmed cases with 4,887 fatalities, the vast majority in the Democratic Republic of Congo since May, according to Congolese health authorities. Cases have also been detected in Kenya, Nigeria and Uganda, and the World Health Organization warns Africa faces a "complex" containment task across the continent's east, west and central regions.
27 October 2026 · The Standard →
Pan-African energy conglomerate Amsons Group has acquired Geneva-based Oryx Energies' Tanzania downstream business, including retail service stations, storage terminals, and distribution infrastructure, as part of Oryx's strategic review of its African downstream assets.
18 October 2026 · Capital News →
UN human rights chief Volker Türk warned that racial discrimination continues to shape access to jobs, healthcare, housing and justice for Africans and people of African descent, citing artificial intelligence reproducing human biases, police overuse of force, and systemic inequalities rooted in slavery and colonialism as reinforcing systemic racism.
9 October 2026 · Capital News →
Swiss President Guy Parmelin announced Friday that he will quit the government at the end of the year after more than a decade of ministerial service, citing the need to make way for new energy amid times of uncertainty.
2 October 2026 · The Standard →
CAP Freedom of Conscience raised concerns before the UN Human Rights Council about the pretrial detention of Lee Man-hee, the 95-year-old founder of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, questioning the necessity and proportionality of his continued detention at Seoul Detention Center and citing issues including alleged inadequate detention conditions during a heatwave.
29 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
CAP Freedom of Conscience raised the detention of Lee Man-hee, the 95-year-old founder of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, before the UN Human Rights Council on September 18, 2026, expressing concern over his pretrial detention at Seoul Detention Center, the non-violent nature of charges, and detention conditions during Seoul's heatwave including lack of air conditioning in his cell.
29 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
UNHCR warned Tuesday that nearly 8.3 million refugees and forcibly displaced people risk losing vital assistance as the agency faces severe funding cuts. The agency's available funding fell from $5.2 billion in 2024 to $3.9 billion in 2025, and by end of July 2025 it had received only 32 percent of the $8.5 billion it needs this year.
29 September 2026 · The Standard →
Angola's President João Lourenço told the UN General Assembly that African voices must shape global rules for artificial intelligence, arguing the continent risks becoming a consumer of systems developed elsewhere. He called for African participation in AI governance, digital public infrastructure, and stronger cybersecurity aligned with the UN's 2024 Global Digital Compact.
24 September 2026 · The Standard →
Over 1,000 Kenyans die from snakebites each year while more than 19,000 have been bitten by reptiles, with rural and pastoral communities bearing the heaviest burden. The Ministry of Health has designated snakebite envenoming as a priority disease and is strengthening surveillance and community health worker training in affected counties.
21 September 2026 · The Standard →
Tanzania will host the 153rd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Arusha from October 5–9, bringing together hundreds of lawmakers from 183 national parliaments to debate governance, inclusion, and global policy challenges under the theme "enhancing good governance and empowering communities through inclusivity, trust and opportunities for all." The meeting will also see the election of a successor to Tanzania's Tulia Ackson as IPU Governing Council leader.
20 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The Democratic Republic of Congo's worst Ebola outbreak in history, declared in mid-May, is spreading to new parts of the country rather than winding down, according to Doctors Without Borders. As of the report date, the virus has killed more than 3,600 people out of 7,200 recorded infections.
18 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Veteran Ugandan opposition politician Dr Kizza Besigye is facing trial on charges of treason and misprision of treason, jointly with his aide Hajji Obeid Lutale and UPDF officer Captain Denis Oola. The prosecution alleges they participated in meetings in Uganda, Kenya, Greece and Switzerland between 2023 and 2024 as part of a plan to overthrow President Yoweri Museveni's government by force of arms, with evidence linking alleged meetings and activities to Nairobi and Kisumu.
18 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Volker Turk, the U.N. rights chief, warned that artificial intelligence could pose an existential threat to humanity and called for "cast-iron guarantees" to secure AI, citing risks including disruptions to services, communications, and democratic systems. He pledged to press AI firms to reduce these risks during his address to the UN human rights council.
7 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
A top US envoy said on Monday that weekend discussions with Ukraine and Russia showed progress, including movement on scheduling additional trilateral talks to end the conflict that began when Russian forces invaded Ukraine more than four years ago.
7 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The World Health Organization said one of its main warehouses in Ukraine was destroyed by an air attack in Kyiv region on Thursday, the third such incident in three months. The WHO warned of a pattern of attacks on humanitarian facilities in Ukraine.
5 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The World Meteorological Organization warned that El Niño could become the strongest since monitoring began four decades ago, with effects set to persist through February and impacts continuing into 2027 as ocean heat releases gradually into the atmosphere.
3 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
South African security forces raided a clandestine laboratory near the Zimbabwe border on Thursday and seized drugs and equipment valued at around 600 million rand ($37 million), arresting two Mexican nationals, two Zimbabweans, and a Malawian. The discovery is part of a series of recent busts involving Mexican nationals that have led authorities to suspect Latin American cartels are expanding into Africa.
21 August 2026 · The Standard →
Winnie Byanyima, wife of jailed Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye, condemned the continuation of his treason trial while he was bedridden and unable to attend, calling it a "farce." Besigye, 70, was abducted in Kenya in 2024 and has been in custody facing charges over an alleged plot against President Yoweri Museveni.
19 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
A WHO incident manager said it is still possible to bring the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo under control within three months if necessary resources are provided, though the outbreak has worsened and expanded to a sixth province, killing at least 2,325 people so far.
19 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The WHO Director-General warned that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is moving faster than any previous epidemic and risks spreading to more countries, stating the outbreak is "far from being under control." The DRC's 17th Ebola outbreak has killed more than 2,300 people out of nearly 5,000 cases, making it the deadliest in the country's history, and is being fuelled by insecurity, displacement, and population movement in weakly-governed regions.
18 August 2026 · The Standard →
itel has launched the POWER 80, a 4G smartphone in Kenya priced at Ksh 19,499, engineered for durability without protective cases and verified against international standards including SGS 5-Star Gold Drop-Proof certification and MIL-STD-810 military-grade standards.
14 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The UN has warned that children and young people face growing exposure to online harms from artificial intelligence and digital platforms that are evolving faster than protective laws. More than 82 percent of young people aged 15 to 24 are online globally, exposed to risks including synthetic content, misleading information, and AI-facilitated exploitation.
11 August 2026 · Capital News →
An opinion piece argues that as foreign aid budgets in the U.S. and Europe face political pressure, Africa is shifting away from a model where aid decisions were made in Western boardrooms, toward one with greater local control. The Segal Family Foundation convened over 700 philanthropists and nonprofit leaders in Nairobi to discuss this transition.
11 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The Bungoma Public Service Board chairman has encouraged the Ogiek community to embrace cultural and eco-tourism as sustainable income sources while preserving heritage and protecting ancestral land, citing their traditional practices and environmental stewardship as assets for attracting tourists.
11 August 2026 · The Standard →
UEFA said Thursday it would continue its boycott of FIFA men's and women's World Cups despite FIFA withdrawing its plan to open competitions to private investment. UEFA cited that a second condition for withdrawing its boycott threat has not been met.
6 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Uganda declared itself Ebola-free after 42 days without local transmission, but the WHO said it will monitor the country for 42 days from when the last imported case was discharged on July 16, citing Uganda's continued risk from Ebola spread in the neighbouring DRC.
29 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →