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Every mention in the Kenyan press over the period you choose, compiled as a PDF or Word document.
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… ogle Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale receives the official recognition for the Kenya's elimination of Human African Trypanosomiasis, commonly known as sleeping sickness at the 79th World Health Assembly in Geneva …
Kenya honoured at World Health Assembly for eliminating sleeping sicknessThe Standard
… eople and infected more than 500, an international health emergency."At the international level, (we are) looking at what candidate vaccines or treatment are available and if any could be of use in this outbreak," Anne Ancia, the WHO's DRC representative, told reporters in Geneva …
WHO evaluates vaccines, treatments for Ebola outbreakThe Standard
Audio By VocalizeHealth Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale receives recognition from the World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus during the 79th World Health Assembly in Geneva on Tuesday, May 18. …
Kenya earns WHO recognition after eliminating sleeping sicknessCitizen Digital
… Audio By Vocalize Kenya has reaffirmed its commitment to building resilient and people-centred health systems through integrated primary healthcare reforms during a high-level side event on the sidelines of the 79th World Health Assembly in Geneva. …
Kenya highlights primary care networks, community promoters in push for people-centred health systemThe Standard
… As things stand therefore, the Geneva-based WHO has declared its second-highest level of alert under IHR -- a pandemic being the highest -- with the global health body warning the scale of the current outbreak remains unclear. …
WHO declares international emergency as Ebola kills more than 80 in DR CongoThe Standard
… sentative in Ukraine, pointed out that already in March 2022, a month into the full-scale war, the United Nations health agency had estimated that 10 million people would need support for mental health in the country."These needs have been increasing," he told reporters in Geneva …
Swelling Ukraine mental health crisis will be felt for generations: WHOThe Standard
… Somewhere in Geneva, a cocoa trader closes a deal worth millions. The cocoa came from Ghana. …
Africa's invoice is now being written to those who owe itThe Standard
Supreme Court Judge Njoki Ndungu at the Supreme Court, Nairobi, August 30, 2022. [David Gichuru, Standard] The Geneva-based Institute of Human Rights (IHR) has criticised President William Ruto’s efforts to back Supreme Court Justice Njoki Ndung’u for a position on the Internatio …
Rights group opposes Ruto's support for Justice Ndung'u's ICC positionCapital News
… The expansion is projected to elevate Nairobi’s standing as the third-largest UN duty station in the world, after New York and Geneva, and ahead of Vienna in terms of operational and conferencing scale. …
Guterres in Nairobi for Africa Forward Summit, Sh44bn UNON expansionCapital News
… The expansion is projected to elevate Nairobi’s standing as the third-largest UN duty station in the world, after New York and Geneva, and ahead of Vienna in terms of operational and conferencing scale. …
UN Secretary-General António Guterres to Visit Kenya for Major UNON Expansion Launch in NairobiThe 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 →