February 2025

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you […]

Feb 28 – India is solidifying its position as a global leader in clean energy transition, with its ambitious renewable energy goals, strategic international partnerships, and groundbreaking innovations taking centre stage at India Energy Week (IEW) 2025. The event, held in February, attracted policymakers, industry leaders, and experts from over 100 countries to discuss sustainable […]

NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 27 – Agriculture and Livestock Development Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has announced the start of the 2025 macadamia harvesting season on March 1, while reaffirming the government’s commitment to maintaining the ban on exporting raw, in-shell nuts. Speaking during a stakeholder meeting, CS Kagwe defended the ban, stating that it aligns with […]

NAIROBI Kenya, Feb 28 – Deputy President Kithure Kindki is set to jet out to Windhoek for the burial of Namibia’s founding President Sam Nujoma, who died on February 8 at the age of 95. Speaking during a consultative forum with grassroots leaders from Tharaka Nithi, Meru, and Embu, Kindiki said he had to re-organize […]

LAMU, Kenya, Feb 28 – The Port of Lamu is set for more activity following agreements between Kenya and neighboring countries to increasingly use it as a regional transshipment hub. President William Ruto has said he recently reached an agreement with landlocked Ethiopia to use the port to move imported goods to the hinterland. “We […]

Gunfire and explosions have ripped through a rally held by rebel leaders in a city they recently captured in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Videos show chaotic scenes with bodies on the streets after the crowd fled the rally in Bukavu, the second-biggest city in the east, in panic. Casualty figures are unclear, but AFP […]

NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 28 – The Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) has announced a temporary closure of the Haile Selassie Roundabout on Uhuru Highway for a month due to scheduled road works for the construction of a pedestrian underpass. In a notice issued on Friday, the Authority said the traffic disruption will start from March […]

Feb 28 – US President Donald Trump has said he has a “lot of respect” for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, on the eve of their talks at the White House. Asked by the BBC if he would apologise for recently calling him a “dictator”, he said he could not believe he had said this. He […]

NAIROBI, Kenya Feb 28 – The Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) has embarked on the development of its 2025-2030 Strategic Plan, aiming to transform the authority into a national leader in healthcare supply chain management. Led by Chair Samuel Tunai and CEO Dr. Waqo Ejersa, the KEMSA Board and senior management convened in Mombasa last […]

CAPE TOWN, South Africa Feb 27– Eight former African Heads of State and Government have signed the Cape Town Declaration, calling for critical debt relief for highly indebted nations and advocating for lower borrowing costs for all developing countries. The declaration was signed at the launch of the African Leaders Debt Relief Initiative (ALDRI), which […]