Upper respiratory tract infections, skin disease and malaria are leading illnesses taking Kenyans to hospital. A report by the government statistics agency also lists diarrhoea, arthritis, fever, urinary tract infection and hypertension as the other ailments that burden majority of Kenyans.The report by the Kenya Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) shows the burden of upper respiratory

Photo/Somali Times Belet-Hawo-Fighting broke out in the border town of Belet-Hawo in Gedo region Monday morning between Somali federal forces and Jubaland troops displacing people from their homes. The fighting which happened in Border Point One area near the Kenyan border caused panic as locals fled from their homes, a source in the town told

By AGGREY MUTAMBO Kenya has rejected claims it is interfering with Somalia’s internal affairs and dismissed them as “fabricated for political expediency”. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has written a protest note to Mogadishu in response to a statement issued on Friday by Somali Ambassador to the UN, Abukar Dahir Osman, who said Nairobi was

Armed drones, fire support vehicles target Al-Nayrab military airport, making it out of service, local sources say The Turkish Armed Forces targeted the Syrian regime’s military airport in Aleppo, according to local sources on Sunday. Al-Nayrab military airport, on the outskirts of Aleppo city center, was known as one of the bases that the Assad

Police on Sunday held and questioned 11 MPs from the Northeastern region on allegations that they took a trip to Somalia without authorisation. Reports indicated that they travelled for an unknown mission without the permission of the Foreign Affairs ministry or National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi. Sunday saw police wait for the lawmakers at Wilson

At least eight Members of Parliament from North Eastern Kenya are set to be questioned by police over their secret mission to Somalia. Citizen Digital understands that the MPs from Wajir and Mandera counties flew to Mogadishu on Saturday and jetted back to the country on Sunday morning aboard a chartered plane. They include; Ahmed

Photo/Somali Times/ Dahir Gelle candidate president in Somalia 2021. Dahir Gelle candidate president in Somalia 2021. According to Wikipedia. Ambassador Dahir Mohamud Gelle (Somali: Daahir Maxamuud Geele, Arabic: is a Somali diplomat and politician. Ambassador Dahir was born in Mogadishu in 1966. Having completed his primary and secondary education in Mogadishu, Dahir earned a Bachelors

Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the leader of the Taliban delegation, signs an agreement with Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. envoy for peace in Afghanistan, at a signing agreement ceremony between members of Afghanistan’s Taliban and the U.S. in Doha, Qatar February 29, 2020. REUTERS/Ibraheem al Omari The United States signed a historic deal with Taliban insurgents on

Afghan men celebrate in anticipation of the U.S-Taliban agreement to allow a U.S. troop reduction and a permanent ceasefire, in Jalalabad, Afghanistan February 28, 2020. REUTERS/Parwiz Millions of Afghans are anticipating that America’s longest war fought in their country will end on Saturday as U.S. and Taliban negotiators are expected to sign a deal to

UAE Tour cycling race abandoned midway after Italian participants test positive for coronavirus The 2020 UAE Tour cycling race was abandoned midway on Friday after two Italian participants tested positive for the coronavirus. The Abu Dhabi Sports Council issued a statement announcing that the remaining rounds of the race were cancelled. “The decision has been