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Autosport Podcast: WRC Rally Estonia preview

The World Rally Championship heads from Kenya's car-breaking roads to the ultra-fast, smooth and undulating gravel stages of Rally Estonia this weekend for round seven of the 2022 season.

Autosport

Fix found to resolve M-Sport WRC engine fire issue

M-Sport team principal Richard Millener is confident a fix has been found to avoid a repeat of the engine fire that ended Sebastien Loeb's Safari Rally Kenya podium hopes.

Autosport

Why world's first malaria shot won't reach millions of children who need it

After decades of work, the World Health Organization endorsed the first-ever malaria vaccine last year - a historic milestone that promised to drive back a disease that kills a child every minute.

Reuters

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On the street and online: social media becomes key to protest in Kenya

As elections near amid soaring debt and a cost-of-living crisis, grassroots activists are turning to social media to propel change

The Guardian - UK

Extremely Remote: Woman Saves Up Thousands Traveling Worldwide While Working A New York City Job

“I did a month in Guatemala, realized how easy it was, and a lot of people I met told me you can stay in co-working hostels."

Zenger

It’s a long, weary ride for refugees who make it to Kenya

For many refugees in eastern Africa, Kenya is home – with UNHCR figures showing that more than half a million live in the country. While Kenya is the final destination for many, it is also the beginning of an odyssey of paperwork.

Radio France Internationale

Are Kenya's cotton farmers being sacrificed in war against GMOs?

It is harvest time in Kenya, and Joseph Thika has had to hire workers to help him harvest his cotton crop. Joseph is happy that his genetically modified plants matured faster this year, compared to the variety he used in the past. Kenya is counting on this solution to revive…

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Kenya’s ex-football chief Mwendwa to face fresh charges

Mwendwa was first arrested in November after the Kenyan government disbanded the FKF and set up a caretaker committee to run football over the alleged financial impropriety during his tenure

The Hindu

S2,EP22: Kenya's GMO cotton, Cameroon fish farmers, Refugees in Kenya

This week, Africa Calling podcast brings you audio-rich stories and voices from the African continent with our African correspondents. In Bamenda, people are still dealing with the Anglophone crisis, but some enterprising entrepreneurs are ensuring there's fresh fish. In Kenya farmers embrace GMO cotton seeds, but some experts warn about…

Radio France Internationale

Woman remote works from anywhere in world and puts £1,600 a month into savings

Madi has been doing her office job from Columbia, Guatemala, Mexico, Italy, Costa Rica, France, Belgium and Kenya

Wales Online

Funding the fight against NCDs

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, lung disease, diabetes, obesity and mental disorders, are often chronic and develop over a long period. Collectively, NCDs account for about 70% of all deaths globally (and 60% of deaths in Sub-Saharan Africa, where they account for over 55% of hospital admissions…

Bangkok Post

Tuna catch dries up for Kenya's local fisherfolk

Artisanal fisheries on Kenya’s coast say climate change, overfishing by large foreign vessels and a lack of other job opportunities for coastal communities is draining the Indian Ocean of its yellowfin tuna stocks

The Independent UK

Why US-Kenya cooperation on wildlife and drug trafficking matters

Kenya and the United States have worked very closely against terrorism since the targeting of the American embassy in Nairobi in 1998 by Al-Qaeda. But much less debated is US-Kenya cooperation on other issues such as environmental conservation and law enforcement among others.

The Conversation

Kenya’s fringe presidential candidates: what they offer in elections

On 9 August 2022, Kenyans will vote for their fifth president. It will be the country’s seventh general election since the resumption of multiparty electoral democracy 30 years ago.

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Autosport

The Kenyan rally drivers breaking down barriers

While the World Rally Championship superstars took centre stage at the Safari Rally Kenya, a cast of home heroes emerged into the spotlight having celebrated their success on the biggest platform in rallying. Here are their stories and how they are changing perceptions

The Guardian - UK

Pressure points: threat of unrest looms as Kenya’s elections approach

Tensions run high amid youth unemployment, a cost of living crisis and a lack of trust in the country’s institutions

Reuters

Reuters journalist Tsegaye Tadesse had front row seat to Ethiopian history

Tsegaye Tadesse, a former Reuters correspondent in Ethiopia who had a front row seat to history and a knack for being in the right place at the right time, has died at 92.

The Conversation

Why Kenya’s experiment in giving local governments the power to manage food security hasn't worked

The ability of Kenya’s 47 county governments to manage food security has been met with various challenges. These have crippled their capacity to deal with the impact of the ongoing drought, as well as resource-based and inter-communal conflicts that have left about 3.5 million people at risk of hunger. These…

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The Independent UK

Angella Okutoyi: From a Nairobi orphanage to the first round of Wimbledon

The 18-year-old had not played on grass until last week

Leeds Live

Leeds woman's desperate plea to help bring sick mum sleeping rough in Kenya back to the UK

Peris Newlove's mum, Rose, went back to her native Kenya in 2019 and hoped to live on her grandad's farm

WEKU

The case of the incredible shrinking fritter: A report from Kenya's street stalls

Inflation — fueled by the pandemic, the war in Ukraine and local issues — has made everything more expensive, including the oil used to fry street food. Here's how vendors and customers are coping.

ABC News

Workforce shortage in the sights of GROW program to bring refugees to regional NSW

A woman who came to Albury as a refugee after six years in a Kenyan camp is now coordinating a new program to help city-based refugees move to regional New South Wales.

The Independent UK

Endangered grey crowned cranes are losing more habitat

As Kenya’s Lake Ol’ Bolossat shrinks in size, the birds lose their nesting grounds

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Security Council Divided in Addressing Melilla Incidents

The United Nations Security Council held a closed-door session on Wednesday to discuss last week's Melilla tragedy. At least 23 migrants died trying to cross into the Spanish enclave, amid clashes with Moroccan and Spanish security forces, and 140 security personnel were injured. About 2,000 migrants tried to storm a…

Motorsport

Pirelli content with WRC tyres after "positive" Safari Rally examination

Pirelli has no plans to make any alterations to its World Rally Championship tyres this season after it was deemed its rubber successfully tackled last weekend's Safari Rally Kenya.

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