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Sakaja Faces Fresh Storm Over Nairobi Lands Docket Reshuffle

NAIROBI,Kenya Apr 24-Nairobi South MCA and Nairobi County Assembly Deputy Minority Leader Waithera Chege has issued Governor Johnson Sakaja with a 24-hour ultimatum to reverse a controversial reshuffle in the county executive, escalating a simmering political dispute over control of the influential Lands docket. The contention is Sakaja’s decision to reassign County Chief Officer for […]

US millionaire big-game hunter dies after being crushed by elephants

Ernie Dosio, a 75-year-old vineyard owner, was hunting an antelope species in Africa when the incident occured Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox An American millionaire big-game hunter has died after being crushed by a group of elephants during a hunting expedition in Gabon. Ernie Dosio, a 75-year-old vineyard owner, was hunting yellow-backed duiker, an antelope species, in the central African country of Gabon when the incident occurred last Friday. While in the Lope-Okanda rainforest, he and his guide unexpectedly came across five female elephants accompanied by a calf. Continue reading…

African Groups Warn Open Pathogen Access Route Could Undercut Benefit-Sharing Ahead of Geneva Talks

NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 24 — African civil society leaders have warned against a proposed “dual-track” system in global pandemic negotiations that would allow unrestricted access to pathogen data without obligations, saying it risks entrenching the inequities exposed during COVID-19. Speaking in Nairobi ahead of a critical round of talks in Geneva, the leaders urged governments […]

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