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Good hair day: Nairobi stylist's wigs lift morale of breast cancer patients

Hair stylist Diana Aketch felt helpless. She wanted to help a friend who was battling breast cancer but didn’t know how.

Radio France Internationale · Feb 27, 2022

UN to Agree on Plan for 'Historic' Plastics Treaty

More than 100 nations convening in Nairobi next week are expected to take the first steps toward establishing a historic global treaty to tackle the plastic crisis afflicting the planet. Plastic has been found in Arctic sea ice, the bellies of whales and Earth's atmosphere, and governments have been under…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 26, 2022

'Historic’ global plastics treaty in pipeline

More than 100 countries will gather in Nairobi next week to take the first steps toward establishing a historic global treaty to tackle the plastic crisis afflicting the planet.

Bangkok Post · Feb 26, 2022

Elizabeth Varughese obituary

Other lives: Fine art and English teacher whose love of painting and drawing pervaded all parts of her life

The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2022

Kenya beefs up security after warnings of possible attacks

Police operations come after several European embassies warned of risk of possible attacks.

Al Jazeera · Jan 28, 2022

Kenya Airways is in financial trouble (again). Why national carriers have a hard time

Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya, offers flights to over 56 destinations in 39 countries. This should be a remarkable feat in these waning days of the COVID-19 global pandemic.

The Conversation · Jan 25, 2022

Wigtown home carer heading to Kenya on one-woman mercy mission

Ann Todd is heading to Nukuru and Nairobi after spending two years fundraising to help people in the country

Daily Record · Jan 18, 2022

NDTV’s founders prevented from leaving country, LOC issued in June

On August 9, NDTV founders Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy were prevented from leaving the country. The basis of this was a lookout circular (LOC) issued in relation to a two-year-old case filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The couple was supposed to board a Kenya Airways flight…

Newslaundry · Aug 10, 2019