United nations

• Why most Americans disliked Kofi Annan

  
  2 days ago
  Two men, representing conflicting interests, rubbed shoulders at the United Nations.

• Kenya's poop burden

  
  3 days ago
  Kenya lags behind her neighbours in the number of people defecating in the open, with 5.6 million people not using toilets, according to Unicef

• UN agency involved in travel scandal

  
  3 days ago
  A scam is brewing at the United Nations Environment Programme (Unep) involving gross travel waste to the tune of Sh5.9 billion in a span of two years.

• Relief as new technology to detect pregnancy complications

  
  5 days ago
  Gadget is intended to be used in remote regions where patients don't have access to hospitals.

• World leaders eulogize Kofi Anan in burial ceremony

  
  5 days ago
  The burial ceremony of the late Kofi Anan at the Accra International conference Centre started at 8:30am Ghanaian time.

• Did you know Kofi Annan played football as an attacking winger? [Photos]

  
  5 days ago
  The late former United Nations Secretary-General Koffi Annan played football. Yes. Not only did he play but ‘played on the right wing’, as revealed by

• Raila in Ghana for Annan’s burial (Photos)

  
  6 days ago
  Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga joined mourners in Accra, Ghana for the funeral of former United Nations Secretary General Koffi Annan.

• Some 400 prisoners escape prison in Tripoli chaos

  
  2 weeks ago
  Some 400 prisoners escaped from a jail in Libya’s capital on Sunday while fighting between rival armed groups raged nearby.

• 150 deaf people get Sh3m trade tools

  
  3 weeks ago
  More than 150 people with hearing impairment have benefited from Sh3 million worth of equipment to start businesses.

• Kofi Annan and the ghosts of war

  
  3 weeks ago
  As world mourns Kofi Annan, a close scrutiny of the biggest conflicts of his time offer some insights into why he did nothing as millions were killed.

• Annan: ‘Scapegoat’ excuse and paradoxes in life of top diplomat

  
  3 weeks ago
  Annan’s tenure as UN Secretary General was blighted by inaction over conflicts in Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Afghanistan

• Kofi Annan: How I brokered the peace deal

  
  1 month ago
  Kofi Annan says he was against a repeat of presidential elections as the electoral system could not be trusted

• Youth must rise up, begin to drive desired change

  
  1 month ago
  Kenyan youth have in the past faced various obstacles in their path to claim successful spaces after clearing studies.

• 11 killed, 27 injured after roadside bomb hits bus

  
  1 month ago
  At least 11 people were killed and more than 30 wounded when a bus in western Afghanistan hit a roadside bomb.

• Nissan hosts Mandela day

  
  2 months ago
  Car dealership Nissan marked Mandela’s Day by donating a car to a Samburu-based charitable organisation.

• Kenyan joins UN tech panel

  
  2 months ago
  UN Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Nanjira Sambuli as a member of the high-level panel on digital co-operation at the global body.