United nations

• World tourism ministers commit to support cultural tourism at Turkish conference

  
  3 days ago
  Channelling tourism revenues into cultural preservation and community development was identified as a key governance challenge.

• CBK Governor to sit in digital financing task force

  
  4 days ago
  Central Bank governor Patrick Njoroge has been appointed to the task force on digital financing of the Sustainable Development Goals.

• Kenya to tap into cultural tourism says CS Balala

  
  6 days ago
  Kenya is diversifying its unique tourism products and tapping on cultural tourism as a key product.

• The teen pregnancy cloud over Kenya

  
  6 days ago
  According to the United Nations Population Fund, some 378,400 girls in Kenya between age 10-19 became pregnant between July 2016 and June 2017.

• Glamour at Mr and Miss Albinism East Africa

  
  1 week ago
  This was done in a bid to affirm the dignity of a group that has faced discrimination, violence and even murder because of the hereditary condition.

• Reggae music added to global cultural heritage list

  
  1 week ago
  Reggae's contributes greatly to the international discourse on issues of injustice, resistance, love, humanity underscores.

• African fishing communities worry as blue economy summit continue

  
  1 week ago
  Fishing communities along Africa’s coastline are at a greater risk of extinction as countries eye oceans for tourism and industrial fishing.

• African fishing communities face 'extinction' as blue economy grows

  
  1 week ago
  Fishing communities along Africa’s coastline are at a greater risk of extinction as countries eye oceans for tourism, industrial fishing, exploration

• Home 'most dangerous place' for women, new study shows

  
  2 weeks ago
  There's a total 87,000 female homicide cases in 2017, some 50,000 or 58 percent were committed by the victims' intimate partners or family members.

• Women fight for toilets in rural areas

  
  2 weeks ago
  Women in the village Pakistan have long been forced to hide their bodily functions from the conservative, deeply patriarchal society

• Greenhouse gas levels in atmosphere hit new high

  
  2 weeks ago
  The levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, the main driver of climate change, have hit a new record high, the UN said Thursday.

• UN urges more efforts to integrate migrant children in schools

  
  2 weeks ago
  The United Nations on Tuesday called on countries to step up efforts to integrate the growing numbers of refugee and migrant children in schools.

• Seven UN peacekeepers killed in clashes

  
  3 weeks ago
  Armed attacks by at least two rebel groups are hampering international efforts to contain the virus, and give medical attention to Ebola victims.

• UN commits to Uhuru’s Big Four agenda

  
  3 weeks ago
  Ruto has hailed the United Nations for its support to President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Big Four agenda.

• United Nations support Uhuru’s Big Four Agenda

  
  3 weeks ago
  Deputy President William Ruto has applauded the United Nations for supporting President Uhuru’s Big Four agenda.

• Pneumonia to kill 11 million plus children by 2030: new study

  
  4 weeks ago
  More than 880,000 children -- mainly aged less than two years old -- died from pneumonia in 2016 alone.

• Sri Lanka president sacks parliament, calls snap election

  
  1 month ago
  President Sirisena had already taken control of all state media outlets soon after dismissing Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.

• Big day for young innovators at rotary fete

  
  1 month ago
  A Kenyan and five other volunteers from around the world will be honoured as Rotary People of Action’s Young Innovators for their strategies aimed at

• Ethiopia gets its first female supreme court president

  
  1 month ago
  Ethiopia’s parliament on Thursday swore in the country’s first female supreme court president.

• Kipchoge receives UN honours

  
  1 month ago
  Kipchoge vows to use his status to inspire youth