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Kenya's 2025 Gains: Security strengthened, services digitised, ties deepened

Kenya has reported significant strides in security reforms, digital transformation and regional diplomacy.This follows thegovernment appraisal of projects implemented in the third and fourth quarters of 2025.During the 13th meeting of the Governance and Public Administration (GPA) Sub-Committee of t

By The Standard Dec 05, 2025

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Drought pushes 2.1 million to brink of famine in northern Kenya

More than two million people in arid and semi-arid counties are facing crisis-level hunger as the failed short rains push northern Kenya deeper into drought.This is even as lawmakers and aid workers warn of worsening conditions.At a press conference in Parliament, leaders from the NorthernFrontier C

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In India's mining belt, women spark hope with solar lamps

Santosh Devi is proud to have brought light and hope to her hamlet in western India, taking up solar engineering through a programme for women like her whose husbands suffer chronic disease from mining work.Her husband is bedridden with silicosis, a respiratory illness caused by inhaling fine silica

By The Standard Dec 05, 2025

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Tanzania tourism suffers after election killings

Tanzania's white beaches and safari lodges are emptier than usual as the country counts the cost to its crucial tourism sector from the mass killing of protesters during recent election unrest.The election on October 29 eruptedinto days of violent protests over allegations that President Samia Suluh

By The Standard Dec 05, 2025

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