In Kenya, a community radio brings succour to dwellers
By Ernest Harsch, Nairobi FM staffer Leonard Njeru outside the radio offices. "Edutainment" — education through entertainment — is the station's motto. Photograph: Africa Renewal / Ernest Harsch Korogocho, a slum in northeasternNairobiwith 100,000 inhabitants, had many of the ingredients for a political explosion similar to those More...
British TV executive Kerry Rome dies after being hit by motorbike in the Middle East
A Briton who became the first female director at TV channel Al Jazeera has died after being hit by a motorbike. Talented TV studio boss Kerry Anne Rome who was tragically killed in the road accident overseas (Picture: More...
Uganda: 30,000 at risk as TASO closes treatment centers
TASO says the process of phasing out outreach centres started in 2011. An estimated 30,000 HIV/AIDS patients are at risk following the closure of The AIDS Support Organisation (TASO) outreach centres countrywide. The More...
Rwanda: Celebrating four years of achievement with a bang
One of the cultural exhibitions at Heavens Restaurant. The New Times / Lydia Hsu. When Alissa Ruxin, an American with masters in public health, first moved to Rwanda in 2006, she assumed that she would find work More...
Kate Hilpern: Desperate to find the parents who gave her up
As told by Kate Hilpern for Mail Online When I was 18, I changed my name. Crucially, I gave myself a new middle name — Justine. Actually, it wasn’t new at all. It was the name my birth mother gave me before More...
Tiny puppy Bob is nursed back to health despite losing an eye after being dumped in vet’s car park
This adorable puppy is one of tiniest ever rescued by the RSPCA — and is looking for love even though he only has one eye. Little Bob, was just eight weeks old, and weighed less than a kilo when he was found dumped More...
Over 30 privately-owned Kanungu schools closed
Teachers inspect poor condition school latrines which have led to closure of many schools Kanungu district education department has closed 39 privately-owned primary schools in the district. The schools were closed More...
Clove picking accident paralyzes man for 12 years
Haji Ali Haji, who fell from a clove tree in 2001, remains helpless in bed, needing help for further medical treatment. A clove picking accident, 12 years ago, left a Zanzibar man paralysed and in need of medical More...
Rwandan youth in Manchester organise Genocide commemoration
On a breezy April day in Manchester, candles of hope were lit for the 18th commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. Some people gathered to learn more about the Genocide. Others gathered to inquire More...
300 English teachers to arrive in Rwanda this month
Rwandan teachers during a past meeting. The New Times A group of 300 English teachers recruited from Kenya and Uganda are expected to arrive in the country before the end of this month, an official has disclosed. In More...
