Science & Tech

A consortium of Chinese companies has been licensed to fish in Somali waters in what the Fisheries Ministry said was awarded in a transparent process for the first time in…

By Fauxile Kibet Poor countries will receive more funds to help them adjust to global warming, the World Bank has said. The global body said that it will double its…

On the 30th World AIDS Day, the following timeline shows how the epidemic spread around the world, progress made to combat it and challenges that remain. 1920s – HIV, the…

By Fauxile Kibet Somalia has agreed to an intelligence sharing deal with six countries bordering the Indian Ocean but is yet to append its signature to the deal. The agreement…

Child marriage is costing African countries at least $60 billion in lost lifetime earnings, more than what the world gives the continent in aid each year, the World Bank said…

By  A dead whale that washed ashore in eastern Indonesia had a large lump of plastic waste in its stomach, including drinking cups and flip-flops, a park official said Tuesday,…

The fate of hundreds of TB and HIV/AIDS patients hangs in the balance after a district official in Shibis District allegedly ordered the demolition of a government medical facility offering…

By Salam Abdulqadir Abdulrahman Egypt has historically adopted an aggressive approach to the flow of the River Nile. Cairo considers the Nile a national security matter and statements continue to…

By  Missing: A tiny island in northern Japan. Or so authorities fear, prompting plans for a survey to determine if the outcrop has been washed away, ever-so-slightly shrinking the country’s…