Kenya’s candidate withdraws from race for top Commonwealth Secretariat job

Kenya’s candidate withdraws from race for top Commonwealth Secretariat job

The plot to oust Patricia Scotland as Secretary-General appears to have come undone after her Kenyan rival Monica Juma withdrew from the race.

  • byLatika Bourke

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With avocado deal clinched,China aims to be peacemaker in Africa

With avocado deal clinched,China aims to be peacemaker in Africa

The continent is destabilised by conflicts in Ethiopia,Somalia and South Sudan. Beijing hopes its new envoy will help end them.

  • byDuncan Miriri
Omicron hot spot faces reckoning over low vaccine rates

Omicron hot spot faces reckoning over low vaccine rates

The new Omicron variant has already begun to surge among South Africa’s young and unvaccinated,and experts are concerned about the effect it might have on the elderly.

  • byMogomotsi Magome andAndrew Meldrum
‘If they die,we all die’:Drought kills in Kenya

‘If they die,we all die’:Drought kills in Kenya

As world leaders address a global climate summit in Britain,drought has descended yet again in northern Kenya,the latest in a series of climate shocks rippling through the Horn of Africa.

  • byBrian Ingagna
Fuel tanker explosion kills at least 98 in Sierra Leone capital

Fuel tanker explosion kills at least 98 in Sierra Leone capital

The tanker burst into flames at a busy intersection after colliding with a truck,turning the night sky orange,photos and video show.

  • byDanielle Paquette
Australian charity probed over alleged exploitation of Kenyan children
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Australian charity probed over alleged exploitation of Kenyan children

Kenyan police are investigating an Australian charity that claims to save vulnerable children from human trafficking.

  • byCameron Houston andChris Vedelago
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The woman who wants the Commonwealth to fight the next pandemic

The woman who wants the Commonwealth to fight the next pandemic

Monica Juma wants to reset the Commonwealth as part of her bid to oust Baroness Patricia Scotland from the London-based job.

  • byLatika Bourke
‘Our responsibility’:23 nations back pandemic treaty idea for future emergencies

‘Our responsibility’:23 nations back pandemic treaty idea for future emergencies

It is still an idea,but one that already has substantial backing. It could avoid some of the nationalistic decisions made this time around.

  • byJan Strupczewski
Local hero Rosemary Kariuki:‘Politics is very dirty. I don’t think it’s for me’

Local hero Rosemary Kariuki:‘Politics is very dirty. I don’t think it’s for me’

The Kenyan-born migrant and refugee advocate on helping other women as a domestic violence survivor,why politics isn’t on her horizon,and how church is her “spiritual food”.

  • byBenjamin Law
The Aussie coach at the heart of Kenya’s fairytale run to African championships

The Aussie coach at the heart of Kenya’s fairytale run to African championships

From Crows Nest to Kenya,Liz Mills has taken her basketball coaching philosophy with her - and brings success wherever she goes.

  • byPeter FitzSimons
Signs of hope and wonder in a year of plague and fires

Signs of hope and wonder in a year of plague and fires

Surprising reservoirs of strength are contained in nature - things to puzzle over,delight in,marvel at and respect.

  • byJulia Baird