Locust plague spells catastrophe for millions in underfunded East Africa

A humanitarian crisis is looming in Kenya and East Africa if funding to tackle the locust invasion is not secured immediately, the Norwegian Refugee Council in East Africa, said on Friday. Nigel Tricks, the Norwegian Refugee Council´s Regional Director for East Africa, said in a statement to newsrooms that grossly underfunded humanitarian responses across East Africa were tipping towards breaking point as a result of […]
Media Council calls out journalists for sensational and partisan reporting

The media council of Kenya (MCK) on Friday cautioned journalists against engaging in what it described at skewed and partisan reporting which it said included sensationalism and bias. In a statement to newsrooms, the council noted a “worrying trend of screaming headlines without corresponding content alongside multiple repetitions of headlines within a short period of […]