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By Edwin Waita NAIROBI (Reuters) -A 16-year-old schoolboy who is on a quest to become the youngest person to fly around the world solo, landed his sma...

Ethiopian Airlines flew passengers on a Boeing 737 MAX plane on Tuesday, but opinions are divided on its first flight using the model since a crash nearly three years ago forced regulators to ground the fleet globally.

By Dawit Endeshaw ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopian Airlines is due to resume flying the Boeing 737 MAX plane on Tuesday, but opinions are divided on ...

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By Edwin Waita NANDI COUNTY, Kenya (Reuters) - Slain long-distance Olympic runner Agnes Tirop, a rising star in Kenya's highly competitive athletics s...

By Edwin Waita NANDI COUNTY, Kenya (Reuters) - Slain long-distance Olympic runner Agnes Tirop, a rising star in Kenyas highly competitive athletics scene, was buried on Saturday at a funeral attended by over 1,000 mourners. Tirop was found stabbed to death in her home in the Rift Valley town of Iten on Oct. 13, in an incident that has shone the spotlight on violence against women https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/two-deaths-shine-spotlight-violence-against-women-kenya-2021-10-15 in Kenya. Her...

NANDI COUNTY, Kenya (Reuters) - Slain long-distance Olympic runner Agnes Tirop, a rising star in Kenya's highly competitive athletics scene, was buried on Saturday at a funeral attended by over 1,000 mourners.

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Kenyan insurer Pula offers lifeline to African farmers hit by climate change Reuters 1 hr ago By Edwin Waita KITUI, Kenya, April 20 (Reuters) - When Kenyan farmer Waki Munyalos crop of lentils shrank by three quarters last year because of unusually low rainfall, disaster was averted thanks to a simple remedy that was previously unavailable to most African farmers - insurance. Munyalo, a 38-year-old mother-of-three, had taken out an insurance policy with Kenyan start-up Pula, which aims to rea...

Kenya Startup Pula Offers Insurance to African Farmers Hit by Effects of Climate Change By Edwin Waita | April 20, 2021 KITUI, Kenya – When Kenyan farmer Waki Munyalo’s crop of lentils shrank by three quarters last year because of unusually low rainfall, disaster was averted thanks to a simple remedy that was previously unavailable to most African farmers – insurance. Munyalo, a 38-year-old mother-of-three, had taken out an insurance policy with Kenyan ...