Hawkers display their wares at the backstreets on Nairobi’s Central Business District.They are complaining of slow business because there is no purchasing power among the population attributed to high taxes.[Benard Orwongo,Standard In Nairobi, from Gikomba market to Tom Mboya Street, Eastleigh to River Road, thousands of Kenyans wake up every morning to make a living in the streets as hawkers. These men and women, many of them youths and single mothers, form a pillar of the city’s informal economy. They are the most unrecognised contributors to the daily trade, local supply chain, and the broader economy of the city, offering vital goods…
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Air pollution is the second largest risk factor for death globally. [Courtesy] Africa’s battle for clean air is a real and urgent fight for public health, climate resilience, and economic survival—one that is already costing the continent countless lives and livelihoods. As leaders, scientists, activists, and development partners gather in Nairobi from July 15–17 for the CLEAN-Air Forum 2025, the stakes could not be higher. This forum must break from the cycle of theoretical talks and pilot more projects. It must chart a path toward scalable, financed, and community-driven solutions for the world’s most neglected environmental crisis: air pollution. Air…
A man sits on the remains of an Iranian missile that fell at the settlement of Neria near Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, on 29 June 2025, in the aftermath of the 12-day war between Israel and Iran. [AFP] Iran and Israel are currently embroiled in a conflict that has persisted for over a week, threatening to alter the security architecture of the Middle East. At the heart of the dispute is longstanding suspicion and mistrust surrounding Iran’s nuclear programme, which has been a matter of international concern for decades. According to Israel and nuclear experts within the International…