Kenya: Diplomatic Row Persists Over U.S. Travel AdvisoryThe United States government has declined to withdraw an advisory asking its citizens not to travel to the coastal city of Mombasa. The move comes hours after 3 people died, following a grenade attack in a crowded bar in Mishomoroni, ...
Editor's note: In the years since publication of this article, Kenya has seen a spate of terrorist attacks. TheUS State Departmentadvises against travel to all of Lamu County, while theUK's Foreign Commonwealth Officeexcludes Lamu Island from its travel advisory (while advising against travel to...
“Do not travel to Kenya due toCOVID-19.Exercise increased caution in Kenya due tocrime, terrorism, health issues, and kidnapping, ” reads the travel advisoryon the US Bureau of Consular Affairs Website. A level four advisory is the highest advisory level, urging US citizens not to travel ...
The Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) established the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) in 2019. AWE provides women entrepreneurs with the skills, resources, and networks needed to start and scale successful businesses. So far, AWE is in over 100+ count...
The guilty pleas and the forfeiture of assets once again demonstrate that the Department is committed to holding corporate executives who engage in foreign bribery individually accountable and to deny them the proceeds of their corruption.” Across the Pond Alstom-Related Charges The recent FCPA ...
(A US Department of Agriculture inspector examines a shipment of imported frozen meat in New Orleans in 2013. Photo byAnson Eaglin) One of the biggest challenges associated with the rapid urbanisation of the world’s population is working out how to feed billions of extra citizens. I’m spendi...
Kenya was, however, beaten to the top spot by South Africa and Mauritius that scored 41 and 26 to emerge first and second respectively. Earning potential is one of six key metrics used by international wealth advisory firm Henley & Partners to assess how the 11 leading countries o...
The World Bank supports development projects through loans and grants, offering advisory or technical support to build the capacities of the concerned agencies. “We are happy that Kenya is moving forward in actualising its dream of vaccine production and is using the right strategy of ...
1Department of Public Health, School of Health Sciences, South Eastern Kenya University, Kitui, Kenya,2Department of Public Health, School of Public Health and Biomedical Sciences, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Kakamega, Kenya,3Department of Public Health, School of Health Pr...
Department of Development Studies SOAS, University of London, London, UK Dzodzi Tsikata Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana Gertrude Dzifa Torvikey Leiden, The Netherlands Marleen Dekker ...