Kenya is facing a shortage of blood supplies in its hospitals, with relatives and friends of patients increasingly having to put out calls for people to donate. The Kenya Red Cross has been posting some of these social media appeals on Twitter. Already this month, they have posted appeals for more than 10 people who…
A new social media filter has been launched to prevent users from receiving unsolicited naked pictures. On Friday the plugin – called Safe DM – which blocks and deletes pictures of penises sent via direct message became available to Twitter users. Developer Kelsey Bressler came up with the idea after she received an unwanted nude…
Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has called for more regulation of harmful online content, saying it was not for companies like his to decide what counts as legitimate free speech. Citing China, Mr Zuckerberg also warned excessive control risked stifling individual expression. He was speaking at the Munich Security Conference in Germany. Social media giants like…
China has announced a drop in new cases from the coronavirus outbreak for a third consecutive day. On Sunday, authorities reported 2,009 new cases and 142 more deaths nationwide. New cases spiked earlier in the week after a change in the way they were counted but have been falling ever since. In total more than…
The German economy had another very weak three months at the end of last year, according to official figures. Gross domestic product (GDP), the total production of goods and services, was almost unchanged from the previous quarter. Germany is very exposed to the tensions in international trade, and the weak new figures partly reflect a fall…
SOME 242 deaths from the new coronavirus were recorded in the Chinese province of Hubei on Wednesday – the deadliest day of the outbreak. There was also a huge increase in the number of cases, with 14,840 people diagnosed with the virus. Hubei has started using a broader definition to diagnose people – which accounts…
HARARE – Zambians are scared that Zimbabwe’s forthcoming polls will compromise the smooth-running of a global tourism event being co-hosted by the two countries, according to United States ambassador to Zambia Mark Storella. Both Zimbabwe and Zambia are hyping the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) as a catalyst to winning back tourists, but poor…
HARARE – This week, in the Guthrie Munyuki Interview, we bring you British Ambassador to Zimbabwe Deborah Bronnert, whose country is fresh from hosting the Friends of Zimbabwe (FoZ) meeting in London. Below are the excerpts. Q. Recently Britain hosted the Friends of Zimbabwe (FoZ) meeting in London which was attended by three representatives of…
LONDON – Theresa May has attacked one of her predecessors – accusing Tony Blair of “undermining” the Brexit talks by calling for another referendum. She called his comments an “insult to the office he once held” and said MPs could not “abdicate responsibility” to deliver Brexit by holding a new poll. In London last week,…
WASHINGTON – Former United States president George HW Bush has died at the age of 94, a family spokesperson has announced. Bush Senior died on Friday, about eight months after the death of his wife, Barbara Bush. “Jeb, Neil, Marvin, Doro and I are saddened to announce that after 94 remarkable years, our dear Dad…
