Bernard Momanyi

China's achievement has been widely recognized as unprecedented in scale and speed. It demonstrates how a large and populous developing country can eliminate extreme poverty through sustained policy implementation, targeted interventions and long-term planning.

NINGXIA, China, Jul 12 – China's successful campaign to eliminate extreme poverty offers valuable lessons for developing countries seeking to improve livelihoods and accelerate modernization, participants at an international seminar in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region have said.

Instead of nurturing future leaders, many politicians appear determined to destroy the very environment within which leadership can emerge. Instead of mentoring, they intimidate. Instead of creating opportunities, they manufacture dependency and cultivate a culture of goonism that increasingly threatens public order and democratic participation.

July 20 – India and the United Kingdom's landmark free trade agreement came into force on Wednesday, eliminating tariffs on thousands of products and opening new opportunities for businesses, professionals and investors in both countries.

Every day in Kenya, about 15 mothers die from pregnancy and childbirth-related complications. Another 92 newborns die, while 93 babies are stillborn. These are not just statistics. They are women, children and families whose futures are forever changed by preventable tragedies.

ISLAMABAD, July 26 – Pakistan has asked the United States to establish a $10 billion Exchange Stabilization Support Facility to help shore up its foreign exchange reserves, ease pressure on the rupee and reduce reliance on International Monetary Fund (IMF) financing, according to two sources familiar with the request.

History has a way of separating those who merely occupied office from those who truly served it. Long after the titles have faded and the motorcades have gone quiet, it is character, not possessions, that decides how a leader is remembered.

He questioned why Uhuru and Gachagua were now, in his view, seeking to mobilise the region against President Ruto before the completion of his second term.

Kaguchia remained inside the media station overnight after appearing on Inooro TV's Kiririmbi programme on Sunday evening, saying hooded officers had mounted an operation outside the premises to arrest him.

The programme is expected to help prevent more than 46,000 maternal and newborn deaths over the next five years through investments in health workers, essential medicines, referral systems, medical technologies and health information systems.