DIASPORA NEWS

A Kenyan man living in the United States has touched the hearts of many after he donated Covid-19 protective equipment to Paxton Police Department in Paxton, Massachusetts. Wilson Kiriungi, a resident of Worcester, Massachusetts, delivered a package of 3M particulate respirators to the local police…

A video shared online recently has painted a clear picture of the racial discrimination people of African descent are being subjected to in China. The video shows a black man who has taken his expectant wife to the Dongguan Nanhua Gynecology Hospital in Guangdong province for a scan but the couple…

Kenya’s Ambassador to China Sarah Serem has refuted reports that Kenyans were among people of African descent who slept on the streets after they were recently kicked out of their apartments in China over accusations of spreading Covid-19. Serem, in a statement on Thursday, admitted that some…

A Kenyan-born businessman has reportedly succumbed to Covid-19 in the United States. Dr. Maurice Odhiambo Ojwang passed away in New York on Monday, April 20th, according to his younger brother Ojwang Jacobo. “This is to confirm that my elder brother, Dr Maurice Ojwang had passed on yesterday…

Elsie Kibue, a Kenyan woman living in the United Kingdom, was left shocked after learning that her photo was circulating online in Uganda, claiming that she had died of Covid-19. It was falsely claimed that the person on the photo (Elsie) was the fourth person to succumb to coronavirus in Uganda.…

Kenya High Commission in London has revealed plans to evacuate Kenyan nationals stranded in the UK amid the coronavirus pandemic. Through Twitter on Sunday, Kenya’s High Commissioner to the UK Manoah Esipisu said they are working on logistics for a possible evacuation flight to Nairobi from London…

Kenyans who wish to be evacuated from China have been asked to register with the Kenyan Embassy in Beijing. The embassy, in a notice sent to the Kenyan community in China on Friday, said it will organize a flight to repatriate those who want to leave the country as long as they pay for the trip out…

Two Kenyan nationals have died of the coronavirus disease in the United Kingdom. This was confirmed by Kenya's High Commissioner to the UK Manoah Esipisu through Twitter on Friday, April 17th. “Our thoughts & prayers are with their families,” Esipisu wrote on his official Twitter handle. He…

Ugandan MP Bobi Wine has joined hands with US businessman Neil Nelson to evacuate people of Africa descent who are stuck in China after a wave of racial attacks broke out there. In a statement, the two said they will airlift affected Africans and African-Americans to a country in Africa that is…

US-based Kenyan athlete Emmanuel Korir has described the lockdown in the US as the most difficult time in his life. Most of the country under lockdown after cases of Covid-19 continue to surge. as of Friday, April 17th, the US has recorded the worst number of infections and deaths in the world, at…