Kenya

Brimin Kipkorir of Kenya has won the 36th Athens Marathon with the 3rd best ever time, beating Ethiopia's Tesfa Wokneth by almost two minutes.

Kenya's champion Brimin Kipkorir has withdrawn from Sunday's Nairobi International Marathon and will instead compete at the more lucrative Athens Marathon on November 11.

Kipkorir, who clocked a time of 2:12.39 in winning last year's event, said he has been forced to choose between the two races and believes he has more to prove in Greece.

The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) on July 25 performed free-of-cost eye surgeries for nomads in Kenya's Isiolo county.

The Greek Film Archives pays tribute to the fresh and exciting cinema being produced in various African countries with a weeklong festival featuring selections from Algeria, Egypt, Kenya, Ethiopia, Morocco, Nigeria and South Africa that explore the big and small issues of their respective societies. Admission is free of charge and screenings start at 7 p.m.

The Greek Film Archive pays tribute to the fresh and exciting cinema being produced in various African countries with a weeklong festival featuring selections from Algeria, Egypt, Kenya, Ethiopia, Morocco, Nigeria and South Africa that explore the big and small issues of their respective societies. Admission is free of charge and screenings start at 7 p.m.

President Rumen Radev welcomed the change in the approach and the abolition of the ban on payment of certain medicines from the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) budget in 2018.

The Head of State calls on all parliamentary groups to continue to consider ethical considerations and to act in the interests of constitutional citizens' rights and social justice.

Kenyans, who produce, sell or even use plastic bags, risk being punished by up to four years in prison or a fine of USD 40,000. Since Monday, the world's most stringent law aimed at reducing plastic pollution has come into force, Reuters reported, quoted by BTA.

Kenyans producing, selling or even using plastic bags will risk imprisonment of up to four years or fines of $40,000 from Aug. 28, as the world's toughest law aimed at reducing plastic pollution came into effect.

The East African nation joins more than 40 other countries that have banned, partly banned or taxed single use plastic bags, including China, France, Rwanda, and Italy.

Tensions remained high in Kenya on Aug. 13 after 11 people died in violent protests and the opposition stood by its demand that the re-election of President Uhuru Kenyatta be overturned.

A raft of developing countries are considering selling bonds earmarked for environmental projects, potentially accelerating growth in a market seen as crucial to efforts to keep global temperatures in check.

France and Poland have in recent months become the first sovereigns to issue 'green' bonds, previously the domain mainly of development banks and companies.