Updated Jan. 10, 2024 9:04 am ET Western importers are reporting a steep rise in ocean-shipping rates and weekslong delays as carriers divert ships from the Red Sea to avoid Houthi rebel attacks. Some companies shipping goods on the crucial trade lane are starting to chafe at the rising prices and extra fees that ocean … Read more
Last month, at the Berlin Marathon, Ethiopia’s Tigist Assefa broke Kenya’s Brigid Kosgei’s 2019 run record by finishing in 2:11.53, and, last Sunday, Kenya’s Kelvin Kiptum, in his third marathon in Chicago, zoomed past the most high-profile long-distance runner Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge’s record by 34 seconds by finishing in 2:00:35. The women’s marathon world record … Read more
A German leisure and vacation airline has launched direct flights from the city of Frankfurt to Mombasa. Condor has been flying into Kenya for about 20 years now but only as a charter to Mombasa. Speaking during a meeting with travel agents at a hotel in Nairobi, Condor General Manager for Kenya and Tanzania Lilian … Read more