The image is of a luxury mega hotel in the Swiss Alps, Switzerland. This Facebook post with an image supposedly of Serena Hotel, Kenya, is FALSE. The image features a tall, opulent golden building with swirling towers at the top. The accompanying text reads: “Serena Hotel Kenya, Beautiful.” To authenticate this image, Mtoto News conducted […]
The image is of the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Kenya This photo shared on X (formerly Twitter) supposedly of Kenya’s Office of the President is SATIRICAL. The image captures what appears to be a motor vehicle checkpoint and is accompanied by a text that reads: “Anyone looking for our president, kindly note.” The image […]
A man, 21, has been handled 15 years of jail term for defiling a 13-year-old girl. Juma Odhiambo, the accused, was convicted by senior Resident Magistrate David Odhiambo who said that the court was provided with compelling evidence that he was guilty of charges leveled against him. The court was told that Juma committed the […]
Since the latest Israeli-Palestine war erupted on 7 October, at least 2,360 children have been killed in Gaza and 5,364 injured. Most of the deceased children have not received proper burials due to the ongoing relentless airstrikes that have made it impossible for burials to happen. Additionally, over 870 children are missing in Gaza and feared […]
The original image does not feature the Israeli flag. This Facebook post with an image supposedly of the Israeli flag displayed at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre in Nairobi, Kenya is FALSE. The photo posted on 16/10/2023 shows the Israeli flag displayed on the upper part of the KICC building. “A beautiful display of the […]
Although children may not be active consumers of Artificial intelligence, AI poses a great risk to children’s online safety. A new report Global Threat Assessment 2023 indicates that, from the first half of 2020 to 2022, the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) reported a 360 percent increase in the instances of ‘self-generated’ sexual imagery of 7-10-year-olds. […]
While climate change is a threat to all human beings, girls are particularly disproportionally affected by it. A new report echoes these sentiments by indicating that the number of girls at extreme risk of facing the double blow of climate change and child marriage is set to increase by 33 percent to nearly 40 million […]
Globally, at least one million children under 5 years die annually due to severe wasting, making it one of the top threats to child survival according to a new report by UNICEF. This is because severe wasting turns childhood illnesses into killer diseases. Children who are severely wasted succumb to those diseases because their bodies […]
At least 19 million children in Sudan are out of school due to the raging war that has continued for the last six months according to Save the Children. It says in essence 1 in every 3 children in the country or some 6.5 million lost access to school due to increased violence and insecurity […]
As this year’s Customer Service Week comes to an end, Mtoto News would like to extend our heartfelt appreciation, recognition, and thankfulness to all our partners, friends, staff, children and readers. This year’s CWS theme, Team Service, wouldn’t be timelier as it is the seamless teamwork from all of YOU that we have been able […]