Embu Woman Representative Pamela Njeru said period poverty remains a major barrier to education, health and economic empowerment for women and girls, urging stakeholders to shift from charity-based interventions to sustainable investments in the menstrual economy.

Stocks of crude oil in the US ‌Strategic Petroleum Reserve fell by 5.5 million barrels to 325.7 million barrels, the lowest level since May 1983, according to data from the ⁠Department of Energy. The drawdowns are a part of a US agreement to release 172 million barrels from the facility...

Landlocked Rwanda imports all its petroleum products overland through two main ports, Dar as Salaam in Tanzania and Mombasa in ⁠Kenya.