Reintegrating knowledge and truth: Science, religion and politics are not strange bedfellows
Domains such as ethics, aesthetics, and religion fundamentally influence human societies and how those societies interact with science. Topics like aesthetics, morality and theology are actively studied by philosophers, historians and other scholars. However, questions that arise within these domains generally cannot be resolved by science, although they can be informed by science.
Previously ‘orphaned’ by scientists as ‘primitive’ sorghum is rebounding in western Kenya as a cash crop
Prof Hai Chun Jing from the Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, who is leading the Chinese partnership in technology development and transfer, put emphasis on the importance of selecting and breeding high-yielding, drought-resistant varieties that can thrive in the diverse agro-ecological zones of Africa.
As more countries as sucked into conflict in eastern Congo, fears of a regional war rise
Troops from Burundi, with its own tense relations with Rwanda, were sent to fight alongside Congolese forces. Troops from Tanzania, which hosted the weekend summit, were deployed in Congo under the banner of a regional bloc. And Uganda, on poor terms with Rwanda, had already deployed hundreds of troops to fight a different rebel group in eastern Congo.
South African currency holds firm stable as Trump promises more tariffs on minerals
South Africa’s benchmark 2030 government bond was weaker, with the yield up 3.5 basis points to 9.1 per cent. On the stock market, the Top-40 index closed up about 0.4 per cent.
Revealed: WikiLeaks lays bare how USAID bankrolled Internews Network, with regional headquarters Kenya, to suppress media freedom
WikiLeaks is a multinational organisation founded by Julian Assange that specialises “in the analysis and publication of large datasets of censored or otherwise restricted official materials involving war, spying and corruption.”
Farmers in Kenya’s Nakuru County switch to bee farming as crop production is hit by erratic weather
Kurgat said the county government had been encouraging bee farmers to join cooperatives in order to keep at bay unscrupulous brokers and unlock the unexploited potential that could be realized from sale of their products that include; honey, wax, pollen, propolis, royal jelly and bee venom.
