ICC to renew crimes against humanity in eastern Congo as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels accused of executing civilians in Goma
Human Rights Watch confirmed that M23 fighters executed seven people on streets close to Katindo Camp and received credible reports of dozens more killings.
Understanding High Seas Treaty to protect world oceans and why its implementation has delayed
The treaty also aims to ensure that all countries have fair and equitable access to the ocean’s resources. While it is widely referred to as the High Seas Treaty, officially it is called the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Treaty.
Funding shortfall frustrates researchers and innovators, places at Kenya 96 out of 132 in the world
official data from the National Research Fund shows that the National Treasury allocated a mere Ksh343 million ($2.7 million) for research in the 2023/ 2024 financial year out of the possible Ksh200 billion ($1.544 million) needed annually as per to conform to the 2013 act.
President Museveni’s’ greatest feat in Uganda is creation of intellectual zombies to protect ‘elections without democracy’
People excluded from participation in the leadership and governance of their country are unlikely to acquire the necessary experience and skills in leadership and governance, let alone be interested in their country well enough to feel that they are adequately human and patriotic. No amount of forcing them to be patriotic will yield a patriotic population.
Scramble for Africa enters new age as Russia skirts Western sanctions to ramp up its military footprint
At first, mercenary groups with an arms-length relationship to the Kremlin entered the fray in Africa. But increasingly, Russia is deploying its military might, and intelligence services, more directly.
‘While cooperatives are engines of social economic growth, they are yet to deepen presence in many sectors’
CIC Insurance Group Chairman Nelson Kuria, however, says the cooperative societies in the country have made strong strides, mainly in financial deepening, especially in serving customers outside the mainstream financial ecosystem.
