CAF, Puma unveil official match ball for AFCON Morocco 2025 set for December 21

CAF, Puma unveil official match ball for AFCON Morocco 2025 set for December 21

The unique design also features “flow of movement” patterns that capture the distinctive rhythm and dynamic playing style of African football. The ball’s red and green colour palette expresses passion, hope and pride while also paying homage to Morocco’s national identity.

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Human rights defenders equipped with modern forensic technics to unravel custodial deaths, torture in Kenya

Human rights defenders equipped with modern forensic technics to unravel custodial deaths, torture in Kenya

As Kenya continues to record deaths linked to protests and detention, stakeholders agreed that improved forensic capacity and full legal implementation are essential to safeguarding human rights.

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Farmers in eastern Kenya swap maize for sunflowers and cotton to push up earnings

Farmers in eastern Kenya swap maize for sunflowers and cotton to push up earnings

Nationally, the cotton sector is being revitalised under the Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda and farmers in Yatta, Machakos County, have begun to benefit from improved pricing: a recent price review raised the farm-gate price to Ksh72 per kilogramme from Ksh50, signalling improved returns.

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Kenya’s Lake Basin Development Authority plans to ramp up rice production by reducing cost and sidestepping brokers

Kenya’s Lake Basin Development Authority plans to ramp up rice production by reducing cost and sidestepping brokers

The authority’s Kibos Rice Mill, which has been in full operation for one year, he said, can mill between three and 4.5 tonnes of paddy per hour. But to avoid stifling private businesses, LBDA, he said, has been passing excess paddy to local millers after taking them through KEBS quality standards.

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