Human-wildlife conflict: Tanzania lays out plans to deploy electric fencing to prevent elephant incursions on farms
Electric fence will prevent elephants from straying into residential areas and causing damage to crops, property, and loss of life, Chande said
Kenya’s environment minister says the country’s biodiversity strategy has moved from ambition to delivery
The cabinet secretary pointed out that Africa must strengthen technical and institutional readiness, as the world prepares for the 17th Conference of Parties (COP 17) in 2026, where implementation credibility and measurable results will be scrutinised.
Despite Africa’s co-development model with Beijing, Chinese financing remains opaque
Africa-China security cooperation is expanding, but African countries are approaching it cautiously, focusing mainly on non-combat support. Maritime security is one area of interest, with African countries looking to China for patrol vessels, surveillance systems and technical training to help secure vulnerable waterways such as the Gulf of Guinea, the Red Sea and the Mozambique Channel
UN mission calls for speedy resolution of stand-off on VIP security before Somalia’s elections summit
Somali leaders were due to attend a national consultative meeting on elections and other national issues called by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud.
Young Tanzanian inventor defies cultural taboos to start manufacturing fertiliser from human hair
Today, the 27-year-old Tanzanian is the founder and chief executive officer of Cut-Off Recycle Limited, a waste management and agricultural support company that transforms human hair into organic fertilisers.
It’s time US President Trump realised rules are not abstract ideals, but minimum guarantees of stability in a diverse world
For major countries, the true measure of responsibility lies not in how far they can test the boundaries of power, but in how consistently they subject it to rules. Respect for international law is what separates leadership from dominance, and order from coercion.
Former US President Clinton, wife agree to testify before House committee over Epstein probe
In a public letter to Comer dated January 13, the Clintons said they would not comply with a congressional subpoena requiring their testimony, calling it “legally invalid.”
How African countries look seek to rebalance ties with China toward debt sustainability and value addition
National governments have taken additional steps. Countries such as Kenya, Ghana and Ethiopia have established inter-ministerial taskforces dedicated to overseeing Chinese-financed infrastructure projects. These bodies track project progress, enforce contract terms and evaluate socioeconomic impacts. Their effectiveness, however, varies widely.
Intent vs process: How late PM Raila Odinga headed off apocalypse during 2024 Kenyan youth uprising
A fitting example of what would have befallen the Kenyan Gen Z played out in Tanzania during the October 29 presidential election. More than 3,000 Tanzanian youths that were agitating for regime change, democratic space, sanctity of life, social justice and freedom of expression, were mowed down by the country’s military and trigger-happy police.
