Previously synonymous with ‘hot’ Indian cuisines pepper in Kenya is changing into a cash as demand surges on world market
Speaking during a farmers’ exhibition in Kandara, Murang’a, Kenya Agricultural Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) Director Crops System, Dr Lusike Wasilwa, said Kenya is serving less than half of its potential of its international market, with the United States of America, Netherlands, Germany, Russia, UK, Canada, France, UAE and Poland ready to buy Kenyan chilli.
Often misdiagnosed as tuberculosis lung cancer is emerging as a leading killer, doctors at Kenya’s main health facilities say
Non-Communicable Disease Alliance-Kenya (NCDA-Kenya) programme officer Gideon Ayodo says lung cancer is impoverishing families due to high cost of treatment.
Namibia’s liberation war veteran Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah is sworn in as county’s first female leader
Nandi-Ndaitwah’s husband is a retired general who once commanded Namibia’s armed forces and was formally given the title “first gentleman.” Nandi-Ndaitwah’s inauguration came a day after Namibia’s Parliament elected its first female speaker.
Inspired by the achievements of their children and grandchildren on the track, Iten Queens Mother Run jostle for a piece of the pie
The team, which originates from Kessup in Elgeyo Marakwet County, has been participating in local races including Chepsaita, Tinderet Naiberi and the recent Iten Trail Run.
Data Protection Commission tells Kenyans to seek legal redress for personal information obtained without consent
Norman Atella, one of the facilitators highlighted importance of raising awareness across the country, and lay emphasis on the rights to personal data protection and empowering individuals to guard their privacy as well as fostering compliance with their rights.
Diplomatic, trade standoff between Nairobi and Khartoum bites as Kenyan tea exporters face huge losses
The RSF has received a stream of military support, including drones and air defences, as both sides have obtained more advanced weaponry from abroad. The army has accused the United Arab Emirates of sending arms to the RSF, a charge UN experts and UN lawmakers have found credible but the Gulf state denies.
Trump seeks to reset US presidential power to dimensions that existed prior to Watergate reforms in 1974
The Trump administration has argued that it is the judiciary, not the president, that is overreaching. Trump urged the Supreme Court on Thursday to limit the ability of federal judges to issue injunctions blocking his administration’s actions nationwide.
Over 291,000 passengers stranded as huge fire consumes London’s Heathrow airport after 25,000 litres of oil burn
The airport’s owners include France’s Ardian, the Qatar Investment Authority and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, plus other investors in Australia, China and Spain.
Delaying the inevitable: ‘The balance of power on the ground in Congo is not in Tshisekedi’s favour’
For the moment, the likelihood of the rebel alliance taking over Kinshasa, some 1,000 miles to the west, seems slim. Whether the M23’s military leaders and their Rwandan backers have the same national vision as Nangaa is also unclear.
While M23 rebels say they took up arms to defend their Tutsi kinsmen in eastern Congo, doubts are emerging about their grievances
The M23 is mostly led by Congolese Tutsi rebels who initially justified their insurgency by claiming that DRC failed to implement a prior peace deal with the group, and by arguing that Tutsi communities were being discriminated against.
