African currencies in a flux as Kenya’s shilling is forecast to recover marginally, Zambia’s kwacha weakens
Commercial banks quoted the Kenya shilling at 153.20/40 to the US dollar, compared with last Thursday’s closing rate of Kenya shilling 153.15/35.
Spirits giant and Kenya Breweries partner Diageo to offload beer portfolio on margin concerns
Beer sales of 3.36 billion pounds ($4.23 billion) accounted for just over 14 per cent of total sales at Diageo for the year ended June 30, whereas spirits sales contributed a mammoth 81 per cent.
As world worries over fossil fuel carbon emissions scientists now warn factory farming is Africa’s next big challenge
Billions of caged animals in factory farms are subjected to unimaginable cruelty. To stave off diseases which fester in the cramped conditions, they are dosed with antibiotics, fuelling the spike in antimicrobial resistance. Pigs, cattle and chickens are painfully mutilated and are bred to grow fast for profit, suffering debilitating injuries in the process.
Guard the vote: Extremism discerned in Trump phrase’s backstory and why it’s raising concern
Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said that by “guard the vote,” Trump meant “to stop any instance of voter fraud in areas where fraud happens.” He did not elaborate, and didn’t answer questions about whether the term referred to efforts by Flynn or Mellor.
Israel military takeover south Gaza City, claim they’ve surrounded Hamas leader’s house
Israeli warplanes also bombed targets across the densely populated coastal strip in one of the heaviest phases of the two-month-old war. WAFA, the official Palestinian news agency, said at least 17 were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a house in Maghazi in Central Gaza on Wednesday night
Great Reset: How unelected unaccountable billionaire class is driving domestic and foreign policy in the world
Controligarchs are good at turning a crisis into an opportunity, Bruner said. “The pandemic was the ultimate crisis and the ultimate opportunity.” The controligarchs have the solutions to all their diseases, “which can be quite profitable.”
Hopes fade COP28 will yield agreement during this year’s UN climate talks in Dubai
Aside from Norway, Europe’s biggest oil and gas producer, excluding Russia, this position is also backed by western producers the United States and Canada, the 27-country European Union, climate-vulnerable small island states, some African nations including Kenya and Ethiopia, and Latin American countries Chile and Colombia.
Dress code: Texas high school sends Black student back to in-school suspension over dreadlocks
George’s family has filed a formal complaint with the Texas Education Agency and a federal civil rights lawsuit against the state’s governor and attorney general along with the school district, alleging they failed to enforce the new law outlawing discrimination based on hairstyles.
Dollar-thirsty Kenya announces $1 billion Chinese loan to be used to offset maturing Eurobond
The loan was first announced by Kenyan authorities in October, marking a shift in the government of President William Ruto’s stance on Chinese lending after criticising the loans during last year’s election campaign.
Curse of palm oil farming: IFAD, World Bank may have given nod to thieves in Uganda to steal all land in the east, north
In summary the government of Uganda and IFAD, most likely with the backing of World Bank, want to establish oil palm growing over the whole of northern Uganda and most of eastern Uganda. Virtually all Ugandans are unaware of this creeping thief that will take all the land, destroy all the trees, interfere with the water cycle, displace them from their land and turn them into internal refugees and a cheap labour force that can be easily hired and fired. The leaders in the two regions must wake up. They too will be victims of the gigantic land grab.
