Former president who ‘allowed the poorest of Zambians to get close to the corridors of power’ dies
Edgar Lungu suffered from a rare disorder that caused a narrowing of the food pipe, for which he had been treated in South Africa before. Shortly after he took office in 2015 he fell ill and underwent a procedure in South Africa, which the presidency said at the time was not available in Zambia.
Ghana endorses Morocco’s autonomy plan for Western Sahara after similar stands by Kenya, the UK
Ghana and Morocco also agreed to promote defence cooperation and work on a visa waiver deal. With Morocco home to fertilizers and phosphates giant OCP, the two countries agreed to cooperate on food security, the statement said.
Trump advised to deport ‘illegal alien’ Musk as row with world’s powerful and wealthiest man threatens US defence systems
Bannon urged the president to immediately invoke the Defence Production Act to take control of Musk’s rocket company in response to the billionaire entrepreneur’s declaration that he would decommission the SpaceX craft used to shuttle astronauts back and forth from the International Space Station (ISS).
State maintains ban on raw macadamia export as central Kenya complains of a glut
The ban has not gone down well with some farmers who argue that it will hurt them and traders who rely on direct export. They say the ban restricts them from selling their produce at competitive prices in the global markets, thus adversely affecting potential economic benefits.
Necessary evil: Although Contentious, study finds dehorning can save the African rhino
South Africa has the largest numbers of black and white rhinos. Namibia, Zimbabwe and Kenya also have significant populations. There are around 17,500 white rhinos and 6,500 black rhinos left in the world, with black rhino numbers reduced from 70,000 in 1970 to less than 2,500 by the time poaching reached a crisis point in the mid-1990s, according to the Save the Rhino organization.
How three chickens inheritance from mother in-law blossomed into thriving poultry farm for Kiambu woman
Her background a compelling story of a humble beginning. For capital, she inherited three chickens from her mother-in-law.
Trump, Elon Musk brawl over contracts and impeachment as their bromance turns murky
The trouble between the two started brewing days ago, when Musk denounced Trump’s sweeping tax-cut and spending bill. The president initially held his tongue while Musk campaigned to torpedo the bill, saying it would add too much to the nation’s $36.2 trillion in debt.
US shuts down research centre founded by former White House advisor on health who bribed and lied world on origins of Covid
In March 2020, Andersen co-authored ‘The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2,’ published in Nature Medicine. The paper – widely known as the ‘Proximal Origin’ paper – concluded that Covid-19 had a zoonotic origin. It became one of that year’s most-cited papers, accessed over six million times.
When infrastructure impedes environmental protection: How Uganda’s President Museveni stifles biodiversity
The environmental movement, which had done so well to combat forced development through resisting the erection of big unsustainable dams such as Bujagali Dam on the River Nile, became weakened.
KRA crackdown on uncustomed goods nets 144 bags of contraband sugar at Lunga border post
The truck was directed to the verification yard for a multi-agency inspection, which is mandatory under Section 153 of the East African Community Customs Management Act (EACCMA), 2004.
