Consumers grapple with soaring goat prices in Mombasa ahead of Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday
Despite the losses, traders say they are determined to ensure quality livestock reaches customers during this festive season. Injured animals, often affected during transit, are retained for personal consumption, while healthy goats are offered for sale.
Uganda hurtling to self-annihilation for ignoring environmental pluralism
In Uganda we are witnessing environmental pluralism reduced by encouraging the spread of the grass-cow culture of the nomadic pastoral human energy system. Through what appeared to be tolerated by the National Resistance Movement Regime (NRM), members of this human energy system, some coming from as far as Rwanda, Tanzania and the Mulenge area of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are grabbing land everywhere, destroying our agroecological systems and natural ecosystems to establish gazing systems where nature supported settled peoples in relation to the natural environments
India, Europe and US carmakers alarms rise after China slams brakes on critical mineral exports
Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to talk this week, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Tuesday, and the export ban is expected to be high on the agenda.
Kenya’s Syndemic Disease Control Council taps People Who Inject Drugs as key players in HIV prevention
According to the NSDCC, Mombasa County has made notable progress in curbing new infections, recording a 65 per cent reduction in new HIV cases-from 1,778 in 2013 to 631 (515 adults and 117 children) in 2023.
Attack on humanitarian aid convoy in el-Fasher, Sudan, kills 5 that UN blames on RSF
Monday night’s attack burned many trucks and damaged the aid they were carrying, the statement said. It didn’t say who was responsible for the attack.
Male teacher in central Kenya handed 30 years in jail for lewdly stroking private parts of his pupils
The victims told the court that the offense occurred multiple times. One of the boy’s parents was tipped off by his neighbour and interrogated her son. After confirming the incident, she reported the matter at Nyakihai Police Post.
Africa’s biggest flower expo opens in Kenya with calls for export reforms in trade, logistics
Meanwhile, as the global demand for organically produced flowers continues to rise, this year’s IFTEX showcases Kenya’s commitment to innovation, digital transformation, and environmentally conscious trade practices.
ICC sets precedent after it resolves to try fugitive Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony in absentia
The LRA began its attacks in Uganda in the 1980s, when Kony sought to overthrow the government. After being pushed out of Uganda, the militia terrorized villages in Congo, Central African Republic and South Sudan. It was notorious for using child soldiers, mutilating civilians and enslaving women.
Suspected terrorists blown up by explosive in Ugandan capital by device intended for Christian martyrs event
Uganda is marking a holiday on Tuesday to remember a group of Christian martyrs who were killed between 1885 and 1887 on the orders of a local king.
Chinese envoy to Kenya tours Kisumu City to assess investment opportunities in its port
The visit by the Chinese envoy comes a month after President William Ruto’s state visit to China where he sealed major infrastructure deals including a new funding model for the new SGR railway line, which will connect Naivasha to Malaba, passing through several counties including Narok, Bomet, Kericho and Kisumu.
