UK announces plan to plough $4 billion in green manufacturing potential in Africa
Speaking during the event, Development Director at the British High Commission Nairobi, Diana Dalton, noted that the initiative reflects the growing strength of UK-Kenya strategic partnership in advancing sustainable economic growth.
State responds to plight of Kenyan trapped in foreign lands with repatriation pledge
Latest statistics indicate 89 are actively deployed in combat zones, 39 are hospitalised, 28 are missing in action, and at least one has been confirmed dead. The government has already successfully repatriated some 30 individuals in recent months, providing them with psychological support and reintegration assistance upon return.
Questions linger over Africa-US trade future as punitive Trump tariffs clip possible benefits of AGOA extension
According to US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, the extension applies retroactively from September 30, 2025, when the programme expired. Implemented in 2000, AGOA provides duty-free treatment for selected products such as textiles, agricultural goods and vehicles from designated sub-Saharan African countries.
Era CIA acted God: For 70 years, US spy agency via Project Artichoke considered hiding mind-control drugs in vaccines
The proposals contained in the document were part of the CIA’s top-secret Project Artichoke, which ran from 1951 to 1956, according to The Daily Mail. The document, declassified in 1983, recently circulated on social media. However, it was not published in the CIA’s online reading room until last year.
Kenya rolls out plan to start mining copper, gold in Tharaka Nithi as mineral industry to attract more investments
A technical report on the county’s mineral potential presented by Principal Secretary Harry Kimtai during the engagement indicate that the region has multiple copper mineral occurrence areas, confirmed copper indicators in several locations and associated occurrences of gold and rare earth elements.
Pan-Africanism or Afro-Pragmatism: Africa’s economic theories evolve as Kenya hosts regional business summit
According to the government spokesperson, Afro-Pragmatism is not a departure from Kenyan ideals, but an evolution of them. Afro-Pragmatism is about repositioning Africa deliberately and strategically. It is about recognising Africa, a continent of 1.5 billion people as the next frontier for human growth, innovation and development.
Influential US economist Jeffrey Sachs wants Trump to give relief to families hit by tariffs
The tariffs were “illegal, unfair and detrimental to the American people,” and it was not the foreign countries but the American families, who were paying for the tariffs, Sachs, a professor of economics and director of the Centre for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, wrote in an opinion piece published on the US-based news website Common Dreams.
World’s largest annual human migration witnessed 258 million since start of 2026 Chinese Spring Festival
China’s railways have witnessed 258 million passenger trips so far during the 40-day Spring Festival travel rush this year, as the travel period passed its halfway mark, the national railway operator said on Sunday. On February 21, the 20th day of the 2026 Spring Festival travel season, about 17.19 million...
Coffee farmers in Murang’a laud new law that has introduced reforms in ailing sector
The farmers also commended Kirinyaga Senator Kamau Murango for sponsoring the motion, saying the reforms would streamline operations at factory and cooperative levels while improving access to local and international markets.
Royalties and compensation expected to be sticking points as Kakamega in western Kenya braces for largest gold mining deal
Idakho South ward MCA Stephen Mukhala stressed that compensation must prioritise the value of the land given the valuable minerals underneath. Others insisted that the best way for compensation for landowners should be land to land otherwise some may consume money and later remain landless.
