Kenya to forge modern, investment-steered trade deal with US after AGOA expiry
In 2024, US exports to Kenya totalled $771 million, representing a 60 per cent increase from the previous year, while Kenyan exports to the US reached $737 million, driven by $470 million in apparel, alongside coffee and cut flowers.
DRC peace lie: What attracts Washington, Doha and other powers is strategic minerals, not tears of displaced families
The Washington deal committed DRC’s army to neutralise the FDLR – which is referenced far more in the deal than the M23 – and Rwanda to end what the text terms “defensive measures”, a euphemism Kigali uses for its deployments.
What ‘Godfather of vaccines’ said under oath: Vaccine critics are ‘religious zealots who believe will of God includes death and disease’
Under oath, vaccine pioneer Dr Stanley Plotkin revealed how conflicts of interest, ethical blind spots and scientific hubris have compromised vaccine safety. In a 2018 deposition with attorney Aaron Siri, Plotkin exposed experiments on vulnerable children, the absence of placebo-controlled trials and complete disregard for post-market surveillance.
Reimagining Asian Tigers: Here is why and how Museveni turned Uganda into a mule among community of thriving economies
By the time the Asian Tigers arrived in the 1990s, they had overtaken Uganda in economic growth and development by far because of the country’s chaotic sociopolitical road marked with military coups and the five-year bush war by Tibuhaburwa Museveni’s National Resistance Movement/Army (NRM/A). It was as if the bush war was launched to destroy any growth, development, transformation and progress recorded in Uganda since colonial times for interests that had nothing to do with the country’s craving for growth, development, transformation and progress.
Longest government shutdown in US history ends and business lumbers back to life but political divisions remain
42 million Americans will no longer have to worry whether the SNAP subsidies that help them pay for groceries will run out. A spokesperson for the Agriculture Department said most states would receive funds for full SNAP benefits within 24 hours of the government reopening.
UN says over a billion illicit firearms in circulation globally sustain conflict, terrorism and criminal networks
One definition has small arms and light weapons broadly categorised as weapons intended for individuals in armed or security forces, further classifying them as man-portable weapons made or modified to military specifications for use as lethal instruments of war.
Kenya turns to ‘Geographical Indications’ technology to brand and market its tea as uniquely local
Willy Mutai, the CEO of the Tea Board of Kenya, said on Thursday (today) that the study seeks to document the unique qualities of Kenyan tea linked to their geographic origins and explore how branding them as origin-specific products can increase value and competitiveness in global markets.
Massive gold find in Kakamega feeds talk about whether western is Kenya’s mythical El Dorado
The infrastructure needed will include 1,500-tonne-per-day processing plant, a 12-megawatt power station and a tailings storage facility. The mine’s construction is projected to cost between Ksh22 billion and Ksh27 billion, with an operational life of at least eight years.
Zanzibar’s ‘solar mamas’ trained as technicians to help light up communities
Barefoot College International focuses on middle-aged women because they tend to have the strongest links to their communities while not often involved in intensive child care.
Two new malaria drugs show promise as drug after study in 12 African countries
Novartis’ GanLum is a combination of a new drug, ganaplacide and an existing long-acting medication, lumefantrine.
