Fish farming in Kenya’s coastal region picks up as Kwale harvests 120kg in Matuga project
Despite its success, the project faces challenges, especially related to fish feed, water access and climate conditions. The group reported losing about 100 fish in the early stages due to lack of experience and the high cost of feed.
How Uganda’s Machiavellian architecture gives way to ecocide, ethnocide and intellectual erosion
The management of Uganda’s education sector exemplifies a patronage-based, neo-patrimonial state. President Tibuhaburwa Museveni’s direct and familial oversight – with the first lady as minister of education and sport – symbolises the sector’s repurposing for political ends. This “Presidentialism in education” ensures personalist initiatives trump systemic planning.
Kenya and Tanzania brace for an upsurge in female genital mutilation in either country
For the first time, authorities reported eight boys and men who underwent circumcision in hospitals were forced to undergo re-circumcision, with two suspects arrested in Kenya, whereas 120 girls were rescued after fleeing circumcision. Two are active in court.
Tanzania prime minister meets AFCON 2027 local organising committee to review preparations
Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda won the bid to co-host AFCON 2027, marking the first time the prestigious tournament will be jointly staged by three East African nations.
US, China tussle over Congo minerals as resistance to Trump rises in Kinshasa as Tshisekedi accused of underselling nation’s wealth
Tshisekedi has offered US companies access to eastern Congo’s rich minerals – mostly untapped and estimated to be worth $24 trillion – as a bargaining chip for US support to help fight off rebels and build critical infrastructure in the region where Rwanda-backed rebels seized major cities last year.
More than two million people in Kenya face acute food shortages as drought kills livestock
Four consecutive wet seasons have failed in parts of the Horn of Africa, which juts into the Indian Ocean. The wet season from October to December was one of the driest ever recorded, according to the UN health agency. Because the rains were brief, parts of eastern Kenya were the driest they have been during that season since 1981.
African countries told to back IMO net-zero shipping framework as world readies to cut greenhouse gas emissions
While the framework is transformative for global shipping, its implications for Africa are particularly significant, given that maritime transport underpins the continent’s trade and is central to its industrialisation, energy security, and regional integration ambitions.
Think again: How Tanzania is forcing hapless Burundian refugees to death via repatriation
Most Burundian refugees in Tanzania fled in 2015 when Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza announced he would seek a controversial and potentially unconstitutional third term. It led to massive protests and a violent government and allied militia crackdown.
Human-wildlife conflict: Tanzania lays out plans to deploy electric fencing to prevent elephant incursions on farms
Electric fence will prevent elephants from straying into residential areas and causing damage to crops, property, and loss of life, Chande said
UN mission calls for speedy resolution of stand-off on VIP security before Somalia’s elections summit
Somali leaders were due to attend a national consultative meeting on elections and other national issues called by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud.
