Kenya, Ethiopia in East Africa join league of fast expanding military drone industry in Africa
The proliferation of drones in Africa is being driven by a wide variety of factors, including low costs, growing availability, the desire for enhanced surveillance capacity and the ability to project power against an exposed adversary at a low risk to the user.
White police officer tells jurors in Michigan, USA, he killed unarmed Congolese immigrant in self-defence
The shooting stunned the public after the Grand Rapids police chief released video of the killing, which was recorded by a man who was accompanying Lyoya that day. There also was police car video and images from Schurr’s body camera.
Autistic Nigerian teenager sets world painting record with canvas bigger than a soccer field
The artwork, created in November 2024, was unveiled and officially recognised by the Guinness World Record organisers in Nigeria’s capital of Abuja during the World Autism Acceptance Day in April. Nigeria’s art and culture minister Hannatu Musawa said Tagbo-Okeke’s artwork is “a beacon of hope and inspiration” for people with autism.
Industrial factory farming: If use of cereals as animal feed were ended, two billion more people could be fed
The IFC website dismisses as a myth the argument that industrial animal production is bad for the environment. However, factory farms disgorge large amounts of manure, slurry and ammonia that pollute air and watercourses.
A step at time: How visiting and treating heroin and opium addicts in their hovels is achieving rapid results in Kenya’s Kiambu County
Thanks to early testing and consistent care, rates of HIV, hepatitis C and TB among clients remained low. Some even began preventive HIV treatments like PrEP and PEP, a testament to the shift from crisis response to long-term health planning.
While full impacts of US aid cuts are still emerging, it is already evident South Sudan is in uncharted territory
Last year, national elections scheduled for December 2024 were cancelled, extending the transitional period for a fourth time. The economy, too, is in crisis: In parts of the country, food prices have surged 800 per cent since 2023. Many speak of the urgent need for a change in leadership.
Uganda’s ruling NRM is a criminal gang and Museveni a ‘Luwero Triangle massacre’ criminal
Ugandans will remember that when the NRM supremo, Tibuhaburwa Museveni, opened up to multiparty politics and offered himself for electoral politics, the illegal bush war organisation, NRM, was registered as a political party under the name National Resistance Movement Organisation (NRMO) to legally participate in local council, parliamentary and presidential elections of 2006.
Resurgence of terrorism in north-eastern Kenya prompts five foreign embassies to invest region’s economy
Speaking during a press briefing at the Garissa county headquarters, the UN Resident Coordinator Stephen Jackson said that they were working to bring the two sides of the equation together; development investment and security for sustainable development because they are two sides of the same coin.
Hanging yams, a crop mostly grown in West Africa, poses a threat to coffee in central Kenya
Pastor Simon Ngure is however considering aerial yams value addition to produce flour which will not only extend the yams shelf life but also provide an extra source of revenue. Notably, the yams have rich nutritional and health benefits as they are rich in calcium, magnesium, zinc and iron.
Unrelenting Siaya Governor Orengo tells Kenyans to protect constitution against excesses of Ruto regime
The 2027 general election may not be free and fair unless Kenyans push for respect for the country’s key institutions, Siaya Governor James Orengo says. Governor Orengo, who last month launched a stringing criticism of Kenya’s broad-based government as illegal and unconstitutional, continued with his onslaught on May 1 (Labour...
