How climate change and counterfeits are hurting Kenyan farmers and raising concerns about who can share seeds
Kenya is not alone facing food security pressures. According to a UN Food and Agriculture and Organization (FAO) report in 2023, over a billion people across the African continent are unable to afford healthy diets, and the number of hungry people is increasing.
Fall of Goma is game-changer: World powers’ reluctance to take on Rwanda means it’s going to be harder to push back M23 from Congo
A reluctance by world powers to take on Rwanda, other global distractions and on-the-ground military realities will complicate efforts to defeat the rebels in Goma and across eastern Congo and allow millions of civilians, like Nzambonimpa, to return to their homes, analysts and diplomats say.
Mysterious death of primary school pupil in Kenya’s Kakamega County rekindles debate on decriminalisation of suicide
In 2020, a report by a national taskforce on mental health also called for decriminalisation of attempted suicide. It also called for a national suicide registry to improve access to mental healthcare, suicide crisis support and data on suicide and suicidal attempts. These recommendations would support the country’s suicide prevention strategy.
Analysts: M23 capture of Goma in eastern Congo likely to open floodgates for illicit gold exports to Dubai via Rwanda and Kenya
A lightning advance in Congo’s mineral-rich eastern borderlands is set to boost the M23 rebellion’s illegal mining revenues, with analysts predicting a further surge in illicit trade in minerals including coltan and gold through neighbouring Rwanda. The Rwanda-backed insurgency entered Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s largest city, this week,...
How erratic healthcare has enabled herbalist in rural Kenya to rake in profits treating whooping cough, syphilis, diarrhoea and toothaches
Despite his humble beginnings, Lemaiyian is now a permanent fixture in Kericho town and its environs, where he administers traditional herbs on the streets, where has as established a business with high prospects, by prescribing cures for a stubborn diseases such as whooping cough, syphilis, diarrhoea and toothaches.
Conflicted CIA director nominee: Why Democrats and world are worried about John Ratcliffe’s role in 2020 US election mess
As is customary for government officials, Ratcliffe has vowed to avoid “any actual or apparent conflict of interest” by selling stocks and recusing himself from any matter in which he had a personal stake. For Hauser, however, that does not erase the risk that his ties to the industry will affect his judgment on a technology that many critics say has yet to prove its usefulness.
How English Premier League’s financial rules are working to check influx of dirty money, enforce fair-play
There is, inevitably, to a concentration of talent in the Premier League. At a very generous estimate, there are perhaps a dozen clubs left on the continent with the financial clout to pay a competitive fee (and salary) to sign a player from England’s top flight. The days when English clubs regarded their European counterparts as predators are long gone. Now, they see them almost exclusively as prey.
How ‘believing’ spurred Africa’s richest footballer and Cameroon’s FA President Eto’o to success in sports and business
Forbes ranks Eto’o the richest African footballer in the world and ranks 12th globally, according to Forbes and Wealthy Gorilla
As East Africa struggles to host to upgrade six stadia for African Nations Championship, UK backs Man United’s £2 billion new stadium
While the Red Devils would be expected to pay for an upgraded stadium – with Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s preference for a new 100,000-capacity build – a ‘development corporation’ could be set up to assist on the surrounding areas. The club believe a re-energised Trafford Park has the potential to deliver an additional £7.3 billion ($9.7 billion) to the local economy and 90,000 job opportunities.
How gain-of-function research, pandemics and efforts to push mpox vaccine in Africa contributed to US exit from WHO
President Donald Trump’s move to exit WHO came as no surprise. As early as December 2023, his transition team was pushing for an exit from the WHO on day one of the new administration. US law requires a one-year notice and the payment of any outstanding fees when the country withdraws from the WHO. That means the final full withdrawal will take effect in early 2026.
