How affordable broadband is making internet accessible in Kenya’s informal settlements
Johnstone Namusasi, responsible for community outreach for the company, said that many families in Kibera are connecting to the internet from their own homes for the first time.
Automated rice mill in Ahero Irrigation Scheme in Lake Victoria Basin expected to anchor Kenya to grain sufficiency
The Ksh30 million Ahero Rice Mill has become more than a processing facility. It is a symbol of local value addition, economic empowerment, and a renewed future for thousands of farmers who can now earn more from their labour.
How US movement that ‘exports family values’ to Africa indirectly gives rise to illicit and unsafe abortion on the continent
The expanded restrictions build on the anti-abortion advocacy work carried out by conservative US non-profits abroad – especially in Africa, where healthcare is highly dependent on foreign aid. The region has the world’s highest estimated proportion of unsafe abortions and highest maternal mortality rates – including the highest number of maternal deaths per 100,000 abortions.
How Kenyan piloted cargo aircraft was shot down in Darfur on suspicion of trafficking arms to fighters in Sudan and South Sudan civil wars
A few weeks after the 737 was destroyed by Sudan’s military, another Shaulis company bought another Boeing. This one was a 727, built in 1980, bought from a US government contractor called Kalitta Charters II LLC and located in the Midwestern US state of Michigan.
How US military veteran and contractor with interests in Kenya, central Africa runs mystery Boeings on Sudan’s war routes
United Nations accused the RSF of genocide during its siege of al-Fashir, one of the war’s bloodiest episodes. Capturing the city cemented the RSF’s control over Darfur, a region roughly the size of France. The paramilitary group has roots in the government-backed “Janjaweed” militias accused of atrocities in Darfur including ethnic cleansing two decades ago.
Farmers in Kenya’s Rift Valley region turn to indigenous crops to strengthen food systems, restore diminishing soil health
Stakeholders at the forum agreed that supporting indigenous knowledge and sustainable farming methods would be key in building resilient food systems capable of withstanding the effects of climate change.
News vendor shares how shifting political interests and social media explosion have hit newspaper circulation in Kenya
The rise of smartphones, widespread internet access and the growing preference for digital news has steadily reduced demand for printed newspapers. Besides Covid-19 pandemic six years ago further disrupted businesses across the country and accelerated the shift to online information.
‘Better late than not at all’: Germany ends Covid vaccine recommendation for healthy people as they ‘have developed hybrid immunity’
German toxicologist Helmut Sterz, previously a researcher for major pharmaceutical companies, called the new guidance a “political charade” by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Germany’s equivalent of the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the parent organization of STIKO.
Denmark’s ‘pig election’: Lessons in how the rest of the world can change factory farm politics
All of the above heightened Danish media coverage of animal welfare issues by January. In just 72 hours, a citizens’ initiative collected the 50,000 signatures necessary to trigger a parliamentary debate on animal welfare.
When cooperation replaces resistance: How farmers in coastal region of Kenya are reimagining agriculture in a changing climate
Across the continent, rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, prolonged droughts and land degradation are threatening food production, placing millions of smallholder farmers under growing pressure.