Big cat juju: Mystical beliefs in wildlife powers in Senegal fuelling rapid decline of lion and leopard populations in West Africa
The gris-gris, prescribed by influential religious leaders called marabouts, are crafted from bits of skin with written prayers or Quranic verses sewn inside. They are widely used across Senegal; police don them for protection, wrestlers for strength and politicians for clout. Average citizens wear them to ward off curses that other people may have put on them for a variety of reasons – matters of romance, perhaps, or jealousy at economic success.
South African scientists’ research on promising HIV vaccine cut short US president’s aid freeze
Several other mRNA-based HIV vaccine candidates worldwide have reached clinical trials. BRILLIANT is unique in being Africa-led, aiming to develop capacity for producing vaccines in Africa.
Kenyan flower farmers explore Middle East markets as invasive bugs and toxic pesticides hurt exports to Europe
Nationally, the flower industry employs half a million people, according to a Central Bank of Kenya 2021 report, and is estimated by the National Bureau of Statistics to be worth over $800 million. Roses make up about 66 per cents of cut flower exports, at an estimated value of about $300 million.
Habitat for Humanity Kenya study paints gloomy picture of housing in Nairobi’s inner cities
Nairobi County Director of Housing Michael Kinoti underscored the critical need for housing in informal settlements, including Mukuru, Kibera and Mathare, among others, saying access to shelter is a constitutional and basic right.
Why Museveni wants Ugandans to believe the education lie that science, faith and politics are a contradiction
From his intellectual discourse we do not only deduce the ideas that science is one, knowledge is one and the truth is one, but also that science and non-science are interconnected and that both are integral to learning. He criticised the ancient Greek professors of wisdom as pretenders who gave the impression that they were impressionists of teaching a universal knowledge when the opposite was the case. His academic interests traversed the academic territories.
Youth Red Cross in Naivasha: Young people who’re ready to support humanitarian work
The Kenya Red Cross supports and runs a number of projects while promoting responsiveness to the Kenyan public about the contemporary issues and problems which may affect them. Some of the projects which are run by and assisted by the Kenya Red Cross are Famine, blood services, first aid projects, disaster and emergency services and education services.
Neo-slavery: Steeped in corruption, unable to create new jobs for African countries are sending skilled labour abroad to boost their economies
Sending workers abroad has been at the core of development strategies of Asian countries like the Philippines and Bangladesh for decades. But the approach has not been widely embraced in sub-Saharan Africa, where countries like Kenya have been accused by frustrated citizens of shirking their responsibility to create jobs at home.
Previously ‘orphaned’ by scientists as ‘primitive’ sorghum is rebounding in western Kenya as a cash crop
Prof Hai Chun Jing from the Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, who is leading the Chinese partnership in technology development and transfer, put emphasis on the importance of selecting and breeding high-yielding, drought-resistant varieties that can thrive in the diverse agro-ecological zones of Africa.
As more countries as sucked into conflict in eastern Congo, fears of a regional war rise
Troops from Burundi, with its own tense relations with Rwanda, were sent to fight alongside Congolese forces. Troops from Tanzania, which hosted the weekend summit, were deployed in Congo under the banner of a regional bloc. And Uganda, on poor terms with Rwanda, had already deployed hundreds of troops to fight a different rebel group in eastern Congo.
Farmers in Kenya’s Nakuru County switch to bee farming as crop production is hit by erratic weather
Kurgat said the county government had been encouraging bee farmers to join cooperatives in order to keep at bay unscrupulous brokers and unlock the unexploited potential that could be realized from sale of their products that include; honey, wax, pollen, propolis, royal jelly and bee venom.
