Kenya launches integrity plan as sleaze festers in key institutions: police, judiciary and presidency
The EACC chairperson Dr David Oginde observed that the KIP launch aligns with Vision 2030, and Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA) of the government, and all the other aspirations “that we have as a nation towards having a progressive nation that can attain economic independence.
Africa governments must invest more in agroecology to advance food sovereignty, ESAFF forum in Kenya told
Executive Director Institute for Research and Promotion of Alternatives in Development (IRPAD) Mamadou Goita said agroecology is essential for safeguarding African biodiversity, enhancing soil quality, improving nutrition and health and increasing resilience to climate and other crises to strengthen local food systems.
Perverse effects of conflict minerals initiatives in Congo remind us of how inaccurate narratives fuel the very problems they pretend to tackle
Natural resources do play an important role for both eastern DRC and Rwanda’s political economy, and it is true that the return of the M23 in 2021 correlates with a sharp rise in Rwanda’s mineral exports, as per official statistics.
Trump’s foreign funding freeze exposes how USAID bribed leading media houses to censor news, peddle smear campaigns
Ji said this is concerning given that BBC has expanded its influence through projects like the Trusted News Initiative (TNI), a self-described “industry partnership” that worked with Big Tech forms to identify “misinformation” and “disinformation” on their platforms.
Kenyan media women envisage digitally resilient community of African women who champion safe feminist internet
Common forms of technology facilitated-GBV attacks include; trolling, doxing, body shaming, abusive comments, revenge porn, hacking, impersonation, sextortion, deepfake, digital domestic abuse and online recruitment for exploitation that are motivated by the sexual or gender identity of the target or by underlying gender norms.
Long regarded as rogue industry, Kenya’s insurance sector attempts to remake sullied image with new law
The Bill introduces key reforms to expand compensation coverage for policyholders affected by insurer failures while enhancing the resolution framework for struggling insurers.
Why Africa maybe mystical Garden of Eden ceaselessly defiled by its rulers, urged on by colonisers
Africa boasted of a more developed and sophisticated system of governance in which kings wielded authority as confirmed in the Holy Scriptures – the Bible and the Q’uran – as captured by people inspired by God.
Risk of pandemics explosion worldwide rises as Trump orders CDC to stop working with WHO
President Donald Trump last week issued an executive order to begin the process of withdrawing the US from WHO, but that did not take immediate effect. Leaving WHO requires the approval of Congress and that the US meets its financial obligations for the current fiscal year. The US also must provide a one-year notice.
DRC military surrender, Goma residents flee after Rwanda-backed rebels roll into eastern Congo’s largest city
As the M23 rebels entered Goma, a fire at the city’s Munzenze Prison on Monday morning resulted in the escape of thousands of inmates. “All the prisoners who were detained came out, whether women, men or minors, everyone came out,” said Mwamisyo Ndungo, one of the escapees who estimated that more than 2,000 fled the facility.
VP Vance: US spy agencies were out of control, used to weaponise politics and justice system
Gabbard’s selection in November to be director of national intelligence sent shock waves through the national security establishment, adding to concerns that the intelligence community would become increasingly politicised.
