Drone attack on Sudan’s military-allied regime by paramilitary highlights might of factions
Satellite images from Planet Labs PBC taken Tuesday show several fuel tanks ablaze about six kilometres (3.7 miles) southeast of downtown Port Sudan, on a farm identified as belonging to the state-owned Sudan National Petroleum Corp. Thick black smoke is seen rising into the sky.
‘A scientist walked outside to have lunch with a girlfriend’ and leaked Covid from lab,’ Trump jokes as he pauses gain-of-function research funding
Critics argue that it has a “dual-use” potential, as the pathogens can be used for bioweapons research and development. The question of Covid-19 origins has largely become a partisan debate that sees it as either a natural spill-over or a lab leak – although other researchers argue it could have been an intentional leak, or that there was no pandemic virus.
Dear Ugandans, Museveni and his disciples maybe guilty of ‘environmental stupidity’ but you gave him an open cheque for the travesty
Often the kind of education a society propagates will determine whether or not a people have the knowledge, wisdom, understanding and insights necessary to mange and conserve the environment wisely, meaningfully and effectively.
Uprooted by cattle rustlers and bad weather from homes, banditry victims in Baringo blast President Ruto for negligence
Owing to insecurity and the torrential rains that are pounding the region currently, many people have been displaced and are in urgent need of food and shelter, besides the high risk of contracting water-borne diseases besides malaria.
‘We must change the story of Africa by elevating the voices of women and youth’, landmark science conference in Kenya told
essions throughout the week will focus on STI financing, inclusive knowledge systems and resilient innovation ecosystems, aligned with Agenda 2063 and STISA 2034. The conference wraps up on May 8 with a roadmap to embed STI into governance and development, with Kenya positioned as a leading example across the continent.
Think about us too: Over 500,00 people in Daadab Refugee Camp in Kenya petition US President Trump to rethink aid freeze
Siyad Tawane, another refugee at the same camp, regretted that several health facilities are on the verge of closure as a result of the USAID funding freeze.
Kenyan minister tells African conference ‘food independence and sovereignty’ is possible
The meeting preceded the 2021 UN Secretary-General-convened Food Systems Summit, which aimed at drawing attention to the urgent need to accelerate progress on all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through a food systems approach, and a follow-up of UN Food Systems Summit Stocktaking Moment (UNFSS+2) held in 2023.
Dangerous patrimony: Why Uganda’s insecure president made daughter Natasha ‘presidential assistant in charge of household at State House’
This is what is called political patrimony. It is the fulcrum of patronage. Other relatives of the president in his government include: Bright Rwamirama – Minister for Animal Husbandry (his cousin); Shedrack Nzeire – senior presidential advisor on defence (his step-brother); Miriam Karugaba – administrator at State House (his sister-in-law); Sabiiti Muzeyi – former deputy inspector general of police (his cousin), James Kateera – Military Commander (Cousin of his wife); Faith Mirembe – private secretary in education and social services (his cousin); Sam Kutesa – former Minister for Foreign Affairs (father-in-law of Museveni’s son, Muhoozi); Allan Matsiko – Special Forces Command’s Intelligence Director (husband of Sam Kutesa daughter, the father-in-law of Muhoozi); Jim Muhwezi – Minister For National Security (cousin of Museveni’s wife, Janet)…
Echoes of 1969 rotten egg attack on Kenya’s founding President Jomo Kenyatta as leaders condemn ‘shoe-missile’ attack on incumbent
Speculation about the murder spread in Lake Victoria region like a wildfire, with allegations rife of assassination by the powers-that-be. The murder, according to the allegations, was intended to divert attention from a BBC documentary that places President Ruto’s government at the centre of the killing of 62 (police’s figure is 52) young Kenyans during last year’s anti-2024-25 Finance Bill protests by mainly the youths or Gen-Z or Generation Z.
Uganda’s environmental crisis turns searchlight on Museveni’s bankruptcy of ideas, resources and expertise
An inherent conflict exists between the policies underlying environmental and bankruptcy laws. Environmental laws, on the one hand, are designed to protect public health and safety by providing for liability, compensation, cleanup, and emergency response to the release or disposal of hazardous substances. The goals of our bankruptcy laws, on the other hand, are to provide debtors with a fresh start by preserving their assets for equitable distribution
