Smile that hides sorrows: Woman who proved even the most powerless can strike back, became a warning to every slave owner in America
I approached a small farm on the outskirts of Woodville, Mississippi, I had chosen it carefully during my years of accompanying Mistress Evelyn to town. small, poor looking, owned by a man I’d seen wearing the grey coat and broad-brimmed hat favoured by Quakers. Quakers opposed slavery. Not all of them would help a runaway, but some would.
South Sudan launches $40 million livestock and fisheries programme to boost food security
The project to be implemented by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation will benefit approximately 166,000 households, reaching nearly 1.2 million people in seven counties.
How an American oil drilling firm Amoco ‘imported cancer’ to northern Kenya, then left trail of deaths of herdsman in Kargi village
The chemicals can have “catastrophic effects” on the environment and people, said James Njuguna, an engineering professor at Robert Gordon University.
Amoco, an American company drilled for oil in northern Kenya and left behind soaring cancer that is killing people, livestock in Marsabit
The pollution and disease inspired the first-ever lawsuit filed on the basis of Kenya’s constitutional right to a safe and healthy environment in 2020, when residents of Kargi and other communities in the Chalbi Desert sued the Kenyan national and county governments.
Suspects arrested over attack on Senator Osotsi as Interior Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo is accused of financing criminal gangs
Interior Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo has been implicated in criminal activities in Kisumu County for political reasons. Members of Parliament from the Lake Victoria Basin accused Dr Omollo of underwriting criminal activities in the region in what is billed a supremacy push for clout ahead of the 2027 elections.
Kenya’s telecom sector switches from subscriber expansion to digital service consumption
The CA_Kenya report shows that Airtel Kenya continued to gain traction, with the market share of its Airtel Money service rising from 10.3 per cent in the first quarter to 11.0 per cent in the second quarter.
Senator Osotsi attack is rehearsal of assassination script borrowed from Tanzania and Uganda by Ruto administration
Senator Osotsi’s tragedy represents a step up in the ranking of targets by the Ruto-commanded terror gangs. Check! First, it was a “mere” mechanic shot dead in Kitengela in Kajiado County. Now it is a senator beaten to pulp like a dog.
Livestock thrives in Kiambu turn to spraying farmers with sedatives during ‘silent raids’
According to NPS officers, the move was informed by concerns raised during the “Jukwaa la Usalama” Kiambu Chapter, a public security forum where residents called for a more coordinated response.
Senator Osotsi assault in Kisumu linked to ethnic tensions in ODM party with Luos disparaging Luhyias as ‘irrelevant’
The brutal attack comes amid shifting political alignments, with Osotsi recently braking ranks with a faction of the Orange Democratic Movement associated with Oburu Odinga. He has also been linked to the emerging Linda Mwananchi camp, a grouping carving out a reform-focused agenda as political temperatures begin to rise.