English-speaking separatists pause fighting in honour of Pope Leo’s visit to Cameroon
Cameroon’s western regions have been plagued by fighting since English-speaking separatists launched a rebellion in 2017 with the stated goal of breaking away from the French-speaking majority and establishing an independent state.
Investment in Lake Victoria Basin at risk as Kisumu becomes explosion point of hooliganism
Kisumu, positioned as a gateway to the Lake Region Economic Bloc and an emerging destination for regional and international conferences, they said, risks losing investor confidence if the situation is not urgently addressed.
US-Iran end Islamabad talks without agreement on ‘Tehran not to develop nuclear weapons’
Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency also reported on Sunday that negotiations between Iran and the United States in Islamabad concluded without an outcome, as the US “excessive demands” hindered a common framework and agreement.
Ugandan court jails former minister Agnes Nandutu for theft of iron-sheets for the poor
Nandutu was convicted for her role in the diversion of 2,000 iron sheets intended for vulnerable communities in the semi-arid north-eastern region of Karamoja.
Anti-terror agency vouches for Community Security Dialogue to repulse threat of terrorism in north-eastern Kenya
A representative from the National Counter Terrorism Centre, Gilbert Robb, said the Community Security Dialogue programme will strengthen relations between communities and law enforcement agencies.
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.
