Nigeria president condemns latest killings in northwestern Sokoto state

By Reuters,

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari condemns the killing of 37 people by bandits in the northwestern state of Sokoto, his spokesman said in a state...

Muhammadu Buhari , Sokoto killings

Raila opposes plans by Gov’t to import maize

By Kassim Adinasi,

ODM leader Raila Odinga has criticised plans by Agriculture CS Mwangi Kiunjuri to import maize stating that the move will create room for cartels to t...

kiunjuri , maize import , raila

Zimbabwe’s food situation moving toward emergency, UN says

By VOA,

Zimbabwe's food situation is moving from a crisis to an emergency because of El Nino-induced drought and the ongoing economic meltdown, the United Nat...

Zimbabwe

Forced displacement causes controversy in Ethiopia’s Omo Valley

By VOA,

A dam project and sugarcane plantation intended to transform southern Ethiopia could mean the end to a way of life for indigenous people living in the...

Ethiopia , Omo Valley

Ugandan Govt to demand birth certificate for cows

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Imagine the government demanding that you obtain a birth certificate for your cow. Well, that would sound comic or rather a far-fetched idea, but it ...

Cow birth certificate

More than 100 dead and 6 million affected by flooding across South Asia

By CNN,

The death toll in South Asia continues to rise after flooding and landslides ravaged the border region of India and Nepal, leaving tens of thousands d...

flooding , India , SOUTH ASIA

Kiunjuri dismisses resignation calls, insists on plan to import maize

By Martin Munene,

Agriculture Cabinet secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri has come out to defend himself from allegations of creating an artificial maize shortage in the country ...

Agriculture CS Mwangi Kiunjuri , MAIZE SHORTAGE , nyeri county

Western leaders demand Agriculture CS Kiunjuri’s resignation

By Sam Ogina,

Leaders from maize-growing regions of Western Kenya are now demanding for the resignation of Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri. The lea...

agriculture , cs mwangi kiunjuri , Maize importation , WESTERN KENYA

Kenyans affected by Ethiopian Airlines crash yet to receive Ksh.10B Boeing funds share

By Reuters,

A week after Boeing Co offered $100 million (Ksh.10.3billion) to help families and communities affected by the deadly crashes of its 737 MAX planes in...

Boeing 737 MAX , Ethiopia Airlines crash

Laikipia West MP Mariru caught in Nyahururu land row

By Peter Mwangi,

A dispute has erupted between Laikipia West MP Patrick Mariru and Lusogwa Cooperative Society over land in Nyahururu. The MP is said to have built ...

Laikipia West , lusogwa cooperative , mariru

Enter new Nzoia Sugar MD Michael Wanjala Makokha

By Citizen Reporter,

Michael Wanjala Makokha has been elected as the new Nzoia Sugar Managing Director. The company was under Michael Kulundu as the acting MD but he di...

Nzoia Sugar Company

Governor Samboja grilled by DCI detectives over alleged incitement

By Hassan Mugambi,

Taita Taveta Governor Granton Samboja was on Monday questioned for more than 3 hours by detectives over allegations of inciting area residents to atta...

Governor Granton Samboja , TAITA TAVETA

Zimbabwe president says the country needs to import 800,000 tonnes of maize

By Reuters,

Zimbabwe needs to import 800,000 tonnes of maize following a drought that reduced the harvest by more than half, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on ...

maize , President Emmerson Mnangagwa , United Nations , Zimbambwe

Showdown set as 4 to battle it out for Sony Sugar Company MD

By George Juma,

Four applicants will on Friday battle it out for the position of Sony Sugar Company Managing Director following the ouster of the previous boss. Sp...

Bernard Otieno , Owino Likoa , Sony Sugar

Mozambique says militants kill 11 in attack near Tanzania border

By Reuters,

Eleven people were killed in an attack last week by an Islamist militant armed group in northern Mozambique near its border with Tanzania, Mozambican ...

islamists , militants , Mozambique , Tanzania

23 dead, 300 missing after attack on Mali village

By Reuters,

At least 23 people are dead and 300 missing after an attack on Sunday on a village of Fulani herders in central Mali where communal violence has surge...

attack , Fulani herders , Issiaka Ganame , MALI

Kenya’s avocado farmers eye Chinese market but there’s a catch

By VOA,

Kenyan farmer Alexander Muchiri tends 30 avocado trees he planted seven years ago on his farm in Muranga County. In previous years, most of his avo...

avocado farmers , CS Peter Munya , Kenya National Trading Corporation , Kenya-China trade

National Assembly split over MP Jaguar’s controversial remarks on foreigners

By Ian Omondi,

Controversial remarks recently uttered by Starehe Member of Parliament Charles ‘Jaguar’ Kanyi regarding foreigners working in the country were on ...

Aden Duale , David Ochieng , foreigners , John Mbadi , MP Charles Jaguar , National Assembly

‘Wear garments made in Kenya to boost textile industry,’ Uhuru urges public servants

By Karanja Morgan,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday urged all public servants to wear proudly 'Made in Kenya' garments to help boost the local textile industry. Spe...

cotton , eldoret , President Uhuru Kenyatta , Rivatex

BWIRE: Why Africa must face climate change head on

By Citizen,

By Victor Bwire Accelerated effects of climate change including prolonged droughts are taking a toll on the economies of people in the Great Horn o...