South Africa’s smallholder farmer journey growing GM maize

By Guest Writer,

By: Verenardo Meeme Sixty-four-year-old Motlatsi Musi, from South Western Townships (SOWETO), has been farming since he was 12 in a venture that ha...

A Russian ship’s cargo of dangerous ammonium nitrate was stranded in Beirut port for years

By CNN,

As Lebanon's investigation into the devastating blast in Beirut continues, officials have pointed to a possible cause: A massive shipment of agricultu...

Beirut blast , Lebanon , russia

BWIRE: Food security crucial amid Covid-19

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the country's focus has been on the containment of the outbreak, and with nearly all sect...

COVID-19 , food security

Fighting fakes: Mobile phones the most counterfeited goods in Kenya

By Dorcas Wangira,

Kenya loses an estimated Ksh. 30billion every year in tax evasion, unlicensed goods and counterfeit, according to various studies. The country is t...

mobile phones , phones , smartphones

Kim Jong Un makes public appearance, state media says

By CNN,

North Korean state-run media is reporting that Kim Jong Un made an appearance at a May Day celebration, which would be his first public appearance in ...

Kim Jong-un

OPINION: It is time to revive Kenya’s food system

By Citizen Reporter,

By Claire Nasike In the wake of COVID-19, Kenya’s food system has been one of the most challenged systems in Kenya with workers being laid of...

Kenya’s food system

What causes cancer? Scientists reveal

By Paul Ombati,

It has now emerged that Helicobacter pylori, a superbug that causes cancer has more than doubled in just 20 years. According to a report by Telegra...

cancer , Stanford Health Care , who

Bernard Njiraini appointed new KEBS Managing Director

By Kepha Muiruri,

Trade Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya on Friday appointed Lt.Col (Rtd) Bernard Njiraini as the new Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) Managing Director. ...

Bernard Njiraini , Charles Ongwae , KEBS , Kenya Revenue Authority

Nigeria’s president moves to stop funding for food imports

By CNN,

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has instructed the country's central bank to stop providing foreign currency for food imports, according to a sta...

Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement (ACFTA). , Nigeria , President Muhammadu Buhari

Change food production and stop abusing land, major climate report warns

By CNN,

Humans have damaged around a quarter of ice-free land on Earth, United Nations scientists warned in a major report Thursday, stressing that further de...

climate report , food production , Global emmissions , Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) , World Wildlife Fund's (WWF)

‘Lord of poverty!’ DP William Ruto tears into Raila Odinga

By Ian Omondi,

Deputy President William Ruto on Monday launched another scathing attack on opposition leader Raila Odinga accusing him of propagating poverty in the ...

2022 politics , DP William Ruto , EDWIN SIFUNA , Nyamira County , raila odinga

Malawi president, at inauguration, pledges to root out corruption

By Reuters,

Malawi President Peter Mutharika began his second five-year term with a tough stance against corruption and pledged to revive the economy, following a...

Malawi , Peter Mutharika

As Nairobi River remains a health hazard, Bomet residents clean up their own

By Wangui Ngechu,

Human waste in informal settlements in the city released into the Nairobi River is one of the major causes of pollution. The river, which cuts thro...

Nairobi river , Nyangores Water Resources Association , River Nyangores , World Wide Fund

Al Shabaab changes tactics, uses home-made explosives

By Reuters,

A United Nations report on Saturday, 18 has revealed that Somali Islamist insurgents are making their own explosives to mount more frequent and deadly...

Al Shabaab , Attacks , bombings. u.n , explosives tactics , home-made , Somali

Muite wants court to dismiss DPP’s bid to bar him from fertilizer case

By Dzuya Walter,

Senior Counsel Paul Muite on Monday asked the court to dismiss an application by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) seeking to bar him from rep...

DPP , KEBS , mercury , Paul Muite

Kenyans: The grass is greener elsewhere

By Waihiga Mwaura,

I recently hosted a group of 15 young people for a town-hall discussion on the State of the Nation on Citizen TV’s Daybreak show. The youth were ...

African Development Bank , unemployment

Cyclone Idai threat to food security, health in Southern Africa

By VOA,

As the flood waters recede in cyclone-hit southern Africa, officials are starting to assess medium- and longer-term requirements, including food secur...

Cyclone Idai , Malawi , Zimbabwe

Mutua to Uhuru on corruption: We’re tired of empty rhetoric, act now

By Enock Muswii,

Machakos County Governor Alfred Mutua has challenged President Uhuru Kenyatta to release the names of corrupt senior officials in his government. S...

Drought , Governor Alfred Mutua , graft , machakos county , President Uhuru Kenyatta

IEA – Parliament not taking Auditor General’s reports seriously

By Kepha Muiruri,

Experts at the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) have raised the alarm on Parliament’s continued negligence of ministerial and State departments�...

IEA-Kenya , Kwane Owino , Office of the Auditor General , PFM Act

Gunmen kill five miners in Ethiopia, TV says foreigners among dead

By Reuters,

Gunmen in Ethiopia have shot and killed five workers from a mining company in the restive west on Tuesday, residents said, with a TV station reporting...

Ethiopia , Nedjo