EABL doubles raw material purchases on rebounding alcohol consumption

By Kepha Muiruri,

East African Breweries Limited (EABL) has revised its demand for grains used in the production of alcoholic beverages on the back of a rebound in sale...

COVID-19 , East African Breweries Limited (EABL)

Zimbabwe agrees to pay Ksh.376B compensation to white farmers

By Reuters,

Zimbabwe agreed on Wednesday to pay $3.5 billion (Ksh. 376.8billion) in compensation to white farmers whose land was expropriated by the government to...

Emmerson Mnangagwa , white farmers , Zimbabwe

The silent extinction: Less than 100,000 giraffes left in the wild

By Moses Ngugi,

As the World celebrated World Giraffe Day on June 21, 2020, there remains growing concern over the endangered status of the world's tallest animal. ...

giraffe meat , somali girafe , white giraffe

East African Breweries first half profit jumps to Ksh.10.6billion

By Citizen Reporter,

East African Breweries has posted a 9% jump in pretax profit to Ksh. 10.6 billion for its first half to the end of December, the company said on Frida...

eabl , Sikera

OPINION: Please release sugar task force report!

By Joseph Bonyo,

Exactly one year ago (7th November 2018), Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri unveiled a task force. In his words, the Sugar Reforms Task...

Mwangi Kiunjuri , Sugar task force

Robert Mugabe: Infamous quotes from statesman turned oppressor

By Wangui Ngechu,

The late Robert Mugabe leaves behind a legacy of oppression and tyranny, a shadow cast over the heroic nature of his hey days after overthrowing colon...

Robert Mugabe , Zibambwe

YouTuber buys U.S. town and renames it Gay Hell

By Reuters,

YouTube star Elijah Daniel has bought the town of Hell and renamed it Gay Hell, only allowing Pride flags to fly in protest at President Donald Trump'...

Govt to allow 12M bags of maize to be imported

By Dennis Otieno,

The government will now allow millers and traders to import twelve million bags of maize in a bid to cushion Kenyans against higher maize prices. A...

Agriculture cabinet secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri , COMESA , EAC , maize , MAIZE SHORTAGE

Government releases maize to plug grain shortage

By Zeddy Sambu,

The Government has released two million bags of maize to millers to plug the grain shortage that has seen the price of flour rise 30 percent in one mo...

farmers , millers , NCPB , Peter Kuguru , Strategic maize stocks

China defiant toward U.S. on trade, Kudlow urges strong enforcement steps

By CNN,

The United States and China appeared at a deadlock over trade negotiations on Sunday as Washington demanded promises of concrete changes to Chinese la...

china , Donald Trump

Trump says Beijing ‘broke’ trade talk deals, pledges to keep tariffs on Chinese goods

By Reuters,

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that China “broke the deal” it had reached in trade talks with the United States, and vowed not to b...

Zimbabwe to start paying white farmers compensation after April

By Reuters,

Zimbabwe is to start paying compensation this year to thousands of white farmers who lost land under former president Robert Mugabe’s land reform ne...

President Emmerson Mnangagwa , Robert Mugabe , white farmers , Zimbabwe

Trump says China trade talks going well, will only accept ‘great’ deal

By Reuters,

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that trade talks with China were going well and he would only accept a “great” deal as negotiators ha...

china , President Donald Trump , President Xi Jinping , White House

Hunger stalks Mozambique after deadly cyclone destroys farmland •

By Reuters,

Fulai Joaquim has enough food to feed his 10 children for another week, maybe two. Then, he says, it is in the hands of God. A cyclone ripped his cas...

Cyclone Idai , Mozambique

New Zealand gun laws: 11,000 sign petition opposing proposed changes

By CNN,

More than 11,000 people have signed a petition against proposed tougher gun laws in the wake of the Christchurch mosque massacres, criticizing the cha...

Christchurch , gun laws , New Zealand

US-China trade talks reach critical phase

By VOA,

Yet mixed signals coming from the White House and Beijing are causing analysts to question whether President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart,...

china , US

South African court jails two white farmers for killing black teenager

By Reuters,

Two white South African farmers were sentenced to up to 23 years in prison on Wednesday for the murder of a black youth who was thrown from a moving v...

high court , Matlhomola Mosweu , south africa

Zimbabweans go for alternatives as bread becomes unaffordable

By VOA,

In Zimbabwe, the price of bread is forcing citizens to look for alternatives to go with the food that is also in short supply. President Emmerson Mnan...

bread , President Emmerson Mnangagwa , Zimbabweans

Can drought-proof maize save farmers?

By VOA,

Researchers are betting that a drought-proof variety of maize can help farmers in Zimbabwe withstand a changing climate that is increasingly prone to ...

Esnath Hamadziripi , International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) , U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Bread shortage feared in Zimbabwe as wheat mills shut down

By VOA,

Zimbabwe's biggest food processing company this week said it is closing its wheat mills because it cannot import the commodity amid foreign currency s...

bread , Zimbabwe