Renson Mwakandana According to local media reports, a Kenyan court has temporarily halted the government’s intention to overturn a restriction on the importation and distribution of genetically modified (GM) crops and animal feeds. It comes in response to a lawsuit filed by the Kenyan Peasants League, a lobbying organization for small-scale farmers. According to the […]
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Renson Mwakandana During a crackdown on recreational facilities operating in residential neighborhoods, police in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, burst into nightclubs on Sunday night and told patrons to leave. It comes after complaints from locals about noise coming from pubs, restaurants, nightclubs, and locations that sell alcohol. Friday saw the cancellation of all nightclub […]
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Renson Mwakandana The UN has reported that severe fighting broke out between two competing groups of the rebel Sudanese Liberation Movement-Nur (SLM-Nur) group in Central Darfur state, western Sudan, leaving 13 people dead and 12 others missing. The UN humanitarian agency (OCHA) in Sudan stated in a statement on Thursday that the fighting began on […]
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Renson Mwakandana Kenyan President William Ruto obtained a $1 billion grant from South Korea to support the creation of a smart city in Konza, around 60 kilometers south-east of Nairobi, the capital. After meeting with president Yoon Suk-Yeol in Seoulon Wednesday, where he has been on a three-day official visit since Tuesday, Ruto made the news. The […]
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Renson Mwakandana The execution of the ceasefire agreement between government forces and Tigray fighters in the north has been discussed in a conversation between US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. In a tweet, Mr. Blinken stated that he and the Ethiopian Prime Minister ”discussed the urgent need to implement the […]
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Renson Mwakandana Rwanda, known as the “country of a thousand hills,” would not seem like the ideal location to introduce electric vehicles. Any vehicle would have trouble navigating the rough, rural terrain, but heavier battery-equipped vehicles in particular would struggle. But Paul Kagame, the president of landlocked Rwanda, wants to change the nation’s economy. Reducing […]
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Renson Mwakandana The two-week COP27 conference that was hosted in the Egyptian tourist city of Sharm el-Sheikh had world leaders make visits, corporate executives make recommendations, and almost 200 countries bargain over the course of future international climate change action. After years of opposition from wealthy nations, governments finally decided to establish a fund to […]
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Renson Mwakandana Despite appeals for mercy from international human rights activists, Kuwait has executed seven individuals, including two women of which one was an Ethiopian national, for the first time in five years. The executioners were all found guilty in the sheikhdom of premeditated murder as well as other offenses, according to the state-run KUNA news agency. Three Kuwaiti males, […]
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Renson Mwakandana In Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, rescuers are looking for at least 10 individuals, largely construction workers, who are thought to be trapped in the wreckage of a fallen building. The seven-storey structure was still under construction when it collapsed on Tuesday afternoon in the Kasarani neighborhood on the city’s outskirts. According to […]
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Renson Mwakandana The world is set have its eighth billionth person on earth be born on Tuesday, today, according to a United Nations prediction. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stated in a statement that “the milestone is an occasion to celebrate diversity and advancements while considering humanity’s shared responsibility for the planet.” According to the UN, the increase is due to human […]
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