The Kenyan Cabinet has approved the growing of Genetically Modified cotton in the country even as confusion reigns over the 2012 ban on such crops. The move will see Kenyan farmers get access to biotech (BT) cotton that has been touted as superior to the conventional one, with experts saying
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Somalia is facing its worst invasion of locusts in 25 years, but some people are turning the desert insects into delicious meals. Local media reports show residents of Adado town, in central Somalia, frying the locusts and eating them with rice and pasta. One man said they are tastier than
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Ethiopia has launched its first satellite into space to monitor climate change and improve research in agriculture and drought preparedness. The satellite, named ETRSS-1, was launched from China on Friday. The Ethiopian Remote Sensing Satellite-1, or ETRSS-1, was sent into space by a Long March 4B carrier rocket from the
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Absa Group, one of the leading pan-African financial services group, has appointed Cheryl Buss (pictured) as CE of Absa International which includes managing Absa Securities United Kingdom. Among other responsibilities, this position will see her lead the bank’s international operations in its efforts to enable a globally scalable business that
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a financing package for Somalia In a statement, Kristalina Georgieva (pictured), Managing Director of IMF said: “Today, the IMF Executive Board approved a financing plan that will help mobilize the resources needed for the IMF to cover its share of debt relief to
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Imagine living in prison for 19 years and declining a rare opportunity for freedom. That was the case recently when a man surprisingly refused to match to freedom after Tanzania President John Magufuli pardoned him. The Tanzanian, Merad Abraham (pictured), instead chose to harm himself. President Magufuli set free 5,533
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The army of the Democratic Republic of Congo has captured 291 Rwandan rebels and handed them over to the Rwandan army, a Congolese spokesman has said. They were captured in the Kalehe region in South Kivu province, which borders Rwanda in the east of DR Congo, army spokesman Maj Jean
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On December 16, 2019, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a disbursement to the Democratic Republic of Congo under the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF) in the amount equivalent to SDR266.5 million (about US$368.4 million, 25 percent of quota) to enable the authorities to meet their urgent
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The AFP news agency is now reporting that South Sudan's President Salva Kiir and his rival Riek Machar have agreed to form a unity government, backing up an earlier report from Reuters. "We... have said that after the 100 days we have to form the government", AFP quotes President Kiir
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Boeing will temporarily halt production of its troubled 737 Max airliner in January, the manufacturer said. Production of the jet had continued despite the model being grounded for nine months after two deadly crashes. More than 300 people died when two 737 Max aircraft crashed in Indonesia and Ethiopia after
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