Is it time Kenya pyrethrum farming was put out of its misery?

Farmer apathy and ageing facilities leaves once top forex earner in ruin.

Kenya pyrethrum

Africa objects to e-commerce regulation

E-commerce

Civil society organisations termed the rules as ‘digital colonisation’.

Tanzania lifts ban on trophy hunting, bush meat

Park wardens drive through the Mikumi National Park

The government says the move has been taken to support wildlife conservation.

S.Africa's embattled home minister Gigaba resigns

Malusi Gigaba

Malusi Gigaba resigns "to relieve the President from undue pressure".

Lessons Kenya can learn from Rwanda on mass transit

Commuter buses in Kigali, Rwanda. PHOTO | CYRIL NDEGEYA

Rwanda's transport sector has nearly phased out 14-seater minibuses.

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    Gabon's President Ali Bongo. FILE PHOTO | AFP

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    National Union party accuse the govt of peddling a "lie" over the health of President Ali Bongo.

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    Poland courts East Africa as strategic partner

    Diplomat says Tanzania fits in with Poland’s focus on economic and development co-operation.

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    Crane Bank was taken over by the Bank of Uganda in 2016, and sold to DFCU Bank last year. PHOTO | MORGAN MBABAZI | NMG

    DFCU’s purchase of Crane Bank attracts bad publicity

    Crane Bank’s former owner says BoU took over his bank in bad faith, sold it for a song.

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    Kenya sugar firm banks on tech for market takeover
    Dangote’s buyout of ARM to make it largest player
    Bank of Kigali share price falls ahead of rights issue
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    Burundi, Kenya fight over aircraft deployment
    Kenya’s sugar import rises but production increases too

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    Minding my business means minding yours

    Minding my business means minding yours

    Events in one country can resonate in countries across the continent.

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    Cameroon's President Paul Biya

    Biya and the beauty of biology: What Cameroonians can't do, nature will

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    Leaders mark end of World War

    Centenary of the 1918 Armistice commemorated in the French capital

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    American writer and former president of Marvel
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