The two counties – Muran’a and Kiambu - were looking for a better deal from the Del Monte juice company which was looking to renew its contracts for farmland, expiring in 2022 in Murang’a, and 2019 in Kiambu. ...

Meanwhile, Berhanu Seyoum, pastor of the Ethiopian Mekane Yesus Church in Seattle, is continuing his efforts to help Ethiopian children who went from adoptive homes to living on the streets in the Northwest. ...

“The BAME population is under-represented in terms of BBC employment, it is underserved as viewers and the BBC response has not been proportionate to the scale of the problem.” ...

Robert Mugabe, the world’s oldest president, turned 92 this week without a clear successor. His wife, Grace, however, is grooming herself for the job but will Zimbabweans favor a family dynasty even as the idea seems to have fallen ...

Retirement? Not for President Yoweri Museveni. The 71 year old leader, who already held office for three decades, once knocked African leaders who “overstay”. But whereas some leaders gather their memories and go, Museveni ...

She writes: “As I research, I see our debates, our racialized world view is built in a world where the black and white middle class play bumper cars. It is a rivalry for how history is understood and weighted. It is a rivalry about whose culture will rule the roost. ...

President Kagame was also quoted on Twitter, rebuking the naysayers: “Our actions do not correspond to the wishes of other nations. “ And Tahakabar Shaheed wrote: “Rwanda has come of age. It’s been a great walk of pain & tears & yet a great walk is ahead of Rwanda. ...

A chorus of opposition to Pierre Nkurunziza is mounting in the international community, making the likelihood of an orchestrated removal of the embattled Burundi seem a distinct possibility. This past Friday, Kenya Airways cancelled all service to Bujumburu International Airport citing a “security incident.” The U.S. ordered all non-emergency personnel to leave violence-torn Burundi as soon as possible. Ear ...

The U.S.-based community of Oromos – an ethnic group from Ethiopia – is demanding an end to U.S. support for the Ethiopian government which, they say, has been seizing land from local farmers without compensating them. ...

He then added optimistically: “Together we are challenging the fossil fuel oligarchy, we are ushering in the era of solutions, and we are moving the political benchmark of what is possible.” ...