Addis Ababa — The Horn of Africa’s livestock sector, a cornerstone of the region’s economy and a critical source of food, income, and employment, faces growing threats that require urgent action, according to Baba Soumare, Deputy Director General of the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH). “Livestock has huge potential for food security, livelihoods, business,…
Nairobi — EAST Africa faces the worsening climate extremes, where recent droughts and floods are said to have wiped out about 10 million livestock worth 2bn US Dollars, crippling livelihoods from 2020 to 2022. A climate scientist who is also coordinating projects at Delivering Climate Services to Eastern Africa (ICPAC), Titike Bahaga, made the revelation…
Addis Ababa — New climate assessments warn that severe drought conditions are tightening their grip on East Africa, driven by the ongoing La Niña phenomenon, even as southern parts of the continent brace for worsening floods. According to the latest Global Weather Hazards Summary (Dec 11-17, 2025), southern Somalia and eastern Kenya are experiencing the…
Nairobi — Chief Justice Martha Koome has called for deeper regional collaboration to strengthen the multi-door approach to justice across East Africa and address challenges affecting the region’s justice system. Speaking during the official opening of the 22nd East Africa Magistrates and Judges Association (EAMJA) Annual Conference–held under the theme “Justice Beyond Brick and Mortar:…
Stuttgart, Germany — Gen. Dagvin Anderson, the Commander of U.S. Africa Command, began the first leg of a series of high-level visits to Africa this week, with stops in Ethiopia and in Somalia’s member states of Somaliland and Puntland. His message was clear: the United States supports maximum pressure on ISIS, al-Shabaab, and other violent…
African Energy Chamber (AEC) Executive Chairman NJ Ayuk, at a past event. PHOTO/AEC. By ENERGY CORRESPONDENT [email protected] The African Energy Chamber (AEC) has welcomed the decision by the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) to dismiss a long-standing lawsuit aimed at halting the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), a key infrastructure project set to…
Getty Images Search and rescue operations are ongoing across Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Sri Lanka, with hundreds still missing Torrential rains have triggered floods and landslides across parts of southern Asia, killing about 600 people. Monsoon rain exacerbated by tropical storms caused some of the region’s worst flooding in years, with millions affected in Indonesia,…
MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita MTN Group has spent three decades building a pan-African empire – but if you look closely at the map, its centre of gravity is skewed towards West Africa and Southern Africa. On one side sits South Africa and on the other is a powerful West African bloc led by Nigeria…
Port-Louis, Mauritius — The Mauritius Commercial Bank Limited (MCB) has issued a structured financing package to Invictus Investment Company PLC to support the firm’s expansion across Africa and the Middle East. The facility combines acquisition finance with a revolving credit line, providing Invictus with additional working capital as it scales its agro-food operations. The arrangement…
Nairobi — Woodford Reserve, the small-batch Kentucky bourbon produced by Brown-Forman, has officially launched in Kenya, marking the brand’s strategic entry into the East African premium-whiskey market. The debut coincided with a Nairobi event celebrating Old Fashioned Month on November 6, part of a global initiative highlighting the classic cocktail. David Mutunga, Brown-Forman’s East Africa…
