Burundi: Hunger across EA triggers food smuggling
Source: EastAfricanCountry: Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda, United Republic of TanzaniaTanzania is staring at a food crisis in the coming...
View ArticleKenya: Spreading hunger tests open borders in East Africa
Source: EastAfricanCountry: Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda, United Republic of TanzaniaThe East African region is facing its worst famine in nearly 60 years. Up to 11 million people are...
View ArticleSomalia: The unholy alliance in Somalia: Media, donors and aid agencies
Source: EastAfricanCountry: Kenya, SomaliaBy Rasna Warah (email the author) Posted Sunday, August 7 2011 at 13:23The season of giving has started — and it not even Christmas yet. Leading international...
View ArticleWorld: East Africa region's economy expands amid deepening levels of poverty...
Source: EastAfricanCountry: Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, WorldBy Christine Mungai The East African Community is experiencing steady growth in trade volumes among member countries...
View ArticleKenya: Water supply gets 30pc of regional devpt budget
Source: EastAfricanCountry: Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, United Republic of TanzaniaBy ADAM IHUCHA (email the author) Posted Saturday, June 2 2012 at 12:36Boosting water supply in the East Africa...
View ArticleUnited Republic of Tanzania: Tanzania farmers slow to embrace Kilimo Kwanza
Source: EastAfricanCountry: United Republic of TanzaniaIs this the end of Kilimo Kwanza, the Tanzanian project to transform peasant farming into modern agriculture? Two years since the public private...
View ArticleBurundi: East African states to share agricultural research online
Source: EastAfricanCountry: Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Norway, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda, United Republic of TanzaniaBy ISAAC KHISA The...
View ArticleSomalia: Agencies reject plan to relocate Dadaab refugees
Source: EastAfricanCountry: Kenya, SomaliaA proposal by Kenya for a phased relocation of refugees from Dadaab camp back to Somalia has put the country on a collision course with global humanitarian...
View ArticleKenya: Japan gives Kenya $3m for women farmers
Source: EastAfricanCountry: Japan, KenyaBy CHRISTABEL LIGAMI Special Correspondent In SummaryThe grant by the Japan Social Development Fund, which will be managed by the World Bank, aims to fight rural...
View ArticleEthiopia: Ethiopia after Meles Zenawi
Source: EastAfricanCountry: EthiopiaIN SUMMARYMr. Meles Zenawi died at the age of 57 on Monday mid night in a hospital abroad. Meles ruled the country since 1991.Deputy prime minister and foreign...
View ArticleUnited Republic of Tanzania: Tanzania gets $897m for food security
Source: EastAfricanCountry: France, Germany, Japan, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United Republic of Tanzania, United States of AmericaBy ROSEMARY MIRONDO Special Correspondent...
View ArticleSomalia: Conflicts in Horn of Africa declining
Source: EastAfricanCountry: Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, UgandaBy STEVE MBOGO Special Correspondent In SummaryThe Conflict Early Warning and Response Mechanism (Cewarn) monitored the...
View ArticleKenya: EA farmers embrace modern technology
Source: EastAfricanCountry: Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, United Republic of TanzaniaBy KENNEDY SENELWA Special Correspondent In SummaryFarmers in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Ethiopia are using strategies...
View ArticleUnited Republic of Tanzania: Plan mooted to train 15,000 midwives
Source: EastAfricanCountry: Angola, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda, United Republic of TanzaniaBy CHRISTABEL LIGAMI Special Correspondent In SummaryThe African Medical Research...
View ArticleKenya: Farmers pushed to adopt hybrid seeds as traditional species are patented
Source: EastAfricanCountry: Kenya, Uganda, United Republic of TanzaniaBy CHRISTINE MUNGAI The EastAfrican IN SUMMARYWith increased enforcement of intellectual property rights, the activists fear that...
View ArticleSomalia: Somalis ‘free’ but have no food, water
Source: EastAfricanCountry: Kenya, SomaliaBy SARA MOJTEHEDZADEH Special Correspondent Posted Saturday, October 13 2012 at 19:09 IN SUMMARYAccording to a recent study by Oxfam, many regions of Somalia...
View ArticleWorld: EA farmers want to breed their own seeds
Source: EastAfricanCountry: Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, WorldBy MIKE MANDE The EastAfricanPosted Saturday, December 15 2012 at 18:03In SummaryThe draft policy will make it mandatory for...
View ArticleKenya: Kenya sets up agency to fight famine
Source: EastAfricanCountry: KenyaBy FRED OLUOCH Special CorrespondentPosted Saturday, April 20 2013 at 18:38In SummaryAt a conference convened by the Rockeffeller Foundation in Nairobi, experts on...
View ArticleKenya: EA’s a volatile region and refugees are victims of terrorists too
Source: EastAfricanCountry: Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, UgandaBy Fred Oluoch Somali refugees began voluntarily going home recently after an agreement between the government of Kenya, Somalia...
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