As a quarter of Kenya’s population faces severe food shortages, up to 40% of food produced is lost or wasted each year.
As a quarter of Kenya’s population faces severe food shortages, up to 40% of food produced is lost or wasted each year.
In exclusive interview from hiding, main opposition presidential candidate blasts gov’t’s ‘crackdown to silence’ critics.
Tension as 81-year-old Yoweri Museveni seeks to extend four-decade rule in a country where 70% of people are under 35.
Border regions in countries neighbouring DRC raise alert levels and screening measures as the mpox virus spreads.
Weeks of antigovernment demonstrations demand end to bad governance, corruption and a change in leadership.
Deputy president of Amhara region, Fanta Mandefro, tells Al Jazeera additional forces deployed to borders with Tigray.
About 18 million Ugandans will elect a president and members of parliament on Thursday.
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One of the main issues is the status of Zanzibar’s union with mainland Tanzania.
Some of the displaced have sought shelter in schools.
