UN member states are meeting in New York from Monday to launch a long-berthed high-seas treaty, a crucial step toward the goal of protecting 30 percent of the planet by 2030.After more than 15 years of informal and formal talks, the meeting is the thir…
A multinational force of troops from Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria, on Thursday handed five children rescued from Boko Haram over to Cameroon. The Multinational Joint Task Force of the Lake Chad Basin Commission says scores of children were…
A Kenyan government operation to disarm warring parties in the troubled Rift Valley region is off to a slow start. Media reports say a three-day amnesty period for people to hand in illegal weapons resulted in the handover of just three guns. Kenyan po…
With the conservation of more than half the world’s oceans at stake, negotiations resume on February 20 on a UN treaty to protect marine zones and assess environmental impacts on vast ocean areas that belong to no one.Here are some of the key issues at…
The Government has agreed to take over control and monopoly of developing, producing, breeding and importation of seeds and stocking materials in order to ensure their safety and quality.State Minister of Agriculture Fred Bwino told MPs on the Economy …