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Oct 3, 2024 | 
24horas.cl | Anne Okumu |Ashley Lime
Emily Nkhana, una agricultora del norte de Malawi, solía desechar las bananas demasiado maduras o simplemente dejaba que se pudrieran, pero ahora ha encontrado un uso rentable para ellas: hacer vino. El calor extremo estaba provocando que las bananas maduraran demasiado rápido, lo que ocasionó grandes pérdidas para Nkhana y muchos otros agricultores que viven en el distrito de Karonga.
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Sep 21, 2024 | 
news.wine.co.za | Anne Okumu |Ashley Lime
A small-scale farmer in northern Malawi, Emily Nkhana used to discard over-ripe bananas or just let them rot, but she has now found a profitable use for them – banana wine. Extreme heat was causing bananas to ripen too quickly, resulting in heavy losses for Ms Nkhana and many other farmers who live in Karonga district.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Anne Okumu |Ashley Lime
A small-scale farmer in northern Malawi, Emily Nkhana used to discard over-ripe bananas or just let them rot, but she has now found a profitable use for them - banana wine. Extreme heat was causing bananas to ripen too quickly, resulting in heavy losses for Ms Nkhana and many other farmers who live in Karonga district.
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Oct 24, 2023 | 
bbc.co.uk | Anne Okumu
When 14-year-old Dorcas Cherop's family was told she needed to undergo at least a year's treatment in Uganda for bladder cancer - her future looked bleak. The challenge lay not just in getting the medical care, which is mostly free at the Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI), but the high costs involved in making multiple journeys to the capital and finding accommodation for the frequent visits to the hospital.
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Jun 23, 2023 | 
msn.com | Ashley Lime |Anne Okumu
Julius Isingoma sobrevivió milagrosamente al ataque nocturno por parte de presuntos rebeldes islamistas en el dormitorio de su escuela en Uganda. Aquí recogemos lo que él y otro de los pocos sobrevivientes le contaron a la BBC. "Me unté la sangre de mis colegas muertos en la boca, las orejas y la cabeza para que los atacantes pensaran que estaba muerto", dijo cuando nos encontramos con él en el Hospital General de Bwera, en el distrito de Kasese, en el oeste de Uganda.
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Jun 18, 2023 | 
bbc.com | Ashley Lime |Anne Okumu |Morad Dakhil |Mayeni Jones
Posted at 12:11 19 Jun12:11 19 JunFlorence Bore says she signed an agreement allowing her to occupy the MP's houseImage caption: Florence Bore says she signed an agreement allowing her to occupy the MP's houseA Kenyan cabinet minister is being accused of forcing herway into and then occupying an MP’s house in the capital, Nairobi, that she intends to buy.
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Jun 18, 2023 | 
bbc.com | Ashley Lime |Anne Okumu |Morad Dakhil |Mayeni Jones
The world through its mediaChina, Brazil, South Africa, Russia and India make up the Brics nationsImage caption: China, Brazil, South Africa, Russia and India make up the Brics nationsParis has requested to attend a Brics summit scheduled to take place in South Africa in August, France's Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said on Monday.
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Jun 18, 2023 | 
bbc.com | Ashley Lime |Anne Okumu |Morad Dakhil
Parents like Biira Slivia are desperately hoping for news of their missing childrenImage caption: Parents like Biira Slivia are desperately hoping for news of their missing childrenThree people have been rescued and two militants killed after an operation to free those abducted by suspected rebels, following an attack on a school in Uganda's Kasese district last week that killed at least 42 people. It is thought that eight people were kidnapped during the assault.
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Jun 18, 2023 | 
bbc.com | Ashley Lime |Anne Okumu |Morad Dakhil
ReutersCopyright: ReutersMinusma has more than 13,000 troopsImage caption: Minusma has more than 13,000 troopsBurkinaFaso's military government has said it welcomed Mali’s decision to affirm its“sovereignty... to be the sole masters of their destiny” after Mali's Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop called on the UN to withdraw its peacekeeping force from his country "without delay".
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Jun 18, 2023 | 
bbc.co.uk | Pumza Fihlani |Ashley Lime |Anne Okumu |Charlene Rodrigues
Yoweri Museveni/TwitterCopyright: Yoweri Museveni/TwitterUganda’sPresident Yoweri Museveni says he is no longer infected with Covid-19. Eleven days after testing positive, Mr Museveni says he is now “a veteran graduate of the war with that enemy”. He made his Covid status public on 7 June - his diagnosis was subsequently a subject of widespread debate and speculation across East Africa. On Sunday, he announced that he had tested negative in a long and wry statement on Twitter.
