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Farm subsidies must favour Small Scale Farmers, not Profit-seeking Corporations

In response to a report by FAO, UNDP and UNEP that more than half a trillion of government subsidies are causing more harm than good to the farmers and the envi...

As the world dithers on climate change, hotter weather could extinct Africa

Njoro Township in Nakuru. This would become a costly town to live indue to degradation and limited resources. As the Climate Change Summit concluded in Paris, ...

WTO Nairobi conference ends with UNEP launching Trade Hub but who wins?

As the World Trade Organization's (WTO) 10th Ministerial Conference concluded in Nairobi, many felt that it failed to earn the poorest countries any advantage. ...

Extreme poverty remains the biggest challenge to Sub-Saharan Africa, Kenya included

A graphical expression of the milestones achieved in reducing poverty globally. Sub-Saharan Africa has a lot of ground to cover to halve poverty in the next 15...

Obama’s Nairobi visit should unlock funding to tackle climate change

Mithika Mwenda By Mithika Mwenda More than five years ago, in the dark negotiating halls of the Copenhagen climate talks, an agreement was struck that in...