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A mini ginnery could ensure the future of the cotton industry in Kenya. Credit: Wilson Odhiambo/IPS by Wilson Odhiambo (nairobi) Friday, April 19, 2024 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Apr 19 (IPS) – Kirinyaga University may have just breathed new life into Kenya’s ailing cotton industry as varsity dons develop a portable …

Ministers say the transfer of weapons components is enabling Russia to ‘reconstitute and revitalise’ its defence production for its war in Ukraine. Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) countries have expressed “strong concern” about the transfer of materials and weapons components from Chinese businesses to Russia for its …

Actress Uche Ogbodo has said the entertainment industry is too ‘’dark” because the people in it are ‘’vile, envious and evil.”    The actress stated this on her Instatories. She however did not give details as to why she used such words to describe an industry she is part of.  …

BioNTainers, facilities equipped to manufacture a range of mRNA-based vaccines have been inaugurated in Rwanda in December 2023. Credit: Supplied by Aimable Twahirwa (kigali) Monday, January 08, 2024 Inter Press Service KIGALI, Jan 08 (IPS) – An agreement signed between the Rwandan government and the Africa Pharmaceutical Technology Foundation (APTF) gives …

American singer, Britney Spears has vowed to “never return to the music industry” after rumors surfaced that she was planning a return to the studio.   The pop star was responding to claims in the US media that she was lining up songwriters for a 10th studio album after outlets …

  Pope Francis has slammed the weapons industry and its ‘instruments of death’ that fuel wars while calling for an end to Israel’s military campaign in Gaza.     Speaking from the loggia of St Peter’s Basilica to the crowds of people below, Francis made a Christmas Day appeal for peace in the world.   …

Opinion by Mary Assunta, Irene Reyes (bangkok, thailand) Friday, December 08, 2023 Inter Press Service BANGKOK, Thailand, Dec 08 (IPS) – As the world commemorates the 75th anniversary of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, ( on Human Rights Day December 10), we turn the spotlight on a glaring contradiction …

The minister made the call when the Statistician General, Prince Adeyemi Adeniran, and top management staff of the NBS paid her a courtesy visit. Musawa sought the expertise of NBS following the absence of data on the sub-sectors under the mandate of the Ministry. She said: “Data is very essential …

Kashmir’s apple industry has been devasted by unusual weather patterns that are blamed on climate change. Credit: Umer Asif/IPS by Umar Manzoor Shah (shopian, india) Thursday, November 02, 2023 Inter Press Service SHOPIAN, INDIA, Nov 02 (IPS) – Of Kashmir’s seven million inhabitants, a staggering one million rely directly on apple …

Singer Chrisean Rock has taken a swipe at her colleague over a TikTok skit she made about her.    Summer Walker had taken to TikTok to create an impression of Chrisean Rock that rubbed many of her followers the wrong way.   The “Girls Need Love” singer donned an orange …