Starvation looms over East Africa

Though not uncommon throughout Africa, food insecurity is now at a climax. An estimated 346 million people are now suffering from food shortages in the continent, according to the latest estimates by the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO). The problem is severe in East Africa, where the number of people at risk of dying because …

Trade Ministry Tightens Grip on Khat Exporters

Exporters of Khat must present contracts with overseas buyers before permitted to send abroad, Gebremeskel Chala, minister of Trade & Regional Integration (MoTRI), decreed. A growing ‘illicit trade’ alarmed the Minister and his officers to introduce stringent export procedures. A week before the decision to impose strict rules, experts identified hundreds of exporters suspected of …