MAKUENI, KenyaHow Farmers Are Learning About Restoring Soils and Scaling Agroecology in Kenya
At Yumbuni Village in Kenya’s Makueni County, farmers from Vihiga and Kakamega counties have travelled over 560 kilometres to join their colleagues in Kathonzweni Ward and see the progress of experiments being carried out on different homemade organic fertilisers and other farm inputs.
Pride: Once Again a Protest
On the morning of 28 June, riot police sealed off Taksim Square with iron barriers and enforced bans on all weekend gatherings in Istanbul. Marchers pressed ahead anyway, re-emerging from side streets each time police dispersed them. By the end of the day police had detained at least 50 people, including a journalist. It was Istanbul Pride’s 24th edition, and the 12th year running that the authorities banned it outright.
Europe’s Funding Question Puts Tanzania’s Fragile Democracy on Trial
Every evening just before sunset, Salima Kitwana hobbles into her backyard holding a photograph.
