Mass food markets – the Facebook of African food systems

Due to the colonial experience, some farmers and consumers have been socialised to consider formal markets like supermarkets and processing companies as the only markets.

By The Southern Eye Aug. 2, 2022

Albert Nyathi poetry delights Kenya

The workshop was organised by the African Union, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and the Open Society Initiative for West Africa.

By The Southern Eye Jul. 10, 2022

Albert Nyathi poetry delights Kenya

The workshop was organised by the African Union, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and the Open Society Initiative for West Africa.

By The Southern Eye Jul. 10, 2022

Burna Boy’s police escorts shoot married man after singer made pass at wife

According to a preliminary report by the Bar Beach Police Division, trouble started when the singer and five police escorts visited the nightclub around 4am on June 8.

By The Southern Eye Jun. 22, 2022

Artist Richard Mudariki’s vision for a Zimbabwean contemporary art fair

Mudariki co-founded artHARARE Contemporary Art Fair with art historian Aya Koudounaris. The first editions in 2020 and 2021 took place online in a time of COVID isolation. Now it’s expanding its scope by fundraising to take place in physical form in Harare sometime in November 2022.

By The Southern Eye Jun. 7, 2022

Sri Lanka succumbs to China’s debt-trap diplomacy: Report

Sri Lanka is now experiencing its greatest economic crisis since obtaining independence from the British in 1948. The slump is blamed on currency shortages caused by the travel ban imposed during the COVID-19 epidemic. This has resulted in the nation’s inability to purchase sufficient fuel, resulting in an extreme shortage of food and essential commodities such as heating fuel and gas.

By The Southern Eye Apr. 20, 2022