In Kenya, small farmers are resisting corporate control of agriculture

Samuel Ndungu works on his farm in Githunguri, Kenya. Credit: Farai Shawn Matiashe/IPS by Farai Shawn Matiashe (Githunguri, Kenya) Wednesday December 24, 2025 Inter-Press Office GITHUNGURI, Kenya, Dec 24 (IPS) – For the past two years, Samuel Ndungu, a smallholder farmer, has been growing and supplying organic food to the local market in Githunguri, just […]

In Zimbabwe, second-hand clothing from the West is collapsing the local textile industry

A seller speaks to a customer at a second-hand clothing market in Mutare, Zimbabwe. Credit: Farai Shawn Matiashe/IPS by Farai Shawn Matiashe (Mutare, Zimbabwe) Thursday October 23, 2025 Inter-Press Office MUTARE, Zimbabwe, Oct 23 (IPS) – Shamiso Marambanyika helps a male customer choose a pair of jeans on a Saturday morning in Mutare, a town […]