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The Complex Challenges Facing Kenyan Tea Farmers Imagine waking up each day, only to find that your labor—your sweat and skill—isn’t enough to provide for your family. In Kenya, this is the harsh reality for many tea workers and farmers. A recent poll conducted by the Fairtrade Foundation revealed that only one in five tea workers can earn enough each month to meet basic family needs. This statistic raises an important question: what is being done to address the systemic inequities in this sector? Adding to this…

The Eritreans, concerned within the protracted battle on this province in northern Ethiopia, would have centered specifically on the financial system and manufacturing instruments. RFI visited a granite and stone processing plant that employed greater than 700 individuals. With our particular correspondent in Wukro, Sebastien…