Fighting malnutrition: Golden Rice and the EU’s GMO conundrum

“This rice could save a million kids a year”, read the July 2000 cover of Time Magazine, referring to a genetically modified rice, “Golden Rice”, that had been biofortified with life-saving nutrition.  But in the nearly two decades that have passed since then, the cultivation of genetically biofortified crops, such as Golden Rice, to help solve the global humanitarian crisis of “malnutrition” remains elusive. One major reason for the delay has been the systematic opposition to all forms of GMOs and genetic engineering by radical interest groups including Greenpeace and…

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Inkomyi mu bucuruzi bucirirtse bwambukiranya imipaka ku bagore

Abagore bakora ubucuruzi bwambukiranya imipaka by’umwihariko muri Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Congo, bagaragaje ko kuva intambara ya M23 yakara muri iki gihugu, nacyo kikikoma u Rwanda kirushinja gutera inkunga umutwe wa M23, ubucuruzi bwambukiranya imipaka bwatangiye kutagenda neza bigeze ku bagore babukora bijya irudubi. Mukase Anita ukora ubucuruzi bucirirtse mu Mujyi wa Goma, agataha mu karere ka Rubavu, mu murenge wa Rubavu yatangaje ko ikibazo kibabangamiye mu bucuruzi bwabo bwambukiranya imipaka ari amasaha kuko abashoboye kwambuka basigaye bakora amasaha make cyane kuko umupaka ufungwa hakiri kare ibi bikaba biri mu…

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Gashyantare: Ukwezi karundura ku buzima bw’abanya Ukraine

Minisitiri w’ingabo wa Ukraine yatangaje ko Uburusiya burimo gutegura igitero rurangiza gishya, aburira ko gishobora gutangira tariki 24 z’uku kwa Gashyantare. Oleksii Reznikov yavuze ko Moscow yakusanyije ibihumbi by’ingabo kandi ishobora “kugerageza ikintu” ku isabukuru y’umwaka umwe itangije iyi ntambara. Icyo gitero kandi ngo cyaba kijyanye no kwizihiza “umunsi mukuru wo kurengera igihugu” mu Burusiya wizihizwa n’igisirikare tariki 23 Gashyantare. Perezida Zelensky yatangaje ku mbuga nkoranyambaga ati: “Uburyo bwonyine bwo guhagarika iterabwoba ry’Uburusiya ni ukubutsinda. N’ibifaru. N’indege. Na misile ziraswa kure.” Ukraine yongeye gusaba bushya indege z’intambara ngo biyifashe kwirinda…

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Icyo Papa Francis yasabye ubuyobozi bwa Congo

Papa Francis ari mu ruzinduko rw’iminsi 3 mu gihugu cya Repuburika iharanira Demokarasi ya Congo kuva tariki 31 Mutarama kugeza tariki ya 2 Gashyantare 2023, yasabye igihugu cya Congo kureka kurangwa n’amacakubiri, maze amoko bakayafata nk’ibintu bibahuza aho kubatanya. Mu Ijambo rya mbere Papa Fransisiko yagejeje ku batuye Repubulika iharanira Demokarasi ya Kongo, yakomoje ku kibazo cy’amacakubiri akomeje kuzahaza iki gihugu abasaba kwiyunga no kubaka ubumwe n’umubano mwiza kuko ari byo bizatuma ubwinshi bw’amoko ari muri iki gihugu ataba umuvumo ahubwo akababera umugisha. Yifashishije ishusho ya Diyama, Papa Fransisco ati:…

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Papa yashinje ibihugu bikize gusahura RDC

Umushumba wa Kiliziya Gatolika ku isi, Papa Francis, yashinje ibihugu bikize ko bisahura umutungo kamere wa Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Congo mu buryo burenze urugero, bigatuma ntacyo umarira iki gihugu. Yabivuze ku munsi wa mbere w’uruzinduko rwe yagiriye muri Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Congo, yatangiye ku wa 31 Mutarama 2023 nk’uko ibitangazamakuru bitandukanye byabigarutseho, birimo na BBC. Yagize ati “ Iki gihugu cyasahuwe ntigishobora gukoresha umutungo mwinshi gifite. Tugeze mu gihe bitumvikana aho umusaruro w’ubutaka bwacyo ugituma kiba nk’igihugu cy’amahanga ku benegihugu. Mukure amaboko yanyu muri Congo, mukure amaboko yanyu…

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Abamotari bagerageje gukurikira Papa Francis bakubiswe bikomeye

Abapolisi bashinzwe umutekano mu ruzinduko Papa Francis agirira muri RDC, bagaragaye bakubita abamotari bagerageje gukurikira uyu mushumba wa Kiliziya Gatolika ku Isi. Papa Francis uri mu ruzinduko muri Repubulika Iharanira Demukarasi ya Congo, kuri uyu wa 1 Gashyantare 2023, yasomeye Misa ku kibuga cy’indege cya N’dolo kiri mu Mujyi wa Kinshasa. Ni misa bitangazwa ko yitabiriwe n’abarenga miliyoni ebyiri barimo abayoboke ba Kiliziya Gatolika ndetse n’Abanye-Congo muri rusange. Ubwo yari mu muhanda yerekeza ku Kibuga cy’Indege cya N’dolo, Papa Francis yari ashagawe n’imbaga y’abantu ku mihanda hose aho yanyuraga ndetse…

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Ubwoba ni bwose ku ihungabana ry’ubuzima bw’abatuye umujyi wa Goma

Ubuyobozi bw’Umujyi wa Goma bwasabye abaturage kwitegura isaha n’isaha no kuba maso bagatanga amakuru ku muntu wese uteye amakenga wahungabanya umutekano. Ni nyuma y’iminsi mike umutwe wa M23 wambuye ingabo za Leta umujyi wa Kitshanga muri Teritwari ya Masisi. Mu itangazo ryasohowe na Meya w’Umujyi wa Goma, Komiseri Makossa Kabeya Francois ku wa 27 Mutarama 2023 ryasabaga ko buri muturage w’i Goma aba maso nta kujenjeka ngo umwanzi atabinjirana. Icyo gihe yategetse ko aharimo insengero, Station za essence, amashuri, amasoko, utubari n’utubyiniro hari mu hagomba kugenzurwa cyane. Itegeko rya Komiseri…

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Abagore bakomejwe kwibasirwa n’abicwa n’inyeshyamba

Amakuru ava mu ntara ya Ituri ya DR Congo aremeza ko mu gitondo cyo ku cyumweru inyeshyamba za ADF zishe abasivile bagera kuri 14. Abishwe barimo abagore 10 nk’uko bivugwa na Radio Okapi iterwa inkunga na ONU, muri iki gitero cyabereye ahitwa Walese Vonkutu muri teritwari ya Irumu.  Muri aba bishwe kandi harimo umwana w’imyaka ibiri. Mu gihe igisirikare cya Congo cyabashije gutabara nacyo kikica abarwanyi babiri ba ADF. Izi nyeshyamba zashegeshe ako gace zakoze icyo gitero ahagana saa kumi z’igitondo ku cyumweru, nk’uko bivugwa n’abagize sosiyete sivile muri Ituri.…

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Biyemeje ko abana bafite ubumuga baba igisubizo aho kuba umutwaro

Hirya no hino mu Rwanda haracyagaragara abana bafite ubumuga batitabwaho n’imiryango yabo, aho hari ababyeyi badatinya no kubafungirana ari nako bavutswa uburenganzira bwabo. Ni muri urwo rwego Umuryango Izere Mubyeyi utarebereye iki kibazo ushinga ishuri “Izere Mubyeyi Jya Mbere” ryashyiriweho abana bafite ubumuga cyane cyane bwo mu mutwe batagira kirengera hamwe n’ abatiga ahubwo bagakingiranwa mu nzu. Iri shuri ryashinzwe n’ababyeyi n’inshuti zabo, bagamije gufasha abana bafite ubumuga bwo mu mutwe kugira ngo babone aho bidagadurira, bige nk’abandi hagamijwe kugira ngo bigirire umumaro bo ubwabo ndetse banawugirire umuryango nyarwanda aho…

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Korera ikomeje guhitana abatari bake

Abantu 1000 bamaze guhitanwa na kolera muri Malawi mu gihe abamaze kuyandura ari 30.621, umubare munini ubayeho muri iki gihugu. Reuters yatangaje ko iyi mibare yatangajwe na Minisitiri w’Ubuzima muri Malawi, Khumbize Chiponda. Benshi mu bahitanywe na kolera ni abo mu mijyi ibiri ikomeye irimo Lilongwe na Blantyre aho abana baheruka gusubira ku ishuri nyuma y’uko yatinze gutangira mu kwirinda ikwirakwira ry’iyi ndwara. Minisitiri Chiponda yasabye abaturage kwitwararika by’umwihariko mu gihe cyo gushyingura abahitanywe na kolera. Yagize ati “Abantu bahitanwa na kolera bashobora gukarabywa n’abavandimwe n’abo mu miryango yabo, akaba…

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