Chinese, Kenyan firms ink deal to promote tea value addition, exports

STORY: Chinese, Kenyan firms ink deal to promote tea value addition, exports SHOOTING TIME: June 8, 2024 DATELINE: June 11, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:39 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the signing ceremony 2. various of guests enjoying tea 3. SOUNDBITE (English): HENRY NJERU, Managing director of Njeru Industries Ltd. STORYLINE: Zonken Food and Agriculture Ltd., a Chinese firm, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Njeru Industries Ltd., a tea processor based in Meru County in central Kenya, on Saturday to enhance value addition and export of tea to overseas markets. The MoU signing took place on the sidelines of the ninth edition of the Nairobi International Cultural Festival, held in Kenya's capital, Nairobi. One of the festival's highlights was showcasing China's rich tea heritage. Henry Njeru, managing director of Njeru Industries Ltd., said the MoU will facilitate the exchange of skills, technologies and expertise required to add value to Kenyan tea destined for ove

INDONESIA-JEMBER-BALLOT BOX-DISTRIBUTION-REMOTE AREA-GENERAL ELECTION

INDONESIA-JEMBER-BALLOT BOX-DISTRIBUTION-REMOTE AREA-GENERAL ELECTION

(240213) -- JEMBER, Feb. 13, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Staff members deliver ballot boxes to remote areas on horse back at Meru Betiri National Park in Jember, East Java, Indonesia, on Feb. 13, 2024. Indonesia's 2024 presidential election will be held on Feb. 14. (Photo by Sahlan Kurniawan/Xinhua)

INDONESIA-JEMBER-BALLOT BOX-DISTRIBUTION-REMOTE AREA-GENERAL ELECTION

INDONESIA-JEMBER-BALLOT BOX-DISTRIBUTION-REMOTE AREA-GENERAL ELECTION

(240213) -- JEMBER, Feb. 13, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Staff members deliver ballot boxes to remote areas on horse back at Meru Betiri National Park in Jember, East Java, Indonesia, on Feb. 13, 2024. Indonesia's 2024 presidential election will be held on Feb. 14. (Photo by Sahlan Kurniawan/Xinhua)

INDONESIA-JEMBER-BALLOT BOX-DISTRIBUTION-REMOTE AREA-GENERAL ELECTION

INDONESIA-JEMBER-BALLOT BOX-DISTRIBUTION-REMOTE AREA-GENERAL ELECTION

(240213) -- JEMBER, Feb. 13, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Staff members deliver ballot boxes to remote areas on horse back at Meru Betiri National Park in Jember, East Java, Indonesia, on Feb. 13, 2024. Indonesia's 2024 presidential election will be held on Feb. 14. (Photo by Sahlan Kurniawan/Xinhua)

Severe drought turns farmlands in Kenya barren

STORY: Severe drought turns farmlands in Kenya barren DATELINE: Oct. 7, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:40 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of farms 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Swahili): JOSHUA KOBIA, Local farmer 3. various of a homestead 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Swahili): EUNICE KANJARIA, Local resident 5. various of trucks carrying relief supplies STORYLINE: Kenya is among the Horn of African countries grappling with a prolonged dry spell that has escalated hunger, malnutrition and loss of livelihoods among subsistence farmers and herders. At least 36.1 million people in the Horn of Africa will be affected by severe drought in October, the United Nations has warned. The situation is so dire in Meru County, 300 km east of the capital Nairobi. The region was known for its lush green landscape. But the once-agricultural area has been hard hit by drought due to the lack of rainfall for three consecutive seasons. The lush countryside has been turned into barren land. SOUNDBITE 1 (Swahili): JOSHUA KOBIA, Local farmer