In the furtherance of the fight against terrorism, Mrs May said Kenyan and British soldiers will now train jointly, with the UK PM expected to witness a joint training session in Laikipia after the briefing. The training session will be on handling improvised devices, most of which are now being used by terrorists in the

Emboldened by a new peace deal, civil war-torn South Sudan says it will resume oil production in a key region next month to make up for more than $4 billion of revenue lost during years of fighting. South Sudan, with Africa’s third-largest oil reserves, will renew drilling in northern Unity State for the first time

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Wednesday that Turkey will overcome the economic hardships it is currently facing due to external economic pressure amid a diplomatic row with the United States. Speaking at the Media Oscars award ceremony held by the Broadcast Journalists Association, Erdoğan said: “It is obvious that there are structural economic problems that

Mogadishu, The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, HE Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and a delegation led by China will participate in the China-Africa Cooperation Forum. President Mohamed will open a session with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping ahead of the opening ceremony. The two presidents will discuss the Chinese historical and historical ties, which

A 23-year-old man was killed after community members from White City in Soweto on Wednesday went on the rampage‚ looting foreign-owned shops amid allegations that they sold expired food and items with counterfeit labels. In a bid to protect his shop‚ a shop owner was alleged to have opened fire‚ killing one person – identified

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Tuesday called on Security Council member states to urge Myanmar to cooperate in solving the humanitarian crisis experienced by Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state. Guterres described the situation as “one of the world’s worst humanitarian and human rights crises” in an address to the Security Council. “I ask members of the

Cape Town (Reuters) –  Britain will use its international aid budget to boost its own interests while also seeking to deepen trade ties with Africa, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday, countering critics who say aid funds would be better spent at home. May, battling to unite her divided Conservative Party over her plan

Kenya deputy chief justice was on Tuesday evening arrested at the Supreme court and taken to the DCI headquarters for questioning over alleged graft. Shortly after her arrest, Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji called an urgent press conference on the matter. According to the briefing, Mwilu will be charged with abuse of office, receiving

Kenyan police have arrested the governor of Garissa county in Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya. Witnesses said Flying Squad officers raided the house of Mr Ali Korane on Tuesday Morning. According to the local media, Mr Korane will be questioned about the assassination attempt on the Former minister of County. Mr Korane who is

An extended internet outage in Somalia is being called a “major disaster” to the war-torn country’s economy. The outage across the country’s south, including the capital Mogadishu, was caused by damage to an undersea fibre-optic cable two weeks ago, and is costing $10 million per day according to the government.“We lost $130 million (about Sh13.5