Benaisha Poole-Watson, famous realtor and business mogul is the first Afro-Latina to own an FDIC bank. Photo Credit: Instagram, Benaisha Poole- Watson By Face2Face Africa Benaisha Poole-Watson, a famous realtor and business mogul, is the first Afro-Latina to own an FDIC bank. She is a native of South Central Los Angeles’ Crenshaw District, where she

An Egyptian family walks near vehicles as power cuts to reduce energy consumption are executed by the Egyptian government during the current brutal heat wave, in Cairo, Egypt August 3, 2023. Photographer Amr Abdallah Dalsh/File Photo By Reuters Egypt’s natural gas production fell to a three-year low in the first five months of 2023, figures

A photograph appears on the Internet The Minister of Transport and Aviation of the Federal Government of Somalia, Fardowso Osman Igal, addressed the members of the Transport Committee of the People’s Assembly, who asked about the ministry’s work. The committee asked the important questions of Minister Fardowso, including that she employed people who are her

Security forces take security measures at the area after bomb attack during the passage of an African Union Transition Mission in Somalia convoy in Mogadishu, Somalia on April 03, 2023. Photo A A /via AFP By The East African The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (Atmis) is keeping its exit plan, preparing a pool

Reuters/Anna Voitenko By Reuters Ukraine is seeing “significant results” from U.S. and German air defence systems, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday, despite waves of Russian air strikes that included a hit on a blood transfusion centre. Russia reported that it had shot down a drone heading for Moscow in the third such attack in

File Photo/Somali Times The Mogadishu governor of the Banadir regional administration and the mayor of Mogadishu Yusuf Hussein Jimale who held a press conference today at the headquarters of the local government house, spoke about issues related to the “land destruction” in Mogadishu and the complaints people are making and spoke about the accusation against

By Anadolu Agency Turkey on Saturday condemned “in strongest terms” a new provocation by the PKK terror group in Sweden targeting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. “We condemn in the strongest terms the fact that a PKK-affiliated group was allowed to make propaganda with the symbols of a terrorist organization and to commit an outrageous

Railway in Uganda By The African Exponent Uganda is embarking on the restoration of a historic British-era railway line after failing to secure funding from China for a new standard gauge railway (SGR). The existing rail line, built during British colonial rule, has been out of use for almost four decades. The revived rail project

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan /File Photo Reuters Evening Standard By Bill McLoughlin Imran Khan, the former prime minister of Pakistan has been arrested on corruption charges, his lawyer has said. According to his lawyer, Khan was arrested in the eastern city of Lahore on Saturday. Legal experts say a conviction in the case

Rwanda President Paul Kagame at the Women Deliver 2023 Conference in Kigali, Rwanda on July 17, 2023. Photo/Pool By The East African East African economies are forecast to grow at a higher rate than continental peers, but global shocks and political uncertainties could threaten the momentum. A new report by the African Development Bank (AfDB)