Kenya Airways resumes daily flights to New York

By Business Daily Africa Kenya Airways (KQ) has resumed daily flights to New York as it moves to cash in on growing demand for air travel on the route. The carrier had increased the flight frequency on the route to five times per week from three last year in December, citing high passenger bookings. The

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Somalia’s leaders divided to fight Al-Shabab terrorists

File Photo/Somali Times Somalia’s corrupt President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud has gathered federal state leaders in Mogadishu. Somalia’s leaders divided to fight Al-Shabab terrorists group uncertainty over term limits for the leaders, according to sources Somalia president office told Somali Times. Monday’s meeting was chaired by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud, who was flanked by Prime Minister

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UN Security Council urges Taliban to reverse bans on Afghan women’s rights

Afghan female students react against Taliban’s university ban in Kabul, Afghanistan in December, 2022 By Anadolu Agency The UN Security Council urged the Taliban in Afghanistan to reverse policies and practices Tuesday that further exclude women from public life. The 15-member Council expressed deep concern in a statement that the Taliban have suspended access to

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Why ethnic tensions are flaring again in northern Kosovo

A Kosovo special police officer patrols the area near the border crossing between Kosovo and Serbia in Jarinje, Kosovo. Photographer Laura Hasani/File Photo By Reuters Protesting Serbs in the ethnically divided city of Mitrovica in northern Kosovo erected new barricades on Tuesday, hours after Serbia said it had put its army on the highest combat

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Stocks mostly fall on Wall Street, adding to recent losses

A woman looks at Japan’s Nikkei 225 index and stock prices shown at a securities firm as others walk across an intersection in Tokyo, Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022. Shares advanced Tuesday in Asia after China announced it would relax more of its pandemic restrictions despite widespread outbreaks of COVID-19 that are straining its medical systems.(AP

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Kenya’s President’s top officers’wealth to be made public in IMF push

President William Ruto ands Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua celebrate at the IEBC Bomas of Kenya Tallying Centre in Nairobi on August 15, 2022: Credit to Photo/ AFP By Business Daily Africa The wealth of top state officers–including the President and his deputy—will be made public if Kenya caves in to pressure from the International Monetary

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Egypt launches tender to explore gas, oil in Mediterranean, Nile Delta

By Anadolu Agency Egypt on Tuesday launched an international tender to explore natural gas and crude oil in the Mediterranean Sea and the Nile Delta. Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Tarek El-Molla said the tender, announced by the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS), aims to attract investment to explore gas and oil in

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Turkey’s natural gas find in Black Sea now comes to 710 bcm -Erdogan

By Reuters The total volume of natural gas Turkey has discovered in the Black Sea now amounts to 710 billion cubic metres (bcm) after a new field was located and a previous find was revised higher, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday. Speaking after a cabinet meeting, Erdogan said Turkey had discovered a new reserve

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8 things to know about Hamida Dakane, the first Somali woman elected into North Dakota State House of Representatives

Hamida Dakane stands in the Al Hamdi Restaurant on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022, in south Fargo. Photo credit: Michael Vosburg/The Forum By Face2Face Africa Hamida Dakane, who was before now only known in her state, North Dakota, has made history and international headlines following her victory at the just concluded November general elections. Before her

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Top Russian diplomat claims US wants ‘end of history’

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov By Anadolu Agency Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov claimed on Monday that the US pursues a policy aimed to establish the “end of history,” referring to the book titled The End of History and the Last Man by American political scientist Francis Fukuyama. “If you look at the policies that

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