Somalia corrupt president Hassan Sheikh fails to govern

Somalia corrupt President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud is facing a retreat from regional governments. Puntland, Jubaland, Galmudug and South West all their leaders are criticizing in different ways how the process started with the new system, Hassan Sheikh fails to govern. Hassan Sheikh returned to power as the regional authorities and Villa Somalia did not have

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Kenya’s top court to rule on hacking allegations, votes disparity in election dispute

Kenya’s Chief Justice Martha Koome By Reuters Kenya’s Supreme Court on Tuesday laid out eight questions it will answer when it rules on this month’s disputed presidential election result, including whether the commission’s website was hacked. Opposition leader Raila Odinga, who is seeking the presidency for the fifth time, is contesting the result of a

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18 die as Madagascar police shoot at albino kidnap protesters

Police arrive to disperse demonstrators in Antananarivo, Madagascar. Credit Photographer/AFP By AFP Eighteen people died Monday after police in Madagascar opened fire on what they called a lynch mob angered at the kidnapping of an albino child, a senior doctor told AFP. Dozens were wounded, some of them seriously. “At the moment, 18 people have

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Somalia state governors and Hassan Sheikh will meet in Garowe -sources say

Somalia Puntland is hosting a general meeting between the federal government and the regional governments, which will soon take place in the Garowe town, as confirmed according to sources. This matter was decided during the talks held by the President of Somalia Mr. Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud and the governor Puntland Said Deni in Garowe, although

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How borrowing rules will change for new President

President-Elect William Ruto By Business Daily Africa The new President will first have to get Parliament to approve borrowing limits for the next financial year before considering the budget, in changes aimed at forcing the government to leave within its means. This is after the outgoing National Assembly amended the Standing Orders to require parliament

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2 Air France pilots suspended after fighting in cockpit

By The Associated Press Fisticuffs in the cockpit, leaving a leaky engine running while cruising over Africa — Air France pilots are under scrutiny after recent incidents that have prompted French investigators to call for tougher safety protocols. Two Air France pilots were suspended after physically fighting in the cockpit on a Geneva-Paris flight in

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Iran says Israel failed to prevent its nuclear program

By Anadolu Agency Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi said Monday the country’s nuclear program has become indigenous and arch-foe Israel has been unable to prevent its progress through sabotage, assassinations, and threats. Raisi was addressing a news conference in Tehran, attended by local and foreign media, and coinciding with the first anniversary of his government that

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Europe’s gas crisis could last several winters, Shell CEO says

Ben van Beurden, chief executive officer of Royal Dutch Shell, Photographer Reuters By Reuters Europe could face several winters of gas shortage as a result of the cuts to Russian supplies, Shell Chief Executive Ben van Beurden told a news conference in Norway on Monday. “It may well be that we will have a number

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Israeli tycoon appeals corruption conviction in Swiss court

Israeli diamond magnate Beny Steinmetz, left, with his lawyer Daniel Kinzer arrives to a courthouse in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP) By The Associated Press Israeli diamond magnate Beny Steinmetz returns to a Geneva courthouse on Monday to appeal his conviction on charges of corrupting foreign public officials and

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Three East African national carriers sink into deep financial troubles

By The East African Three national airlines in the region Kenya Airways, Uganda Airlines and Air Tanzania are flying in the loss-making zones and could remain in trouble for years to come, experts have warned. For instance, Uganda Airlines, in the news for the past fortnight as a parliamentary oversight committee probed its operations, could

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