By Business Daily Africa Nine in 10 companies operating in Kenya did not pay taxes in the year to June, pointing to widespread avoidance that leaves a few firms to shoulder the burden of funding the government. Data from the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) shows a modest 84,428 out of the 759,164 firms registered for

Benin bronzes objects are displayed at the Linden Museum in Stuttgart, Germany, June 29, 2022 .African countries’ efforts at restitution of artifacts from institutions in Europe are now blossoming with the return of pieces that once were thought unattainable. But many objects are still out of reach, and some officials worry they don’t even know

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and head of the Russian navy Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov attend a parade marking Navy Day in Saint Petersburg, Russia July 31, 2022. Reuters/Maxim Shemetov By Reuters President Vladimir Putin on Sunday signed a new naval doctrine which cast the United States as Russia’s main rival and set

Eurasia Review By Dr. Theodore Karasik Somalia’s greater incorporation into East Africa is a major undertaking by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud whose election in May 2022 was notable for a policy program that views integration as the key to security in the Horn of Africa. The Somali president has traveled the region in a push

U.S. House Speaker (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) By Reuters U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi starts a tour of four Asian countries on Sunday, her office said, without mentioning Taiwan amid intense speculation she might visit the self-ruled island claimed by China. “Speaker Nancy Pelosi is leading a Congressional delegation to the Indo-Pacific region,

The president of the Somali regional government, Mustafa Muhumed Omar, said that 600 Al-Shabab soldiers were killed including top leaders in the latest fighting on the Somali border. The president of the local government said this while speaking to the Somali regional parliament, who were asking questions about the loss of the war. President Mustafa

By Nation Africa With a week to the August 9 polls, both Deputy President William Ruto and Azimio candidate Raila Odinga have changed their campaign messaging to focus on voter turn-out on election day. Unlike when official campaign period for the 2022 General Election began on May 30, Kenya Kwanza Alliance (KKA) of Dr Ruto

Former minister Maria Helena Taipo By AFP Mozambique on Thursday sentenced a former minister to 16 years imprisonment for corruption, a striking sentence for the country that is still dealing with the fallout of a separate embezzlement scandal. Maria Helena Taipo, 60, a member of the ruling FRELIMO party who led the Labour ministry from

File Photo/Somali Times President Hassan Sheikh spoke about the insecurity in Mogadishu since he took office 15 May 2022. The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud, for the first time spoke strongly about security in the capital Mogadishu, after the increase in robbery, assasination and rape since he appoint Somalia spy

By Anadolu Agency US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he spoke with his Russian counterpart on Friday for the first time in nearly six months to press Moscow to accept a US proposal for the release of two Americans detained in Russia. Blinken declined to outline Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s response to the “significant