Photo: Credit Anadolu Agency By Safaa Kasraoui Morocco adopted a bill legalizing cannabis use for therapeutic use today, making the country one of the few states in Africa to adopt the measure. Former Head of Government Abdelilah Benkirane has suspended his membership with the Justice and Development Party (PJD), after Morocco’s government council adopted a

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has overseen an extensive crackdown on political dissent that has steadily tightened in recent years (AFP) Joint statement from 31 countries calls on Egypt to end use of ‘terrorism’ charges against human rights defenders and activists The United States joined dozens of Western countries in urging Egypt to end the

By EDITH M. LEDERER The U.N. Security Council urged Somalia’s government on Friday to organize elections “without delay” in a resolution that stressed the pressing threat to the country’s security from al-Shabab and armed opposition groups. The resolution, which was adopted unanimously, authorized the African Union to maintain its nearly 20,000-strong force in Somalia until

Family attorney hails agreement as ‘largest pre-trial settlement in a civil rights wrongful death case in U.S. history’ The family of George Floyd and the US city of Minneapolis have agreed Friday to a $27 million settlement to end a lawsuit against the city over his fatal arrest. Ben Crump, the Floyd family’s attorney, hailed

Credit to photo /Business Daily Africa, Nairobi Skyline. Other ingenious avenues to pave the way for digital transformation in Africa. In the Age of Information, technology plays a vital role in how any society thrives. It also presents its own challenges, and a call for adaptation to rise above such obstacles. Like other countries around

File – In this file photo dated Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020, lorries pass a checkpoint to embark by ferry to Europe, at the port in Dover, England. Britain’s Office for National Statistics said Friday March 12, 2021, that the British economy shrank in January as the nation was hit by a new round of coronavirus

Photo/Somali Times The body of former Somali President Ali Mahdi Mohamed has arrives in Mogadishu at Aden Adde International Airport from Kenya. Ali Mahdi Mohamed died of Covid-19 disease. The President of the federal government Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hassan Roble and other delegates have attended the funeral prayers, which the

Kenya has returned to the World Bank for a Sh10 billion loan to help purchase Covid-19 vaccines following a financing shortfall that threatens the country’s inoculation plan against the infectious virus. The money will buy 11 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab that will be used to vaccinate five million persons. The Treasury failed to

By Vanessa Murrey The Tanzanian government is developing a framework to enable it charge WhatsApp calls as the country grapples with declining revenue from international calls. The emergence of messaging apps like WhatsApp have given users alternatives for making international calls free of charge or at a very low rates. As a result, the telecommunications

Britain’s Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge arrive for a visit to School21, a secondary schools in east London, Thursday March 11, 2021. Prince William has defended Britain’s monarchy against accusations of bigotry made by his brother, Prince Harry, and his sister-in-law, Meghan, insisting the family is not racist. In comments made during a