The rich rush to buy foreign citizenships

Photo/Credit Freepik/Aerial view of the bay of Kotor; Montenegro. More super-wealthy Africans are buying foreign residency and citizenship rights, a global advisory firm has said. Before coronavirus pandemic hit, the billionaires bought additional passports, acquiring permanent residency and citizenship for ease of business travel, to get access to elite education for their children, or to

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British firm pays Sh650m to mine Lirhanda gold

Rosterman residents in Kakamega prospect for gold. The Lirhanda corridor gold is said to be of very high value. That residents of parts of western Kenya are literally sitting on billions of shillings in gold deposits became evident on Wednesday when a British company said it has acquired a firm that is prospecting for the

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UN head in Somalia James Swan says removal of Prime Minister Khaire had negatively impacted progress in the Dhusamareb conference

Photo: Credit UN The UN head in Somalia James Swan has expressed and called the leaders of Puntland and Jubaland leaders to attend the ongoing electoral talks in Dhusamareb noting the meeting was he underlined that the type of elections to be held in the country should be inclusive and independent, James Swan also told

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The UAE-Israel deal is a no-win choice for King Salman

US President Donald Trump, King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (L) pose for a group photo during the Arab Islamic American Summit in Riyadh on 21 May 2017 (AFP) By Madawi al-Rasheed The Saudi ruler prefers to keep relations with Israel under the table. But he

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President Farmajo is currently selling his second plan in Dhusamareb (Plan B). Which is time is running out.

Photo/Somali Times Farmajo after the challenge of the extension two years. Hopes for President Farmajo and the House of Representatives to extend the mandate of the Federal Government of Somalia are fading, with claims that the election has been postponed, in order to implement. One-person, one-vote system. President Farmajo is in Dhusamareb for a fifth

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Iran announces locally made ballistic and cruise missiles amid U.S. tensions

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani gives a press conference in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi) Iran unveiled a surface-to-surface ballistic missile that Defence Minister Amir Hatami said had a range of 1,400 kilometres and a new cruise missile on Thursday, ignoring U.S. demands that Tehran halt its missile programme. The surface-to-surface missile,

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Russia’s Navalny in coma in ICU after alleged poisoning

FILE – In this Feb. 29, 2020, file photo, Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny takes part in a march in memory of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov in Moscow, Russia. Navalny has been poisoned and hospitalized on Thursday morning, Aug. 20, 2020 his spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh said on Twitter, Navalny felt unwell on a flight back

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The Kenya Shilling weakens to new low on dollar demand

The shilling has weakened to a record low of 108.50 units against the dollar, continuing its losing streak. The shilling has weakened to a record low of 108.50 units against the dollar, continuing its losing streak. Wednesday’s run marked the tenth straight day for the shilling to trade above 108 units since embarking on a

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Somalia renews the Albayrak company port agreement in Mogadishu.

Photo/Somali Times A five-day meeting between a delegation from the Federal Government and the Turkish company Albayrak, which operates the main port of Mogadishu, has finally reached an agreement. The Somali delegation included Acting Minister of Ports and Maritime Transport Maryan Aweys, Acting Minister of Finance Abdirahman Duale Bayle, advisers from the Prime Minister’s Office,

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‘Let’s roll’: London’s Heathrow urges testing at UK airports

People queue in line to check-in for a British Airways flight to Heathrow airport, Friday Aug.14, 2020 at Nice airport, southern France. British holidaymakers in France were mulling whether to return home early Friday to avoid having to self-isolate for 14 days following the U.K. government’s decision to reimpose quarantine restrictions on France amid a

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