Photo: Credit Reuters Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Oil prices have hit zero. Yes, oil was “sold” this week with producers only asking buyers to pay for transporting it to its final destination. This is the worst collapse in oil markets in history; it is unprecedented for oil to lose 94 per cent

Turkish power producer Aksa Energy allegedly paid $2.5 million in bribes to Ghanaian officials, in order to secure a 2015 contract for building an electricity plant in Ghana, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. The deal was brokered by Asante Berko, then executive director for U.S. bank Goldman Sachs’ London office, who himself purportedly received

President Uhuru Kenyatta has said that Kenyans’ lack of seriousness regarding Covid-19 has turned out to be his government’s biggest challenge in the fight against the pandemic. In a radio interview on Wednesday morning, Mr Kenyatta said many Kenyans are “deliberately taking lightly the threat of Covid-19”, adding that those who recently escaped quarantine at

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the daily coronavirus task force briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 21, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will be issuing a temporary suspension of immigration into the United States and the measure will be in effect for

Photo: Credit NUSOJ Journalist Mukhtar Mohamed Atosh Reporter Mukhtar Mohamed Atosh was arrested by police on 20 April in Baidoa for reporting on the death of a 14-year-old girl after she was raped. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate, the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), have strongly condemned the unfounded arrest

Photo/Somali Times In a statement posted on his Twitter account, EU Ambassador to Somalia Nicolas Berlanga called on the government to stop the persecution of journalists, in order to get a complete picture of the situation in the country. The statement by the EU ambassador to Somalia, came after a meeting of the international community

Photo/Somali Times The Somali government has asked the international community to assist Somalia in the fight against Coronavirus and helping its people. The demand was made by Somali Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire, who held a meeting today in the online video conference with ambassadors from Somalia and other international agencies in the country. Meeting

The amount of debt falling due this year has dropped by Sh29 billion after reconciliations passed through the supplementary budget by the National Treasury. The drop has revised what Kenya planned to pay this year to Sh253.2 billion, down from the Sh282.3 billion that was contained in the original budget for 2019/20. The revision comes

In this Tuesday, Jan 28, 2020 file photo, mobile network phone masts are visible in front of St Paul’s Cathedral in the City of London. Dozens of European cell towers have been destroyed in recent arson attacks that officials and wireless companies say are fueled by groundless conspiracy theories linking new 5G mobile networks and

U.S. President Donald Trump and Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan leave the stage after family photo during the annual NATO heads of government summit at the Grove Hotel in Watford, Britain December 4, 2019. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls/Pool/File Photo Turkey’s plans to switch on its new Russian missile defence systems have been delayed by the coronavirus outbreak