President Uhuru Kenyatta President Uhuru Kenyatta has confirmed Ukur Yatani as the Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury even as he pledged to focus on the economy this year. In a televised address in Mombasa on Tuesday, the President announced a raft of changes targeting the agricultural sector and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in a

Photo Credit Reuters At least 57 people were killed and others were missing after avalanches in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir over the last 24 hours, senior government officials said on Tuesday. In neighboring India, at least 10 people were killed after several avalanches hit the northern-part of Indian-administered Kashmir. Two Pakistani officials said many villagers were still

Aliko Dangote Photographer: JWei Leng Tay/Bloomberg Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, became $4.3 billion richer in 2019 as his fortune continued to grow on the back of investments in cement, flour and sugar. The 62-year-old Nigerian businessman and Africa’s most prominent industrialist ended the decade with a net worth of almost $15 billion, making him

By Ed Reed Somali Prime Minister Hassan Khaire was appointed in early 2017. He had previously worked at Soma as an executive director and his departure effectively marked the end of the company’s operations. Somalia is taking steps to attract foreign investment to its energy sector but challenges remain, most notably in how the federal

Photo Credit Nairobi news President Uhuru Kenyatta with his deputy William Ruto Kenya’s domestic and foreign debt is at a crippling Kshs 50 trillion ($50 billion). To stall the economy’s, decline the country’s government is raising revenue through sale of citizenship, passports, permanent residency and special visa programmes. Governments across the world are finding alternative

Protesters took to the streets of Iran for a third day on Monday, expressing outrage over the authorities’ admission that they had shot down a passenger plane by accident during a confrontation with the United States. Video from inside Iran showed riot police and protesters back out on the streets on Monday after two days

Russian, Turkish top diplomats, defense chiefs, heads of Libya’s warring sides, gather in Moscow to address Libyan crisis Moscow is hosting a series of negotiations on Monday to find a solution the Libya crisis. The top diplomats and defense chiefs of Russia and Turkey gathered in the Russian capital to assist the talks between Fayez

Three civilians were killed in a suspected Al Shabaab attack in Kamuthe area, Garissa County in a pre-dawn strike on Monday. North Eastern Regional Police Commander Paul Soi confirmed the attack to the Nation. Reports suggest all the victims are teachers. According to Mr Soi, the militants were targeting a communication mast and a police

This undated file photo provided by the FBI shows Mohammed Alshamrani. The United States is preparing to remove more than a dozen Saudi military students from a training program and return them to their home country after an investigation into a deadly shooting by Saudi aviation student Alshamrani at a Florida navy base in December

Photo/Somali Times Mogadishu-The government of the Federal Republic of Somalia and the European Union on Sunday signed an agreement on the status of EU training mission in Somalia. The agreement was signed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation, Mr Ahmed Issa Awad, and Ambassador of the European Union to the Federal Republic