By Joseph Hammond Japan is increasing its footprint in the Horn of Africa even as it draws down its anti-piracy force Pirates or no pirates, Japan remains committed to an international security operation off the Horn of Africa which is increasingly a cornerstone of its wider Africa policy. Last month Somali pirates successfully captured a

File Photo: Former British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, who is running to succeed Theresa May as Prime Minister, leaves his home in London, Britain, May 28, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay Boris Johnson, the favourite to replace Theresa May as British prime minister, must appear in court over allegations he lied about Brexit by stating Britain would

For the first time in more than a decade, Kenya has reached out to the World Bank for an urgent loan in the form of budget support. This signals the gravity of the country’s rapidly deteriorating cash-flow situation that is characterised by falling revenues and worsening debt service obligations. PUBLIC PURSE The Nation has learnt

Iran’s “absolute power” in its region has sapped the capacity of arch-enemy the United States to wage war against it, the commander of its elite Revolutionary Guards said on Tuesday, according to semi-official Mehr news agency. He was speaking a day after U.S. President Donald Trump said he was not seeking regime change in Iran

Turkey’s holiday resort city of Antalya has hit a new all-time daily high for the month of May with the number of foreign tourists. The top Mediterranean resort province welcomed around 76,568 foreign tourists on May 25, according to the city’s governor.”On May 25, 2019, 76,568 tourists came to Antalya by air yesterday. An all-time

FILE PHOTO: Speaker of the House John Bercow smiles as he speaks in Parliament in London, Britain, March 27, 2019 in this screen grab taken from video. Reuters TV via REUTERS John Bercow, the speaker of Britain’s House of Commons, plans to stay on despite previous expectations he was about to leave, risking the fury

By Catharine Paddock PhD Ensuring good oral hygiene could help to prevent stroke. This was what scientists proposed after finding DNA traces of oral bacteria in samples of blood clots that had caused strokes. Researchers from Tampere University in Finland analyzed clot samples from 75 people who received emergency treatment for ischemic stroke when they

The business potential is huge for the continent. This offer, without any variance of turning is simply irresistible. Cannabis Consumption in Africa is growing so fast, yet still regarded as illegal in most countries on the continent. Hypocrisy is failing to convert a well consumed commodity for greater economic gains when in fact, it is

Photo/Middle East Monitor The plane of the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani landed at Jeddah airport in Saudi Arabia for the first time since the outbreak of the Gulf crisis two years ago.“Qatar Airways is landing at Jeddah airport for the first time since the outbreak of the Gulf crisis and

By John Goodrich As the dust settles on a dramatic set of European Parliament elections, leaders of European Union member states will gather for dinner in Brussels on Tuesday evening to begin what is likely to be lengthy discussions over the nominations for the bloc’s top jobs. What’s next for the EU? Contenders for the