Delegates attend the International Monetary Fund meeting in Marrakesh, Morocco on October 10, 2023. Photo/AFP By The East African The series of central bank rate hikes and public finance reforms by African countries have yielded fruit as the economic outlook appears promising in the foreseeable future, signalling a possible end to the economic difficulties that

Emergency personnel carry a person on a stretcher outside King Baudouin Stadium after play was suspended after a shooting in Brussels, Belgium, October 17, 2023 Reuters/Yves Herman By Reuters Two Swedish nationals were shot to death and a third person was wounded in central Brussels on Monday night, and a man who identified himself as

By Anadolu Agency US President Joe Biden said Sunday that Israel’s occupation of Gaza would be “a big mistake” but appeared okay for an inside operation against the Palestinian group Hamas. “I think it’d be a big mistake,” Biden said in an interview with CBS News’ 60 Minutes program. “What happened in Gaza, in my

File Photo Somali Times. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed The Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Abiy Ahmed, who had a meeting with the Parliament of his country, said that it is important to unite the countries of the Horn of Africa such as Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somalia and Eritrea in order to gain full power, noting that

Burundi minister and current EAC Council of Ministers chair Ezechiel Nibigira holds the 2023/2024 Budget briefcase flanked by bloc’s Secretary General Peter Mathuki in Arusha, Tanzania on June 13, 2023 By The East African A Kenyan parliamentary committee has called for a review of East African Community (EAC) Treaty in order to grant veto powers

By The Peninsula Minister of Finance H E Ali bin Ahmed Al Kuwari met with Minister of Finance of the Federal Republic of Somalia Bihi Iman Egeh on the sidelines of the Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group (WBG) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) held in Marrakesh, Kingdom

Demonstrators protest in solidarity with Palestinians, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in London, Britain, October 14, 2023. Photographer Susannah Ireland By Reuters Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched in central London on Saturday, calling for an end to Israel’s military action in the Gaza Strip which was triggered by

Jordan’s King Abdullah II addresses the 78th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 19, 2023. Reuters/Mike Segar/File Photo By Reuters Calls for a humanitarian corridor or an escape route for Palestinians from Gaza as a conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas has escalated have drawn a

By Anadolu Agency Israel should allow humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip through Egypt’s Rafah crossing, the Turkish president said on Friday. Speaking at the annual Türkiye-Africa Business and Economic Forum in Istanbul, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said: “The possibility that concerns us is that tension would increase and spread to the region.” “Mosques, hospitals, and

By Anadolu Agency UN has called for a $294 million flash appeal for over one million people in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank. “The OPT (Occupied Palestinian Territory) Flash Appeal calls for approximately US $ 294 million for 77 humanitarian partners to address the most urgent needs of 1,260,000 people in Gaza