By Business Daily Africa Alexander Mwenda, a Miraa farmer in Gaciongo, Igembe North chopped down his earlier treasured trees three weeks ago sparking uproar, shock and disbelief among other growers and dealers in Meru county. Mr Mwenda has been in the miraa-growing venture for two decades but was irked by the low prices and hired

By Anadolu Agency At least 27 people have been killed in armed clashes in the Libyan capital that erupted late on Monday, according to medics. The Libyan government’s Emergency Medicine and Support Center stated on Tuesday that it recorded 27 fatalities and 106 injuries in Tripoli. “The center’s crews were able to evacuate 234 families

Credit Twitter Kenya’s president William Ruto By The Associated Press A parliamentary committee in Kenya has launched an inquiry into alleged human rights violations and ethical breaches by a British army training unit that has been active for decades in the country the U.K. calls “our defense partner of choice in East Africa.” The British

A photograph appear on the Internet By Dr Abdiwahab Sheikh Abdisamad France has maintained close ties with certain African leaders in West Africa, frequently putting their interests ahead of democracy and human rights. They have backed Equatorial Guinea’s president since 1979, Cameroon’s president since 1983, and even approved Ivory Coast’s president altering the constitution to

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, left, accompanied by House speaker Tagesse Chafo, right, addresses the parliament in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Nov. 15, 2022. Authorities in Ethiopia are carrying out mass arrests of hundreds, even thousands, of people in the capital after deadly unrest in the country’s Amhara region, lawyers and witnesses said.

Photographer Somali Times/Somalia shady president Hassan Sheikh Eurasia Review By Hamid Masheye The Federal Republic of Somalia (3) will soon join the East African Community (EAC) but the EAC is different from all other regional economic integrations by explicitly stating its intention to create a federal sovereign country called the East African Federation (EAF). (1)

By Anadolu Agency Niger’s military junta vowed Sunday to prosecute ousted President Mohamed Bazoum for “high treason” and undermining the country’s “internal and external security.” The statement was read by Col. Amadou Abdramane, the spokesperson for the National Council for the Safeguarding of the Country (CNSP), the group of soldiers that seized power after detaining

In this photo released by the U.S. Navy, the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan travels through the Red Sea, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. Western-backed maritime forces in the Middle East on Saturday, Aug. 12, warned shippers traveling through the strategic Strait of Hormuz to stay as far away from Iranian territorial waters as possible to

Taiwan’s Vice President William Lai arrives at Taoyuan International Airport before his departure to the United States for a stopover in New York on his way to Paraguay, in Taoyuan, Taiwan August 12, 2023. Photographer Carlos Garcia Rawlins By Reuters China’s foreign ministry on Sunday condemned a brief U.S. visit by Taiwan Vice President William

By Anadolu Agency Serbia’s president said Thursday that Russia would win the battle against Ukraine, despite growing support from Western countries. “I’m not sure what Russia can do on the battlefield, and I’m not sure what it can do politically. It is best to make a truce as soon as possible,” Aleksandar Vucic said on