By Reuters The International Monetary Fund’s executive board on Monday signed off on nearly $1 billion in new funding for Kenya that could ease pressure on government finances in East Africa’s largest economy, the global lender said in a statement. The IMF said the board completed the fifth reviews under Kenya’s Extended Fund Facility and

By Anadolu Agency Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday arrived in Saudi Arabia as part of a three-day Gulf tour to strengthen regional ties. On the first leg of his trip, Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud and other officials welcomed Erdogan at the airport in the port city of Jeddah. The president

File – Storks walk in front of harvesters in a wheat field in the village of Zghurivka, Ukraine, on Aug. 9, 2022. Russia said Monday July 17, 2023 it has halted an unprecedented wartime deal that allows grain to flow from Ukraine to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia where hunger is a

By Anadolu Agency Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that Washington’s supply of cluster munitions to Ukraine should be treated as a crime. “The US administration itself gave an assessment to these munitions through the mouths of its employees some time ago, when the use of cluster munitions was called a crime by the

Photographer Somali Times In May 2022, Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud, was re-elected as the country’s president despite being heavily criticized for massive corruption, restrictions on the media and abuse of power during his previous term in office 2012-2017. Then Hassan Sheikh was reelected 15 May 2022 and he started corruption together with his 2 wives, brothers,

By Reuters More than a quarter of Britain’s single parent households have recently run out of food and been unable to afford more, according to a survey from the country’s statistics agency which highlights the impact of surging inflation. Out of nearly 15,000 households surveyed between Feb. 8 and May 1, 5% said they had

Supporters of Shiite Muslim leader Moqtada Sadr burn rainbow flags, during a demonstration in Sadr City, in response to the burning of Quran in Sweden, Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban) By The Associated Press Stockholm police on Friday said they have authorized a protest this weekend by a man who has

Sean “Diddy” Combs. Photo credit: wikimedia commons By Face2Face Africa Sean “Diddy” Combs has launched an e-commerce platform to make it easy for consumers to find, explore, and shop from black-owned businesses. The platform, called Empower Global, seeks to give black brands the opportunity to reach a wider audience. Empower Global was reportedly built by

A photograph appear on the Internet Kenya’s security forces arrested two foreigners in Garisa while they were on their way to join the Al-Shabab terrorist group fighting in Somalia. Officials said the two Tanzanian men, Abdirahman Shaffi Mkwatili, 25, and Sadam Jafari Kitia, 30, were arrested on Wednesday, July 12, in possession of a Swahili

International Monetary Fund Resident Representative, African Department Tobias Rasmussen at a past function By Business Daily Africa Ahead of the fifth review of its multi-year arrangement with Kenya on Monday, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has already positioned itself as a key shaper of the country’s monetary and fiscal policies. From the increase of contributions