By Business Daily Africa Kenya’s banking sector is among three listed by the World Bank on the continent facing high exposure to sovereign debt caused by the government’s rising debt distress. The multi-lateral lender lists Ghana, Kenya and Sierra Leone as some of the countries in Sub-Saharan Africa whose banking sectors are heavily exposed to

By Reuters Four workers from Kenya’s highways agency were killed in an ambush by suspected Islamist militants on Wednesday near the country’s eastern border with Somalia, police said. The workers were leading a three-car convoy from the town of Garissa to Bura when they hit an explosive device planted in the road by suspected members

File – Yemeni police inspect a site of Saudi-led airstrikes targeting two houses in Sanaa, Yemen, March 26, 2022. Weapons supplied by the United Kingdom and the United States and used by a Saudi-led coalition fighting in war-torn Yemen caused at least 87 civilians and wounded 136 others, in a 14-month period, an Oxfam report

By Anadolu Agency A suspect wielding a knife who injured several people at the Gare du Nord train station in Paris on Wednesday has been neutralized, the interior minister confirmed. “An individual injured several people this morning at the Gare du Nord. He was quickly neutralized,” Gerald Darmanin said on Twitter. He thanked the police

This booking photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows Robert Fratta, a former suburban Houston police officer on death row. Fratta was set to be executed on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023, for hiring two people to kill his estranged wife nearly 30 years ago. (Texas Department of Criminal Justice via AP, File)

By Anadolu Agency Germany’s capital Berlin and eastern regions are facing gasoline shortages and high fuel prices, as Russian oil has no longer been flowing to Europe since Jan. 1. The PCK refinery in Schwedt, in the eastern German state of Brandenburg, which was previously supplied exclusively with Russian pipeline oil, is only running at

By The Associated Press An appeals court in Greece has ordered the release of a Somali migrant who had been sentenced to life in prison for people smuggling, in a case that has drawn international attention to draconian border protection laws in the European Union country. Mohammad Hanad Abdi was sentenced to 142 years in

Photo via @beyonce on Instagram By Face2Face Africa During a recent event in Ghana, Dave Chappelle reportedly revealed that the first rapper to hit billionaire status, Jay-Z, owns properties in the West African nation. As previously reported by Face2Face Africa, the renowned and award-winning comedian arrived in Ghana last Tuesday ahead of the hugely successful

A poster promoting Britain’s Prince Harry’s book “Spare” is displayed in a shop window, ahead of its official release date, with Windsor Castle reflected, in Windsor, Britain, January 9, 2023. Photographer Toby Melville By Reuters Some 150 years ago, the acclaimed constitutional writer Walter Bagehot wrote that the British monarchy needed reverence and mystery. “We

Workers measure the windows at Planalto Palace the day after it was stormed by supporters of Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, Jan. 9, 2023. The protesters also stormed Congress and the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres) By The Associated Press Brazilian authorities vowed Monday to protect democracy and punish thousands of