Institute of Human Resource Management executive director, Queresha Abdullahi By Business Daily Africa Nearly half of the human resource practitioners in Kenya are operating without a licence, putting the institutions they represent at a disadvantage in legal disputes. Data from the Institute of Human Resource Management (IHRM), the regulator of the profession, estimates only 17,000

Credit to Photo The Associated Press/Dictator Ismaïl Omar Guelleh By ADF Magazine As it struggles with rising inflation and continuing drought, Djibouti has become the latest country to suspend its payments on Chinese debt. Djibouti’s decision to withhold repayment makes it the second African nation after Zambia to take that step. China is Djibouti’s largest

A Bayraktar Akinci unmanned combat drone is pictured at SAHA EXPO Defence & Aerospace Exhibition in Istanbul, Turkey, October 27, 2022. Photographer Umit Bektas/File Photo By Reuters Turkey is set to deliver an undisclosed number of armed drones to Kuwait in a contract worth $370 million, Turkish defence firm Baykar said on Wednesday. International demand

Sister Andre poses for a portrait at the Sainte Catherine Laboure care home in Toulon, southern France, Wednesday, April 27, 2022. The French nun who was believed to be the world’s oldest person died at 118 in her sleep early Tuesday Jan.17, 2023, the spokesperson for her nursing home in Toulon, David Tavella, said Wednesday.

By Anadolu Agency A helicopter crash in the Brovary city of Ukraine’s Kyiv region on Wednesday killed at least 18 people, including 3 children, the country’s interior minister, first deputy minister, and state secretary, according to Kyiv governor. “Tragedy in Brovary. The number of victims increased. As of 10:30 a.m. (0830GMT) – 18 dead, including

Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo/AFP By AFP One of the sons of Equatorial Guinea’s veteran ruler has been arrested on suspicion of illegally selling a plane owned by the national airline, state TV said Tuesday. Ruslan Obiang Nsue, whose iron-fisted father President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo has ruled since 1979, was detained on

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attends a ceremony to mark an increase in capacity at a natural gas storage facility in Silivri near Istanbul, Turkey, December 16, 2022. Photographer Umit Bektas/File Photo By Reuters Sweden and Finland must deport or extradite up to 130 “terrorists” to Turkey before the Turkish parliament will approve their bids to

By Anadolu Agency A detained European lawmaker agreed to cooperate with Belgian authorities concerning a corruption scandal that he is involved in along with other European officials, including the vice president of the European Parliament, Belgian authorities said Tuesday. Pier Antonio Panzeri, former Italian member of the European Parliament, signed a repentance agreement where he

File – Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, right, talks with United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken as they arrive for a family photo during the first day of the meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs, in Bucharest, Romania, on Nov. 29, 2022. Turkey and the United States will aim to smooth out a

An elderly person holds a child near lanterns decorating a shop ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year, in Beijing, China, January 15, 2023. Photographer Tingshu Wang By Reuters China’s population fell last year for the first time in six decades, a historic turn that is expected to mark the start of a long period