Aliko Dangote Africa’s richest man/Reuters Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote is among the VIPs attending President-elect William Ruto’s inauguration ceremony at Kasarani International Stadium today. According to Daily Nation reported. Mr Dangote, who is also Africa’s richest man, was spotted on the dais among the dignitaries and top Kenyan politicians who came to spectate the event.

New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern By Reuters New Zealand will not actively take any measures to become a republic in the short-term after the death of Queen Elizabeth, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said, though she expects the Pacific nation will eventually become one. “I’ve never sensed the urgency. There’s so many challenges we face.

By Anadolu Agency After winning the second four-year term, the opposition-backed governor of Japan’s southern Okinawa province on Monday reiterated his demand that the relocation of a US military base should be halted. However, the government of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has insisted the US base within Okinawa will “only” be relocated from the Futenma

By Anadolu Agency Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson’s center-left coalition government looks likely to be voted out of office as all signs are pointing to a new right-wing government being formed after Sunday’s general election. Parliamentary votes in over 6,100 districts have now been counted, which corresponds to 93% of the vote. The right-wing bloc

By Reuters Britain dismissed as untrue on Sunday Russian President Vladimir Putin’s assertion that only a fraction of grain exported from Ukraine under an international deal was going to poor countries. Putin said on Wednesday, without citing a source, that only two of 87 ships, carrying 60,000 tonnes of products, had gone to poor countries.

South Africa 1874 One Pond depicting Thomas François Burgers, 4th State President of the Republic of South Africa. Image via Wikimedia Commons By Face2Face Africa The Aksumite of Northern Ethiopian are the early tribes of Africa to introduce coins in the 2nd to the 9th century as a means of trading. These coins were made

Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant By Anadolu Agency Ukraine on Sunday said operations at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant have been completely halted. The last of the Zaporizhzhia plant’s six reactors was disconnected from the power grid early at 3.41 a.m. (0041GMT), according to a statement by Energoatom, Ukraine’s atomic power operator. “Preparations are underway for

Two lorry loads transporting Kikuyu people arrive at a reception camp outside Nairobi, Kenya, on April 28, 1954, after 5,000 British troops and 1,000 armed police rounded up some 30,000 to 40,000 men for screening. The sweep followed the breakdown of the surrender invitation launched by the authorities after the capture of Mau Mau’s “General

Britain’s King Charles looks on outside Buckingham Palace, following the passing of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, in London, Britain, September 9, 2022. Reuters/Toby Melville By Reuters Britain’s new King Charles issued a personal statement during a historic ceremony on Saturday at which he was formally proclaimed the new monarch. Here is a text of his personal

Cameroon president Paul Biya.Patrick Kovarik/AFP By Daily Nation Cameroonian President Paul Biya is now the world’s oldest head of state following the demise of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday. The queen died peacefully at Balmoral in Scotland on Thursday aged 96, Buckingham Palace announced. “The death of Her Majesty Elizabeth II is felt painfully