Deputy President William Ruto. By Onyango K’Onyango Deputy President William Ruto on Wednesday linked his abortive trip to Uganda on Monday to the ‘handshake’ deal between President Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga. The DP said the incident was a political witch-hunt. Dr Ruto was on Monday blocked from flying to Uganda in what his

Mercer Street, an Israeli-managed oil tanker that was attacked last week is seen off Fujairah Port in United Arab Emirates, August 3, 2021. REUTERS/Rula Rouhana By ISABEL DEBRE and JON GAMBRELL The British navy warned Tuesday of a “potential hijack” of a ship off the coast of the United Arab Emirates in the Gulf of

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett attends a cabinet meeting at the prime minister’s office in Jerusalem, Sunday, August 1, 2021. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP) JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel is rallying global action against Iran over an attack on an Israeli-managed tanker off Oman last week but is capable of responding on its own if

Photo/Somali Times Somali Foreign Affairs Minister Mohamed Abdirizak Mohamud said the Somali government will not accept mediation in the maritime border dispute between Somalia and Kenya. The foreign minister said the African Union had issued a pending letter on the role of the AU in resolving the maritime dispute between the two countries. The minister

Turkish President Erdogan underlines importance of peace, stability in Tunisia for sake of entire region Speaking to his Tunisian counterpart Monday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stressed the importance of peace and stability in the country, said Turkish diplomatic sources. Erdogan told Kais Saied that stability, peace, and serenity in Tunisia are important and benefit

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures as he speaks during the closing ceremony on the second day of the Global Education Summit in London, Britain July 29, 2021. Tolga Akmen/Pool via REUTERS/Files By DANICA KIRKA and AMIR VAHDAT LONDON (AP) — Britain and Iran issued warnings to each other’s diplomats Monday as tensions escalated over

Teodoro (aka Teodorin) Nguema Obiang Mongue, the son of Equatorial Guinea’s president. Credit: Daily Nation File Photo. By Kemo Cham Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, Equatorial Guinea’s vice-president and son of the head of state, is no stranger to controversy. Some would say he courts and revels in it. He is a man of means, and

President Joe Biden speaks about COVID-19 vaccine requirements for federal workers in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) By Scott McCann It’s time to bring this to an end. On Tuesday, the US military conducted an airstrike against the militant group al-Shabab in the divided

Parliament Speaker Rached Ghannouchi, head of the moderate Islamist Ennahda, arrives at the party’s headquarters in Tunis, Tunisia, July 29, 2021. REUTERS/Ammar Awad TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s parliament speaker Rached Ghannouchi, head of the moderate Islamist Ennahda party that has had an influential national role for a decade, left the hospital hours after he was

Fire officials say efforts underway to extinguish wildfires The southern regions of Italy, especially on the island of Sicily, were struggling with fires in forests and rural areas on Saturday. Fire officials said on Twitter that 250 operations were conducted in Sicily in the past 24 hours, 130 in Puglia and Calabria, 90 in Lazio