Kenya has closed its border with Somalia in Lamu indefinitely as security operations against Al Shabaab militants intensify. Lamu County Police Commander Mr Muchangi Kioi said the border will only remain open to security officers. The country has also prohibited residents living in the border villages from any cross-border trade. Mr Kioi said that those

Photo/The coal plant site in Lamu Days after the Nation exclusively reported that Kenya signed a lopsided multibillion-shilling deal for the operation of the Standard Gauge Railway, an American think-tank is warning that the taxpayer is being forced into another Sh900 billion debt trap for the Lamu coal power project. FINANCIAL GOOF The Sh900 billion

Sanji Ram, one of the convicted in the case of rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua, leaves the court in Pathankot, in the northern state of Punjab, India, June 10, 2019. REUTERS/Mukesh Gupta A court in north India jailed three men for life on Monday over the rape and murder of an

AFP / Dale DE LA REY Huge crowds marched in blazing summer heat through the streets of Hong Kong in a noisy, colourful demonstration calling on the government to scrap its planned extradition law Hong Kong’s pro-Beijing leader on Monday refused to scrap a controversial plan to allow extraditions to the Chinese mainland, a day

In this June 5, 2019, photo, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks at the Capitol in Washington. President Donald Trump says it’s “case closed,” but Democrats are just getting started with special counsel Robert Mueller. Holding the first in a series of hearings on Mueller’s report, Democrats this coming week are intensifying their focus

Photo/Reuters People in Sudan are dying, at the hands of a brutal military which is refusing to hand over power to civilians. And in all this bloodshed, the world must not turn its back on Sudan. When Omar al-Bashir was unceremoniously ousted from power, there was a hope that power would immediately be conferred to

FILE PHOTO: Sudanese protesters use burning tyres to erect a barricade on a street, demanding that the country’s Transitional Military Council hand over power to civilians, in Khartoum, Sudan June 3, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer A civil disobedience campaign to demand civilian rule left the streets of Sudan’s capital Khartoum largely deserted on Sunday, while police fired

FILE PHOTO: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed meets the head of Sudan’s Transitional Military Council, Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan Abdelrahman, to mediate in the political crisis that has followed the overthrow of President Omar al-Bashir, Khartoum, Sudan June 7, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/File Photo Two Sudanese rebel leaders were arrested early on Saturday, opposition

Photo/Reuters Russia and the United States blamed each other for a near collision between their warships in East Asian waters on Friday with both countries accusing one another of dangerous and unprofessional behavior. Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said Washington would lodge a formal diplomatic protest to Russia, while a senior Russian parliamentarian said

Lending institutions fear that Kenya’s foot may be stuck on the debt pedal with the latest loan in the amount of $750 million from the World Bank to be paid over 30 years. A number of experts and players in the financial sector do not think all is well. The Central Bank, which is the