Scant rainfall in much of East Africa will lead to low crop yields and increased food prices, the US government’s Famine Early Warning System (Fews) predicted in an alert issued on Tuesday. Poor households will consequently experience greater shortages of food, Fews warned.“Humanitarians are urged to immediately scale up assistance planning,” the alert stated. Conditions

NEW DELHI (AP) — Dissatisfaction with India’s lagging economy didn’t deter voters from handing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist party a landslide parliamentary election victory.Now, they’ll be expecting something in return: faster, bolder action on long-promised reforms to transform the economy and improve the lives of India’s 1.3 billion people. Modi made

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on a range of issues during an event devoted to “America’s farmers and ranchers” in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., May 23, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Barria President Donald Trump said on Thursday he did not think additional U.S. troops are needed in the Middle

Deputy President William Ruto Taxpayers will spend Sh152.4 million to complete the refurbishment of Deputy President William Ruto’s second home in Mombasa County before the 2022 general elections. In November 2018, the Office of the Deputy President sought to hire a contractor to upgrade the former residence of the Coast provincial commissioner and turn it

FILE PHOTO: Iranian Revolutionary Guards speed boats are seen near the USS John C. Stennis CVN-74 (not pictured) as it makes its way to gulf through strait of Hormuz, December 21, 2018. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed/File Photo Iran will not surrender to U.S. pressure and will not abandon its goals even if it is bombed, President

The oil and turf disputes are boiling over amid a surge in the activities of foreign countries in Somalia, which Kenya flagged as a threat to regional security Somali officials are negotiating with Turkey, Qatar, Ethiopia and Eritrea to support their takeover of Jubaland from Kenyan troops. Sources say landlocked Ethiopia is eyeing the KDF-run

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan speaks to reporters after a classified briefing for members of Congress on Iran, Tuesday, May 21, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) By LOLITA C. BALDOR and ROBERT BURNS The Pentagon on Thursday will present plans to the White House to send up to 10,000 more troops

Iran’s youth will witness the demise of Israel and the demise of Israel and American civilization, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday in comments published on his official website. “You young people should be assured that you will witness the demise of the enemies of humanity, meaning the degenerate American civilization, and

Kenya is flexing its diplomatic muscles in its row with Somalia, which it accuses of continuing to violate its territorial waters rich in hydrocarbons by launching investment programmes in the disputed area. The Nation learnt that Kenya is taking measures to put pressure on Mogadishu. These include withdrawing privileges given to senior government officials, resuming

Three Somali officials with diplomatic passports were denied entry at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi on Monday evening in a tiff that seems to be escalating between Kenya and its neighbour. A Somali based media , identified the three as Osman Liban (Deputy Minister of Water and Energy) and Senators Ilyas Ali Hassan and