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Dr Akinwumi Adesina (right) warns of the impact of non-transparent resource-backed loans on Africa’s debt burden. Semafor Summit, Washington DC April 2024 By African Development Bank
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Africa’s $824 billion debt burden and opaque resource-backed loans hinder its potential, African Development Bank President warns
Dr Akinwumi Adesina (right) warns of the impact of non-transparent resource-backed loans on Africa’s debt burden. Semafor Summit, Washington DC April 2024 By African Development Bank
Read MoreSomalia has rejected a call from the G7 countries regarding sovereignty and territorial integrity
The Federal Government of Somalia has rejected a call from the world’s richest countries called the G7, which was to enter into dialogue on the crisis between Ethiopia. The foreign
Read MoreUproar Over Video of Nairobi Speaker Forcibly Shaking Muslim Woman’s Hand, Attempting to Remove Her Veil
Members of the public have expressed their displeasure after a video emerged online showing Nairobi County Speaker Kennedy Okeyo Ng’ondi allegedly violating a Muslim woman’s cultural
Read MoreUS officials confirm Israel carried out strike inside Iran: Reports
By Anadolu Agency Israel has carried out a strike inside of Iran, multiple American media outlets reported Thursday citing anonymous US officials, in a move that threatens to further push the
Read MorePresident Ruto announces death of Kenya military chief Francis Ogolla
Former Chief of Defence Forces the late General Francis Ogolla By The East African Kenya’s Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Francis Ogolla is dead, President William Ruto has confirmed.
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Featured ArticlesAfrica’s $824 billion debt burden and opaque resource-backed loans hinder its potential, African Development Bank President warns
Dr Akinwumi Adesina (right) warns of the impact of non-transparent resource-backed loans on Africa’s debt burden. Semafor Summit, Washington DC April 2024 By African Development Bank
Africa’s $824 billion debt burden and opaque resource-backed loans hinder its potential, African Development Bank President warns
Dr Akinwumi Adesina (right) warns of the impact of non-transparent resource-backed loans on Africa’s debt burden. Semafor Summit, Washington DC April 2024 By African Development Bank
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Great power rivalry in the Red Sea
By Zach Vertin China’s experiment in Djibouti and implications for the United States China’s growing presence in Djibouti has thrust unprecedented attention upon the little-known African
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Blog PostsChairman of the Independent Electoral Halimo Ibrahim says, ”Let’s form a Somalia’s government that is not ruled by foreigners. ”
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A row of ambulances are parked outside the Royal London Hospital in London on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020. British officials are considering tougher coronavirus restrictions as the number of
Pakistan, Turkey to further strengthen bilateral ties
Pakistan and Turkey on Wednesday agreed to pursue a joint strategy on matters of mutual interests at the international level, according to Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry. The agreement came during a
US won’t observe Uganda’s election as accreditations denied
Uganda’s long-time President Yoweri Museveni attends an election rally at Kololo Airstrip in Kampala, Uganda. Deadly violence and repressive measures have alarmed observers as Uganda
Thugge disowns Rotich in Sh63billion dams scandal
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Uganda’s leader Yoweri Museveni is last dictator in Africa now
From left to right Opposition candidates for Ugandan Election, Alliance for National transformation flag bearer Gen Mugisha Muntu, Forum for Democratic Change party flag bearer Patrick Amuriat
Uganda’s leader says social media shut down ahead of polls
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni shows the ink mark on the thumb after he voted in Kiruhura district which is Museveni’s home area, Uganda, Deadly violence and repressive measures
Roadside blast kills 7 Kenyan soldiers in Somalia
At least seven Kenyan military personnel serving under African Union peacekeeping mission forces in Somalia (AMISOM) were killed when a bomb targeted military vehicles in southern Somalia on
Mandera County Governor Ali Roba says Mandera is on the verge falling under Al-Shabaab control
Mandera County Governor Ali Roba has said the town of Mandera in Kenya is on the verge falling into the hands of Al-Shabaab. In an interview with The Standard in Nairobi, the governor said
Farmajo wants to start with eight cities in the election
File Photo/Somali Times As the dispute over Somalia’s 2021 elections continues, information is emerging about eight cities that President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo intends to launch in the
Chairman of the Independent Electoral Halimo Ibrahim says, ”Let’s form a Somalia’s government that is not ruled by foreigners. ”
Photo/Somali Times ”Somalia is not an independent country, it is ruled by foreigners. ” Halimo Ismail Ibrahim, the Chairman of the Independent Electoral
UK may move patients into hotels to ease hospital strain
A row of ambulances are parked outside the Royal London Hospital in London on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020. British officials are considering tougher coronavirus restrictions as the number of
Pakistan, Turkey to further strengthen bilateral ties
Pakistan and Turkey on Wednesday agreed to pursue a joint strategy on matters of mutual interests at the international level, according to Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry. The agreement came during a
US won’t observe Uganda’s election as accreditations denied
Uganda’s long-time President Yoweri Museveni attends an election rally at Kololo Airstrip in Kampala, Uganda. Deadly violence and repressive measures have alarmed observers as Uganda
Thugge disowns Rotich in Sh63billion dams scandal
Mr Kamau Thugge (left) and ex-treasury CS Henry Rotich. Former Treasury Principal Secretary (PS) Kamau Thugge has opted to be a State witness in the Sh63 billion Arror-Kimwarer dams scandal case,
Uganda’s leader Yoweri Museveni is last dictator in Africa now
From left to right Opposition candidates for Ugandan Election, Alliance for National transformation flag bearer Gen Mugisha Muntu, Forum for Democratic Change party flag bearer Patrick Amuriat
Uganda’s leader says social media shut down ahead of polls
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni shows the ink mark on the thumb after he voted in Kiruhura district which is Museveni’s home area, Uganda, Deadly violence and repressive measures
Roadside blast kills 7 Kenyan soldiers in Somalia
At least seven Kenyan military personnel serving under African Union peacekeeping mission forces in Somalia (AMISOM) were killed when a bomb targeted military vehicles in southern Somalia on
Mandera County Governor Ali Roba says Mandera is on the verge falling under Al-Shabaab control
Mandera County Governor Ali Roba has said the town of Mandera in Kenya is on the verge falling into the hands of Al-Shabaab. In an interview with The Standard in Nairobi, the governor said
Farmajo wants to start with eight cities in the election
File Photo/Somali Times As the dispute over Somalia’s 2021 elections continues, information is emerging about eight cities that President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo intends to launch in the