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Photo Credit: File By The African Exponent Global ride-hailing pioneer Uber officially ended its services across Nigeria, concluding a twelve-year run that began in Lagos back in 2014. Corporate
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By The Associated Press The United Arab Emirates’ air force intercepted an Iranian drone over its territorial waters Monday, the Defense Ministry said, an attack that comes after the United
Read MoreSomalia’s economic fraud exposed-rising poverty and falling growth a fantasy budget
File Photo/Somali Times By MP Dr Abdillahi Hashi Abib Former Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire warned that Somalia was entering a dangerous economic downturn. The Ministers of Finance, Planning
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Why is Uber abandoning Africa’s biggest market after twelve years of operations?
Photo Credit: File By The African Exponent Global ride-hailing pioneer Uber officially ended its services across Nigeria, concluding a twelve-year run that began in Lagos back in 2014. Corporate
Read MoreGerman police report sabotage attack on power grid near Cologne
By Anadolu Agency An electric substation near Cologne was the target of a sabotage attack, police said Wednesday. “Based on the current state of the investigation, we do not believe this was a
Read MoreWorld Bank launches probe into Ruto’s multi-billion loan programme
By Kenyans The World Bank, through the International Finance Corporation (IFC), is undertaking an impact assessment of the Hustler Fund to establish how the credit programme has helped Kenyans.
Read MoreUAE says it intercepted an Iranian drone after weekend US strikes on rocket launchers in Iran
By The Associated Press The United Arab Emirates’ air force intercepted an Iranian drone over its territorial waters Monday, the Defense Ministry said, an attack that comes after the United
Read MoreSomalia’s economic fraud exposed-rising poverty and falling growth a fantasy budget
File Photo/Somali Times By MP Dr Abdillahi Hashi Abib Former Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire warned that Somalia was entering a dangerous economic downturn. The Ministers of Finance, Planning
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Featured ArticlesWhy is Uber abandoning Africa’s biggest market after twelve years of operations?
Photo Credit: File By The African Exponent Global ride-hailing pioneer Uber officially ended its services across Nigeria, concluding a twelve-year run that began in Lagos back in 2014. Corporate
Why is Uber abandoning Africa’s biggest market after twelve years of operations?
Photo Credit: File By The African Exponent Global ride-hailing pioneer Uber officially ended its services across Nigeria, concluding a twelve-year run that began in Lagos back in 2014. Corporate
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President Emmanuel Macron calls for greater consultation between Greece and Turkey France said Wednesday that it will temporarily increase its military presence in the Eastern Mediterranean in
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UK economy shrinks in March as recession risks mount
General view of the Bank of England, in London(AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali) By Reuters Britain’s economy unexpectedly shrank in March, marking a weak end to the first quarter of a year when
Read MoreFrance to boost military presence in East Mediterranean
President Emmanuel Macron calls for greater consultation between Greece and Turkey France said Wednesday that it will temporarily increase its military presence in the Eastern Mediterranean in
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Blog PostsWho is Justin Muturi, the next president of Kenya 2022?
Credit: Facebook Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya Justin Muturi. Justin Bedan Njoka Muturi is the seventh Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya, in office since 2013. He is the first
Ugandan journalist arrested for lodging with Afghan evacuees
Henry Wasswa Lumanyika (C) in the dock According to The Observer Uganda reported, Ugandan journalist Henry Wasswa Lumanyika is detained at Entebbe police station on charges of criminal trespass,
Taliban guard airport as most NATO troops leave Afghanistan
Taliban fighters patrol in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Khwaja Tawfiq Sediqi) The Associated Press By SAYED ZIARMAL HASHEMI, RAHIM FAIEZ, JILL LAWLESS and ELLEN
Afghan woman gives birth on board Turkish Airlines evacuation flight
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Front against Farmaajo bid crumbling as interests clash
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US airstrike targets Islamic State member in Afghanistan
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Hamza the gunman unmasked
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Garissa Governor Ali Korane: Forty-five witnesses are lined up to testify the graft case
Garissa County Governor Ali Bunow Korane before the anti-corruption court in Nairobi on Thursday, August 26, 2021. Forty-five witnesses are lined up to testify in the Sh233 million graft case
Somalia’s Puntland Governor Said Deni accused by traditional elders of rigging the lower house elections
File Photo/Somali Times Traditional elders in Puntland’s region have accused Puntland Governor Said Deni of indiscriminately looting the role of clans in the upper and lower house
UK keeps travel ban on Kenya amid tourism season
Tourists watch as wildebeests cross Mara river in the world-famous Maasai Mara Game Reserve in 2016. By Business Daily Africa Travellers from Kenya remain banned from the United Kingdom in the
Who is Justin Muturi, the next president of Kenya 2022?
Credit: Facebook Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya Justin Muturi. Justin Bedan Njoka Muturi is the seventh Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya, in office since 2013. He is the first
Ugandan journalist arrested for lodging with Afghan evacuees
Henry Wasswa Lumanyika (C) in the dock According to The Observer Uganda reported, Ugandan journalist Henry Wasswa Lumanyika is detained at Entebbe police station on charges of criminal trespass,
Taliban guard airport as most NATO troops leave Afghanistan
Taliban fighters patrol in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Khwaja Tawfiq Sediqi) The Associated Press By SAYED ZIARMAL HASHEMI, RAHIM FAIEZ, JILL LAWLESS and ELLEN
Afghan woman gives birth on board Turkish Airlines evacuation flight
By Anadolu Agency Healthy baby girl named Havva by cabin crew born at altitude of 10,000 meters while en route to Birmingham, UK An Afghan woman successfully gave birth to a healthy baby girl in
Front against Farmaajo bid crumbling as interests clash
File Photo/Somali Times/ Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo, The East African By AGGREY MUTAMBO Somalia’s new electoral rules are creating unforeseen fissures in the
US airstrike targets Islamic State member in Afghanistan
President Joe Biden listens as he meets with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) The
Hamza the gunman unmasked
Hamza Mohammed. By The Citizen Dar es Salaam. The man who was behind the deadly shootings in Dar es Salaam on Wednesday was born and raised as a good boy in the city’s Upanga suburb, his
Garissa Governor Ali Korane: Forty-five witnesses are lined up to testify the graft case
Garissa County Governor Ali Bunow Korane before the anti-corruption court in Nairobi on Thursday, August 26, 2021. Forty-five witnesses are lined up to testify in the Sh233 million graft case
Somalia’s Puntland Governor Said Deni accused by traditional elders of rigging the lower house elections
File Photo/Somali Times Traditional elders in Puntland’s region have accused Puntland Governor Said Deni of indiscriminately looting the role of clans in the upper and lower house
UK keeps travel ban on Kenya amid tourism season
Tourists watch as wildebeests cross Mara river in the world-famous Maasai Mara Game Reserve in 2016. By Business Daily Africa Travellers from Kenya remain banned from the United Kingdom in the