Latest NewsWhy 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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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
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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.
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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
EDITOR’S PIC OF THE WEEKPeople arriving in UK on small boats to be electronically tagged
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Read MoreSomalia president Hassan Sheikh and his cronies removed the remains of deceased people’s graves from cemetery land donated by Moalim Nur in Mogadishu
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Read MoreBorama police officer killed an Amoud University student who is wearing the flag of Somalia
Photo: Credit Facebook A Borama town in Awdal region of Somalia report says that the police force operating in the town killed a young Amoud University student Ibrahim Salad tonight, according to
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People arriving in UK on small boats to be electronically tagged
A man and a child thought to be migrants are disembarked from a British border force vessel in Dover Photograph: Matt Dunham/AP The Guardian By Anna MacSwan Rights campaigners say ‘appalling’
Read MoreSomalia president Hassan Sheikh and his cronies removed the remains of deceased people’s graves from cemetery land donated by Moalim Nur in Mogadishu
File Photo/Somali Times There is a shocking incident in Taredisho area on the outskirts of Mogadishu, especially in the Moalim Nur cemetery, where the bodies buried 50 years ago are now leaving
Read MoreBorama police officer killed an Amoud University student who is wearing the flag of Somalia
Photo: Credit Facebook A Borama town in Awdal region of Somalia report says that the police force operating in the town killed a young Amoud University student Ibrahim Salad tonight, according to
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Blog PostsPresident Edgar Lungu declares Zambian general elections ‘not free and fair’
Zambia’s incumbent president Edgar Lungu casts his vote at a polling station in Lusaka on August 12, 2021, as they country holds presidential and legislative elections: Credit AFP/Patrick
Afghan president in urgent talks as Taliban take key town near Kabul
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani speaks at the parliament in Kabul, Afghanistan August 2, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer By Reuters KABUL, Aug 14 (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani
Qatari Emir’s Riviera Mansion Targeted In Gun Point Robbery
Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani speaks in Doha, July 21, 2017. (AP Photo) By AFP Thieves, one of them armed, broke into the Qatari emir’s mansion near the French Mediterranean
U.S. discusses urgent need for Tunisia prime minister-designate -White House
Tunisian President Kais Saied raises his fist to bystanders as he stroll along the avenue Bourguiba in Tunis: Credit Associated Press By Reuters The U.S. deputy national security adviser met
Afghan women fear return to ‘dark days’ amid Taliban sweep
Zarmina Kakar a women’s rights activist cry during an interview with The Associated Press in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Aug. 13, 2021. Kakar was a year old when the Taliban entered Kabul
Wajir, Garissa residents registered as ‘refugees’ sue in citizenship row
By Business Daily Africa Close to 20,000 northern Kenya residents, who registered as asylum seekers to benefit from services offered to refugees, have sued the government seeking to be removed
Afghanistan spiralling into failed state where al Qaeda will thrive – UK says
British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace leaves after the service marking Armistice Day at Westminster Abbey in London, Britain November 11, 2020. Aaron Chown/PA Wire/Pool via REUTERS By Sarah Young
With fall of Logar, Taliban close in on Afghanistan’s capital
By Anadolu Agency After Kandahar, Herat, advancing insurgents claim capturing capitals of Logar, Ghor, Badhis provinces Making rapid gains over the past few days, the Taliban have now taken
Terror suspects wanted in Egypt, Somalia arrested in Mombasa
From left: Terror suspects Mohamed Mohamed Abdullahi, Mustafa Abdi Saidi and Mohamed Shendy Elhosseiny at the Mombasa Law Courts on August 12, 2021. They were detained for 10 days to allow the
Qatar’s new electoral law stirs up tribal sensitivities
Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani [Mustafa Yalçın/Anadolu Agency] By Reuters Tribal sensitivities have resurfaced in Qatar after some members of a main tribe found themselves
President Edgar Lungu declares Zambian general elections ‘not free and fair’
Zambia’s incumbent president Edgar Lungu casts his vote at a polling station in Lusaka on August 12, 2021, as they country holds presidential and legislative elections: Credit AFP/Patrick
Afghan president in urgent talks as Taliban take key town near Kabul
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani speaks at the parliament in Kabul, Afghanistan August 2, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer By Reuters KABUL, Aug 14 (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani
Qatari Emir’s Riviera Mansion Targeted In Gun Point Robbery
Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani speaks in Doha, July 21, 2017. (AP Photo) By AFP Thieves, one of them armed, broke into the Qatari emir’s mansion near the French Mediterranean
U.S. discusses urgent need for Tunisia prime minister-designate -White House
Tunisian President Kais Saied raises his fist to bystanders as he stroll along the avenue Bourguiba in Tunis: Credit Associated Press By Reuters The U.S. deputy national security adviser met
Afghan women fear return to ‘dark days’ amid Taliban sweep
Zarmina Kakar a women’s rights activist cry during an interview with The Associated Press in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Aug. 13, 2021. Kakar was a year old when the Taliban entered Kabul
Wajir, Garissa residents registered as ‘refugees’ sue in citizenship row
By Business Daily Africa Close to 20,000 northern Kenya residents, who registered as asylum seekers to benefit from services offered to refugees, have sued the government seeking to be removed
Afghanistan spiralling into failed state where al Qaeda will thrive – UK says
British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace leaves after the service marking Armistice Day at Westminster Abbey in London, Britain November 11, 2020. Aaron Chown/PA Wire/Pool via REUTERS By Sarah Young
With fall of Logar, Taliban close in on Afghanistan’s capital
By Anadolu Agency After Kandahar, Herat, advancing insurgents claim capturing capitals of Logar, Ghor, Badhis provinces Making rapid gains over the past few days, the Taliban have now taken
Terror suspects wanted in Egypt, Somalia arrested in Mombasa
From left: Terror suspects Mohamed Mohamed Abdullahi, Mustafa Abdi Saidi and Mohamed Shendy Elhosseiny at the Mombasa Law Courts on August 12, 2021. They were detained for 10 days to allow the
Qatar’s new electoral law stirs up tribal sensitivities
Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani [Mustafa Yalçın/Anadolu Agency] By Reuters Tribal sensitivities have resurfaced in Qatar after some members of a main tribe found themselves