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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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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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By Anadolu Agency US President Donald Trump is planning to travel to Saudi Arabia in May on his first foreign trip since returning to the White House, the Axios news website reported Sunday.
Read More‘We are at war’: Kenya halts movement to areas worst hit by coronavirus
Photo: Credit Reuters Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday ordered new restrictions to parts of the country affected by the novel coronavirus, including the capital Nairobi, a tightening of
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Somalia: President Farmajo meets with UN Security Council arms embargo
Photo/Somali Times The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, who met with the United Nations Security Council in Somalia, shared information on the areas
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By Anadolu Agency US President Donald Trump is planning to travel to Saudi Arabia in May on his first foreign trip since returning to the White House, the Axios news website reported Sunday.
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Experts confirm Ugandans got water for Covid-19 vaccine
Dr Warren Naamara of the State House Health Monitoring Unit displays vials of the fake Covid-19 vaccines that were administered to more than 800 people in Kampala last month. By Benson Tumusiime
EU plans to send military mission to Libya: Leaked paper
Libya’s peace process requires large-scale disarmament and demobilization, says internal paper from EU foreign service The European Union is set to send a military mission to Libya to
The Somali military kills 50 Al-Shabab terrorists
File Photo/Somali Times Army intensifies operations against terror group after election agreement The Somali military on Monday announced killing 35 members of the al-Shabaab terror group in the
Ivory Coast to become regional medicine hub with $300 mln IFC loan, PM says
Ivory Coast’s Prime Minister Patrick Achi at the presidential palace in Abidjan, Ivory Coast April 7, 2021. REUTERS/Luc Gnago/File Photo A World Bank programme to help medical clinics in
Probe: Journalists, activists among firm’s spyware targets
File – In this July 3, 2020, file photo, Hatice Cengiz, the fiancee of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, talks to members of the media in Istanbul. Amnesty International reported that
England’s ‘freedom day’ marred by soaring cases and isolation chaos
People, some wearing protective face masks, walk over Westminster Bridge, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in London, Britain, July 4, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/File Photo By
New Somalia law seeks to rescue fisheries from looters
Somali vendors offload a catch from fishing boats. Somalia says its lucrative fishing resources will be completely shielded from looters once a new law comes into force. File AFP Somalia says its
Hamilton takes controversial eighth home British GP win
Formula One F1 – British Grand Prix – Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Britain – July 18, 2021 Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton celebrates on the podium after winning the race
Somalia rejects AU proposals to modify Amisom role
Amisom soldiers on guard in Somalia. The Somali government has rejected proposals to modify the Amisom forces for an expanded role. File AFP By Aggrey Mutambo The Somali government has raised a
Farmajo started a political campaign
Photo/Somali Times The outgoing president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo today celebrated Eid al-Adha with units of the Somali National Army and encouraged them to dedicate themselves to defending
Experts confirm Ugandans got water for Covid-19 vaccine
Dr Warren Naamara of the State House Health Monitoring Unit displays vials of the fake Covid-19 vaccines that were administered to more than 800 people in Kampala last month. By Benson Tumusiime
EU plans to send military mission to Libya: Leaked paper
Libya’s peace process requires large-scale disarmament and demobilization, says internal paper from EU foreign service The European Union is set to send a military mission to Libya to
The Somali military kills 50 Al-Shabab terrorists
File Photo/Somali Times Army intensifies operations against terror group after election agreement The Somali military on Monday announced killing 35 members of the al-Shabaab terror group in the
Ivory Coast to become regional medicine hub with $300 mln IFC loan, PM says
Ivory Coast’s Prime Minister Patrick Achi at the presidential palace in Abidjan, Ivory Coast April 7, 2021. REUTERS/Luc Gnago/File Photo A World Bank programme to help medical clinics in
Probe: Journalists, activists among firm’s spyware targets
File – In this July 3, 2020, file photo, Hatice Cengiz, the fiancee of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, talks to members of the media in Istanbul. Amnesty International reported that
England’s ‘freedom day’ marred by soaring cases and isolation chaos
People, some wearing protective face masks, walk over Westminster Bridge, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in London, Britain, July 4, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/File Photo By
New Somalia law seeks to rescue fisheries from looters
Somali vendors offload a catch from fishing boats. Somalia says its lucrative fishing resources will be completely shielded from looters once a new law comes into force. File AFP Somalia says its
Hamilton takes controversial eighth home British GP win
Formula One F1 – British Grand Prix – Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Britain – July 18, 2021 Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton celebrates on the podium after winning the race
Somalia rejects AU proposals to modify Amisom role
Amisom soldiers on guard in Somalia. The Somali government has rejected proposals to modify the Amisom forces for an expanded role. File AFP By Aggrey Mutambo The Somali government has raised a