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 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 WEEKPresident Mohamed attended in ceremony of the new Speaker of the House of the People
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By Anadolu Agency Police in Kenya exhumed 12 more bodies as part of an ongoing investigation into a starvation cult, bringing the death toll to 372, Regional Police Commissioner Rhoda Onyancha
Read MoreSomalia seizes fishing vessel of Qandala coast
Photo/Somali Times The Somalia, the maritime Police Force has seized an illegal fishing vessel off the coast of Qandala district in Bari region. A Puntland naval official, Mohamed Ahmed Afis,
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President Mohamed attended in ceremony of the new Speaker of the House of the People
Mogadishu Somali Times -The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed today attended the ceremony for the the new Speaker of the House of the People Somalia. Mr
Read MoreDeath toll in Kenya from starvation cult climbs to 372
By Anadolu Agency Police in Kenya exhumed 12 more bodies as part of an ongoing investigation into a starvation cult, bringing the death toll to 372, Regional Police Commissioner Rhoda Onyancha
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Photo/Somali Times The Somalia, the maritime Police Force has seized an illegal fishing vessel off the coast of Qandala district in Bari region. A Puntland naval official, Mohamed Ahmed Afis,
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Saudi agrees to restart Pakistan oil deal to curb Iran influence
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan (L) meets with Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud (R) as part of his visit to defuse Saudi-Iran tension in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on October 15,
Saudi Arabia: Police detain thousands of Ethiopians, regardless of documentation
Ethiopian migrants said they witnessed Saudi police break into homes and arrest those found inside (Reuters/file photo) By Zecharias Zelalem Over 10 days, Saudi police have snatched Ethiopian
Princess Latifa: Instagram image appears to show Dubai ruler’s daughter in Spain
A photograph that appears to show Dubai princess Sheika Latifa in Spain. Photograph: shinnybryn/Instagram Princess, who was seized trying to flee the sheikhdom in 2018, has appeared in several
Ethiopia votes in greatest electoral test yet for Abiy
Ethiopians queue to cast their votes in the general election, next to a national flag, at a polling center in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Monday, June 21, 2021. Ethiopia was voting Monday
Dollar holds gains after Fed boost; bitcoin tumbles
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Iran’s sole nuclear power plant undergoes emergency shutdown
File – In this Oct. 26, 2010 file photo, a worker rides a bicycle in front of the reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, just outside the southern city of Bushehr. Iran’s sole
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Photo/Somali Times The outgoing president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo tonight received at the presidential palace members of the Somali cabinet and the manager of the company that exported fish to
Airlines, holiday companies ramp up pressure on Britain to ease travel rules
A passenger walks with her luggage at the Terminal 5 departures area at Heathrow Airport in London, Britain, May 17, 2021. REUTERS/John Sibley By Sarah Young LONDON, June 20 (Reuters) –
Kidnapped Nairobi woman rescued alive
The family said the people holding Hafsa had made a ransom demand of Sh5 million or they kill her. The captors sent a video to the family showing Hafsa badly injured on her face and had her eyes
Oil prices up on investor euphoria over tight market
By Sibel Morrow Stalled US-Iran talks puts upward pressure on prices, temporarily pausing extra Iranian barrels on market Oil prices rose on Tuesday over bullish market sentiments of a
Saudi agrees to restart Pakistan oil deal to curb Iran influence
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan (L) meets with Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud (R) as part of his visit to defuse Saudi-Iran tension in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on October 15,
Saudi Arabia: Police detain thousands of Ethiopians, regardless of documentation
Ethiopian migrants said they witnessed Saudi police break into homes and arrest those found inside (Reuters/file photo) By Zecharias Zelalem Over 10 days, Saudi police have snatched Ethiopian
Princess Latifa: Instagram image appears to show Dubai ruler’s daughter in Spain
A photograph that appears to show Dubai princess Sheika Latifa in Spain. Photograph: shinnybryn/Instagram Princess, who was seized trying to flee the sheikhdom in 2018, has appeared in several
Ethiopia votes in greatest electoral test yet for Abiy
Ethiopians queue to cast their votes in the general election, next to a national flag, at a polling center in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Monday, June 21, 2021. Ethiopia was voting Monday
Dollar holds gains after Fed boost; bitcoin tumbles
Four thousand U.S. dollars are counted out by a banker counting currency at a bank in Westminster, Colorado November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/File Photo By Iain Withers The dollar held on to
Iran’s sole nuclear power plant undergoes emergency shutdown
File – In this Oct. 26, 2010 file photo, a worker rides a bicycle in front of the reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, just outside the southern city of Bushehr. Iran’s sole
President Farmajo praised fish exported to Ethiopia and received Khat, which effected Somali families-report
Photo/Somali Times The outgoing president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo tonight received at the presidential palace members of the Somali cabinet and the manager of the company that exported fish to
Airlines, holiday companies ramp up pressure on Britain to ease travel rules
A passenger walks with her luggage at the Terminal 5 departures area at Heathrow Airport in London, Britain, May 17, 2021. REUTERS/John Sibley By Sarah Young LONDON, June 20 (Reuters) –
Kidnapped Nairobi woman rescued alive
The family said the people holding Hafsa had made a ransom demand of Sh5 million or they kill her. The captors sent a video to the family showing Hafsa badly injured on her face and had her eyes