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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
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Read MoreForty years of President Museveni isn’t enough-now his son wants to become the next president of Uganda
Photo Credit: File By The African Exponent Museveni’s son just announced his ambition to succeed his father as president, raising a heavy question: How long will citizens watch political
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World 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
Read MoreOne dead, several injured, in Swiss shooting incident, police say
A police officer speaks to a driver near the site of a deadly shooting at an event, according to the police, at Schachen in Aarau, Switzerland, August 30, 2026. Photographer Romina Amato By
Read MoreForty years of President Museveni isn’t enough-now his son wants to become the next president of Uganda
Photo Credit: File By The African Exponent Museveni’s son just announced his ambition to succeed his father as president, raising a heavy question: How long will citizens watch political
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Featured ArticlesWorld 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.
World 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.
EDITOR’S PIC OF THE WEEKFinnish Politician Calls Citizenship Awarded to Iraqis, Somalis ‘Controversial’
Today, Finnish passports are issued to foreigners six times more often than in the 90s, and almost all new holders are dual citizens. This is more than in any given year since Finland’s
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Photographer Somali Times/Finnish Foreign Affairs Minister Pekka Haavisto meets shady Somalia President Hassan Sheikh By YLE News Finnish Foreign Affairs Minister Pekka Haavisto was in Mogadishu
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Mogadishu – Shamsa Abdullahi Bybook was a young nurse in her twenties when she fled the mounting chaos and tensions of Mogadishu in 1989 to start a new life in the United Kingdom. She became an
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Finnish Politician Calls Citizenship Awarded to Iraqis, Somalis ‘Controversial’
Today, Finnish passports are issued to foreigners six times more often than in the 90s, and almost all new holders are dual citizens. This is more than in any given year since Finland’s
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Photographer Somali Times/Finnish Foreign Affairs Minister Pekka Haavisto meets shady Somalia President Hassan Sheikh By YLE News Finnish Foreign Affairs Minister Pekka Haavisto was in Mogadishu
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Blog PostsUK journalist at centre of Diana storm denies link to her death
Martin Bashir, one of the anchors of the ABC news program ‘Nightline’, takes part in a panel discussion at the ABC television network Summer press tour for television critics in
Iran says inspectors may no longer get nuclear sites images
File – In this May 28, 2020, file photo, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, center, is surrounded by a group of lawmakers after being elected as speaker of the parliament, in Tehran, Iran.
UK’s Queen Elizabeth visits new aircraft carrier before Asia voyage
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks with a group of senior figures from the armed forces during a visit to HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier in Portsmouth, Britain, May 21,
Is Somalia moving into the future or is it stuck in the past?
Photo/Somali Times The conference, chaired by the Prime Minister of Somalia, Mohamed Hussein Roble, was attended by the governors of Puntland, Said Abdullahi Deni, Galmudug, Ahmed Abdi Kariye/
Nepal president dissolves parliament, new election in November
Photo: Credit Reuters President Bidya Devi Bhandari. Nepal plunged into fresh political turmoil on Saturday as President Bidya Devi Bhandari dissolved parliament and fixed general elections in
Biden to host George Floyd’s family at White House
File – In this Aug. 28, 2020, file photo, people carry posters with George Floyd on them as they march from the Lincoln Memorial to the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington. As the
African Union urges civilians and soldiers to share power in Chad
Mahamat Idriss Deby, son of late Chadian President Idriss Deby, attends his father’s state funeral in N’Djamena, Chad, April 23, 2021. Christophe Petit Tesson/Pool via REUTERS/File
UK like an ‘enemy state’ to EU nationals detained by Border Force
One Spanish airline worker had to show border officials his flight-attendant schedule to convince them he was not an illegal migrant. Photograph: Steve Parsons/PA By Lisa O’Carroll Confused
Prince William erupts with fury at BBC over ‘deceitful’ Diana interview with Bashir
The inquiry found Martin Bashir had acted deceitfully to secure the interview (Image: Martin Bashir has been accused of using fraudulent means to get the Diana interview) By Russell Myers Prince
UN says Somali leaders to attend conference in Mogadishu on good faith
The United Nations says Somali leaders to participate in good faith in the implementation of the election agreement. United Nations envoys to Somalia have met with Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein
UK journalist at centre of Diana storm denies link to her death
Martin Bashir, one of the anchors of the ABC news program ‘Nightline’, takes part in a panel discussion at the ABC television network Summer press tour for television critics in
Iran says inspectors may no longer get nuclear sites images
File – In this May 28, 2020, file photo, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, center, is surrounded by a group of lawmakers after being elected as speaker of the parliament, in Tehran, Iran.
UK’s Queen Elizabeth visits new aircraft carrier before Asia voyage
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks with a group of senior figures from the armed forces during a visit to HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier in Portsmouth, Britain, May 21,
Is Somalia moving into the future or is it stuck in the past?
Photo/Somali Times The conference, chaired by the Prime Minister of Somalia, Mohamed Hussein Roble, was attended by the governors of Puntland, Said Abdullahi Deni, Galmudug, Ahmed Abdi Kariye/
Nepal president dissolves parliament, new election in November
Photo: Credit Reuters President Bidya Devi Bhandari. Nepal plunged into fresh political turmoil on Saturday as President Bidya Devi Bhandari dissolved parliament and fixed general elections in
Biden to host George Floyd’s family at White House
File – In this Aug. 28, 2020, file photo, people carry posters with George Floyd on them as they march from the Lincoln Memorial to the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington. As the
African Union urges civilians and soldiers to share power in Chad
Mahamat Idriss Deby, son of late Chadian President Idriss Deby, attends his father’s state funeral in N’Djamena, Chad, April 23, 2021. Christophe Petit Tesson/Pool via REUTERS/File
UK like an ‘enemy state’ to EU nationals detained by Border Force
One Spanish airline worker had to show border officials his flight-attendant schedule to convince them he was not an illegal migrant. Photograph: Steve Parsons/PA By Lisa O’Carroll Confused
Prince William erupts with fury at BBC over ‘deceitful’ Diana interview with Bashir
The inquiry found Martin Bashir had acted deceitfully to secure the interview (Image: Martin Bashir has been accused of using fraudulent means to get the Diana interview) By Russell Myers Prince
UN says Somali leaders to attend conference in Mogadishu on good faith
The United Nations says Somali leaders to participate in good faith in the implementation of the election agreement. United Nations envoys to Somalia have met with Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein