Latest NewsWorld 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.
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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 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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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 WEEKBeijing district in ‘wartime emergency’ after virus cluster at major food market
People are wearing face masks inside the Jingshen seafood market which has been closed for business after new coronavirus infections were detected, in Beijing, China, June 12, 2020.
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Credit Photo Anadolu Agency/President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan By Dr Abdiwahab Sheikh Abdisamad Western media declared total war against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the forthcoming presidential
Read MoreMiraa growers wait longer for access to the Sh16 million-a-day Somalia market
Miraa farmers will have to wait longer before they regain access to the Sh16 million-a-day Somalia market following the latest move by the Horn of Africa State to severe diplomatic ties with
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Beijing district in ‘wartime emergency’ after virus cluster at major food market
People are wearing face masks inside the Jingshen seafood market which has been closed for business after new coronavirus infections were detected, in Beijing, China, June 12, 2020.
Read MoreWestern media declare war against President Erdoğan
Credit Photo Anadolu Agency/President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan By Dr Abdiwahab Sheikh Abdisamad Western media declared total war against President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the forthcoming presidential
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Blog PostsUK sends Royal Navy to Jersey after French blockade threat
( Royal British Navy / Handout – Anadolu Agency ) France has accused UK of using new rules to restrict French fishing around Jersey Island in breach of Brexit agreement Britain is sending
Somali prime minister welcomes the demilitarization of Mogadishu
Photo/Somali Times Under agreement reached late Wednesday, Somali national police set to take charge of security in capital Somalia’s prime minister has welcomed an agreement to remove opposition
Prime Minister Roble opens conference with the international community in Somalia
Photo/Somali Times Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble and representatives of the international community are meeting in the Afisyoni tent in Mogadishu to discuss the political situation
Restaurant manager ordered to pay $546,000 to Black man he enslaved for five years
Bobby Edwards (left) beat and tortured Chris Smith into working for him for 5 years. — Left Photo: J. Reuben Long Detention Center | Right Screenshot via WPDE By FRANCIS AKHALBEY The United
EU plans tightening foreign investment with eye on China
European Commission Vice Presidents Margrethe Vestager, center, Valdis Dombrovskis, left, and EU Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton participate in a media conference on the proposal
UAE topples UK as third largest buyer of Kenyan tea
Women pick tea leaves at a farm. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) overtook the United Kingdom (UK) as the third-largest buyer of Kenyan tea in February, underling the Covid-related upheavals of key
Egypt journalists: We are harassed by security forces and censored
Freedom of press in Egypt – Cartoon [Latuff/Middle East Monitor] Egyptian journalists have criticised the conditions of their imprisonment without trial or investigation in political cases during
Turkey rescues 39 asylum seekers in Aegean Sea
Asylum seekers were illegally pushed back by Greek Coast Guard into Turkish territorial waters, say security sources Turkey on Tuesday rescued 39 asylum seekers who were illegally pushed back by
Uhuru, Suluhu in deal to build Dar-Mombasa LNG pipeline
President Uhuru Kenyatta with Her Excellency Samia Suluhu Hassan, President of the United Republic of Tanzania at State House, Nairobi. By BRIAN NGUGI Kenya and Tanzania yesterday signed a deal
Hyundai recalls over 390K vehicles for possible engine fires
File – This July 26 2018 file photo shows the logo of Hyundai Motor Co. in Seoul, South Korea. Hyundai is recalling over 390,000 vehicles in the U.S. and Canada, Tuesday, May 4, 2021, for
UK sends Royal Navy to Jersey after French blockade threat
( Royal British Navy / Handout – Anadolu Agency ) France has accused UK of using new rules to restrict French fishing around Jersey Island in breach of Brexit agreement Britain is sending
Somali prime minister welcomes the demilitarization of Mogadishu
Photo/Somali Times Under agreement reached late Wednesday, Somali national police set to take charge of security in capital Somalia’s prime minister has welcomed an agreement to remove opposition
Prime Minister Roble opens conference with the international community in Somalia
Photo/Somali Times Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble and representatives of the international community are meeting in the Afisyoni tent in Mogadishu to discuss the political situation
Restaurant manager ordered to pay $546,000 to Black man he enslaved for five years
Bobby Edwards (left) beat and tortured Chris Smith into working for him for 5 years. — Left Photo: J. Reuben Long Detention Center | Right Screenshot via WPDE By FRANCIS AKHALBEY The United
EU plans tightening foreign investment with eye on China
European Commission Vice Presidents Margrethe Vestager, center, Valdis Dombrovskis, left, and EU Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton participate in a media conference on the proposal
UAE topples UK as third largest buyer of Kenyan tea
Women pick tea leaves at a farm. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) overtook the United Kingdom (UK) as the third-largest buyer of Kenyan tea in February, underling the Covid-related upheavals of key
Egypt journalists: We are harassed by security forces and censored
Freedom of press in Egypt – Cartoon [Latuff/Middle East Monitor] Egyptian journalists have criticised the conditions of their imprisonment without trial or investigation in political cases during
Turkey rescues 39 asylum seekers in Aegean Sea
Asylum seekers were illegally pushed back by Greek Coast Guard into Turkish territorial waters, say security sources Turkey on Tuesday rescued 39 asylum seekers who were illegally pushed back by
Uhuru, Suluhu in deal to build Dar-Mombasa LNG pipeline
President Uhuru Kenyatta with Her Excellency Samia Suluhu Hassan, President of the United Republic of Tanzania at State House, Nairobi. By BRIAN NGUGI Kenya and Tanzania yesterday signed a deal
Hyundai recalls over 390K vehicles for possible engine fires
File – This July 26 2018 file photo shows the logo of Hyundai Motor Co. in Seoul, South Korea. Hyundai is recalling over 390,000 vehicles in the U.S. and Canada, Tuesday, May 4, 2021, for