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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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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
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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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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 WEEKSomali troops still vulnerable to al-Shabaab outside Mogadishu, Pentagon says
By Jared Szuba New report calls into question AFRICOM’s ability to ‘degrade’ al-Shabaab by 2021 Troops loyal to Somalia’s Federal Government in Mogadishu are not yet ready to
Read MoreUK house prices fall by most since 2009 as rate rises bite
A man looks at houses for sale in the window of an estate agents in Manchester, Britain, June 22, 2023. Photographer Phil Noble By Reuters British house prices have fallen at the fastest pace
Read MoreUganda’s leader says social media shut down ahead of polls
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni shows the ink mark on the thumb after he voted in Kiruhura district which is Museveni’s home area, Uganda, Deadly violence and repressive measures
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Somali troops still vulnerable to al-Shabaab outside Mogadishu, Pentagon says
By Jared Szuba New report calls into question AFRICOM’s ability to ‘degrade’ al-Shabaab by 2021 Troops loyal to Somalia’s Federal Government in Mogadishu are not yet ready to
Read MoreUK house prices fall by most since 2009 as rate rises bite
A man looks at houses for sale in the window of an estate agents in Manchester, Britain, June 22, 2023. Photographer Phil Noble By Reuters British house prices have fallen at the fastest pace
Read MoreUganda’s leader says social media shut down ahead of polls
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Blog PostsPrince William defends UK monarchy against racism accusation
Britain’s Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge arrive for a visit to School21, a secondary schools in east London, Thursday March 11, 2021. Prince William has defended Britain’s
John Lewis to close more stores as Covid crisis wipes out profits
John Lewis says the shift to online shopping, restructuring plans, redundancies, store closures and cost of Covid crisis turbo-charged loss Photograph: David Lyons/Alamy By Sarah Butler
Tanzanian president in Kenya with COVID-19: Opposition
Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli Multiple local news outlets in Kenya report unnamed African leader was admitted to Nairobi Hospital An opposition leader in Tanzania has claimed that the
Israeli PM’s wife hospitalized ahead of Netanyahu UAE trip
FILE – In this Nov. 11, 2018, file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara attend ceremonies at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, Pool, File)
Kenya YouTubers to start paying 24pc tax to US
Credit AFP YouTube will deduct up to 24 per cent tax for content creators outside the United States. Kenyan digital content creators with YouTube channels will start paying taxes to the United
President Farmajo receives credentials from new UK Ambassador Kate Foster
Photo/Somali Times The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, has accepted the credentials of the new Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Somalia, Kate Foster.
Former Somali President Ali Mahdi dies of Covid-19
File Photo/Somali Times Former Somali President Ali Mahdi Mohamed has died in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, family members and other sources have confirmed to Somali Times. Ali Mahdi Mohamed had
Amisom on the spot over errors, double payments
The internal operations of the African Union Mission in Somalia have come under scrutiny after an audit report flagged payments to soldiers no longer serving the mission, double payments and
Somali diplomat named Igad spokesman
Nuur Mohamud Sheekh during a past event. Somali diplomat Nuur Mohamud Sheekh has been named the spokesman for the regional bloc Intergovernmental Authority on Development (Igad), part of the
New UK Ambassador in Somalia received a warm welcome
Photo/Somali Times The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry Foreign Affairs of the Federal Government Somalia Ambassador Mohamed Ali Nur Haji today welcomed the newly appointed UK Ambassador Kate
Prince William defends UK monarchy against racism accusation
Britain’s Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge arrive for a visit to School21, a secondary schools in east London, Thursday March 11, 2021. Prince William has defended Britain’s
John Lewis to close more stores as Covid crisis wipes out profits
John Lewis says the shift to online shopping, restructuring plans, redundancies, store closures and cost of Covid crisis turbo-charged loss Photograph: David Lyons/Alamy By Sarah Butler
Tanzanian president in Kenya with COVID-19: Opposition
Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli Multiple local news outlets in Kenya report unnamed African leader was admitted to Nairobi Hospital An opposition leader in Tanzania has claimed that the
Israeli PM’s wife hospitalized ahead of Netanyahu UAE trip
FILE – In this Nov. 11, 2018, file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara attend ceremonies at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, Pool, File)
Kenya YouTubers to start paying 24pc tax to US
Credit AFP YouTube will deduct up to 24 per cent tax for content creators outside the United States. Kenyan digital content creators with YouTube channels will start paying taxes to the United
President Farmajo receives credentials from new UK Ambassador Kate Foster
Photo/Somali Times The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, has accepted the credentials of the new Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Somalia, Kate Foster.
Former Somali President Ali Mahdi dies of Covid-19
File Photo/Somali Times Former Somali President Ali Mahdi Mohamed has died in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, family members and other sources have confirmed to Somali Times. Ali Mahdi Mohamed had
Amisom on the spot over errors, double payments
The internal operations of the African Union Mission in Somalia have come under scrutiny after an audit report flagged payments to soldiers no longer serving the mission, double payments and
Somali diplomat named Igad spokesman
Nuur Mohamud Sheekh during a past event. Somali diplomat Nuur Mohamud Sheekh has been named the spokesman for the regional bloc Intergovernmental Authority on Development (Igad), part of the
New UK Ambassador in Somalia received a warm welcome
Photo/Somali Times The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry Foreign Affairs of the Federal Government Somalia Ambassador Mohamed Ali Nur Haji today welcomed the newly appointed UK Ambassador Kate