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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.
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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.
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Bid to halt sharing of Moi’s wealth flops
Late President Daniel arap Moi. By Business Daily Africa A health company and the family of a former chief have failed in their bid to halt the distribution of multi-billion shilling properties
Read MoreLavrov denigrates West’s stance towards Africa during Ethiopia visit
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Africa Does Not Need Western Validation
Africans in diaspora By Takudzwa Hillary Chiwanza. The African found himself alienated from his immediate surroundings; wanting more to be recognized The imperial domination of Africa by the West
Oil prices mixed ahead of power transition in US
Oil prices were mixed on Tuesday as China’s record-high refinery output in 2020 boosted positive market sentiment, but investors are still cautious ahead of the inauguration of US President-elect
Harris prepares for central role in Biden’s White House
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris speaks during an event at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del., Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, to announce key nominees for the Justice Department. (AP Photo/Susan
Why is the Somali foreign minister talking to the UN Security Council?
Photo/Somali Times Somali Foreign Minister Mohamed Abdirizak Mohamud, who is in the United States, said in advance that he would meet with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and
Somali journalists demand Puntland governor Said Deni to release journalist Kilwe Adan Farah
Photo/Somali Times Somalia journalists have convened a meeting organized by the Somali Journalists Association, demanding the release of Kilwe Adan Farah. Kilwe, a journalist, was arrested 21
Toughest travel rules in a lifetime take effect for UK arrivals
Travellers are seen as an arrivals area of a terminal at Heathrow Airport, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, London, Britain, January 16, 2021. REUTERS/Toby Melville
World shares sink as virus fears offset recovery hopes
A man wearing a protective face mask walks past a screen displaying a graph showing recent Nikkei share average outside a brokerage, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo,
China sends a naval fleet to the Gulf of Aden for the counter-piracy mission
Type 054A frigate YULIN (Photo: China Military) By Dorian Archus PLA Navy continues its activities in the East Africa Region. The 37th fleet of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy on
Bomb explosion kills 6 in Somalia
At least six people, including Somali army soldiers, were killed, while eight others wounded in a bomb explosion aimed at targeting the convoy of the Lower Shabelle region’s governor and military
Australian professor and his son freed after being allegedly tortured in Qatar
Prof Lukman Thalib, right, receives the outstanding teaching award at the Qatar University annual convocation in 2018. Thalib and his son were held for five months in Qatar and allegedly