Latest NewsBus crash in Kenya kills 22 near the site of a previous fatal accident
By The Associated Press A bus collided with a truck on Kenya’s main highway on Sunday, killing at least 22 people, police said. The crash came three weeks after 17 people died in another accident
Read MoreTop 10 biggest defense budgets in Africa in 2026
By The African Exponent 5 Key Facts Algeria is Africa’s biggest military spender by a huge margin. It spent $25.4 billion in 2025, which is more than the other nine countries on this list
Read MoreEuro set for weekly drop, yen eyes biggest gain since early September
Japanese 10,000 yen and 1,000 yen banknotes are displayed in this illustration taken October 20, 2026. Photographer Kim Kyung-Hoon/Illustration By Reuters The euro headed for a moderate weekly
Read MoreWhat to know about the Ebola outbreak that has spread from Congo to 4 other countries
By The Associated Press Ebola disease from the fast-moving outbreak in Congo has now spread to four other countries, including two where it’s active. It has spread farther across Africa than any
Read MoreFighting in Yemen continues as Britain plans to help defend Saudi Arabia
By Xinhua News Agency Fighting between Yemen’s Houthis and government forces continued on Tuesday, while the Saudi-led coalition and the Houthis traded fresh strikes and Britain announced
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Bus crash in Kenya kills 22 near the site of a previous fatal accident
By The Associated Press A bus collided with a truck on Kenya’s main highway on Sunday, killing at least 22 people, police said. The crash came three weeks after 17 people died in another accident
Read MoreTop 10 biggest defense budgets in Africa in 2026
By The African Exponent 5 Key Facts Algeria is Africa’s biggest military spender by a huge margin. It spent $25.4 billion in 2025, which is more than the other nine countries on this list
Read MoreEuro set for weekly drop, yen eyes biggest gain since early September
Japanese 10,000 yen and 1,000 yen banknotes are displayed in this illustration taken October 20, 2026. Photographer Kim Kyung-Hoon/Illustration By Reuters The euro headed for a moderate weekly
Read MoreWhat to know about the Ebola outbreak that has spread from Congo to 4 other countries
By The Associated Press Ebola disease from the fast-moving outbreak in Congo has now spread to four other countries, including two where it’s active. It has spread farther across Africa than any
Read MoreFighting in Yemen continues as Britain plans to help defend Saudi Arabia
By Xinhua News Agency Fighting between Yemen’s Houthis and government forces continued on Tuesday, while the Saudi-led coalition and the Houthis traded fresh strikes and Britain announced
Read More
Featured ArticlesBus crash in Kenya kills 22 near the site of a previous fatal accident
By The Associated Press A bus collided with a truck on Kenya’s main highway on Sunday, killing at least 22 people, police said. The crash came three weeks after 17 people died in another accident
Bus crash in Kenya kills 22 near the site of a previous fatal accident
By The Associated Press A bus collided with a truck on Kenya’s main highway on Sunday, killing at least 22 people, police said. The crash came three weeks after 17 people died in another accident
EDITOR’S PIC OF THE WEEKTesla posts $438M 1Q profit on strong electric vehicle sales
File – In this Monday, April 5, 2021 file photo, a Tesla electric vehicle charges at a station in Topeka, Kan. With strong sales of its electric cars and SUVs, Tesla on Monday, April 26,
Read MoreCanadian firm suspended from US stock trading over Sh139bn Kenya loan claim
Photo: Credit AFP/ US Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton, speaks during a House Committee on Financial Services hearing entitled “Capital Markets and Emergency Lending
Read MoreSomalia: Statement by the High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell on the recent developments in the House of people
Photo/Somali Times Somalia is still on a long journey of national recovery to become free of insecurity, free of debt and free to vote leaders into power. Until that time, the leaders of the
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Tesla posts $438M 1Q profit on strong electric vehicle sales
File – In this Monday, April 5, 2021 file photo, a Tesla electric vehicle charges at a station in Topeka, Kan. With strong sales of its electric cars and SUVs, Tesla on Monday, April 26,
Read MoreCanadian firm suspended from US stock trading over Sh139bn Kenya loan claim
Photo: Credit AFP/ US Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton, speaks during a House Committee on Financial Services hearing entitled “Capital Markets and Emergency Lending
Read MoreSomalia: Statement by the High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell on the recent developments in the House of people
Photo/Somali Times Somalia is still on a long journey of national recovery to become free of insecurity, free of debt and free to vote leaders into power. Until that time, the leaders of the
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Blog PostsPope Francis dies at 88 after prolonged illness: Vatican
By Anadolu Agency Pope Francis died at age 88 after suffering a prolonged illness, the Vatican announced on Monday. He suffered a “prolonged asthma-like respiratory crisis” associated with
UN chief ‘gravely concerned’ about US airstrikes in Yemen
By Anadolu Agency UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed concern over the recent US airstrikes in and around Yemen’s port of Ra’s Isa, his spokesman said Saturday. Guterres is
Ugandan students celebrate International Chinese Language Day with cultural performances
Students write Chinese characters during an International Chinese Language Day event at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda, April 17, 2025. TO GO WITH “Ugandan students celebrate
US will abandon Ukraine peace push if no progress soon, Trump and Rubio say
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives at the Quai d’Orsay, France’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, before a bilateral meeting with his French counterpart in Paris, France April
Russian envoy says Germany would enter war if it delivers Taurus missiles to Ukraine
By Anadolu Agency Russia’s permanent representative to the UN said Thursday that Germany would be directly involved in the war in Ukraine if it delivers Taurus long-range missiles to Kyiv. “Yes,
Slovak PM criticizes EU’s warning against travelling to Moscow
Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic (R) welcomes visiting Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico in Zagreb, Croatia, April 16, 2025. Marko Lukunic/Pixsell via Xinhua By Xinhua News Agency
Somalia corrupt president Hassan Sheikh planning to sell Nugal Valley Basin
File Photo/Somali Times Somalia corrupt ambassador to the United States Dahir Hassan Arab announced on Tuesday that the country is officially open for oil drilling and exploration. Read:
Egypt’s tourism push puts pristine Red Sea beach at risk, say environmentalists
Umbrellas at Ras Hankorab beach, home to one of the country’s last untouched marine ecosystems, with crystal clear waters and white sands, at southern Egypt’s Red Sea coast in Marsa
Algeria says decision to expel 12 French diplomats in response to arrest of its consular official
By Anadolu Agency Algeria’s decision to expel 12 French diplomats from the country came in response to last week’s arrest of an Algerian consular official by the French security
UK companies focused on cashflow and cost-cutting ahead of Trump tariffs, Deloitte says
Skyscrapers of the City of London financial district and St Paul’s Cathedral are seen behind a bus crossing Waterloo Bridge in London, Britain, March 28, 2025. Photographer Toby Melville/File
Pope Francis dies at 88 after prolonged illness: Vatican
By Anadolu Agency Pope Francis died at age 88 after suffering a prolonged illness, the Vatican announced on Monday. He suffered a “prolonged asthma-like respiratory crisis” associated with
UN chief ‘gravely concerned’ about US airstrikes in Yemen
By Anadolu Agency UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed concern over the recent US airstrikes in and around Yemen’s port of Ra’s Isa, his spokesman said Saturday. Guterres is
Ugandan students celebrate International Chinese Language Day with cultural performances
Students write Chinese characters during an International Chinese Language Day event at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda, April 17, 2025. TO GO WITH “Ugandan students celebrate
US will abandon Ukraine peace push if no progress soon, Trump and Rubio say
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives at the Quai d’Orsay, France’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, before a bilateral meeting with his French counterpart in Paris, France April
Russian envoy says Germany would enter war if it delivers Taurus missiles to Ukraine
By Anadolu Agency Russia’s permanent representative to the UN said Thursday that Germany would be directly involved in the war in Ukraine if it delivers Taurus long-range missiles to Kyiv. “Yes,
Slovak PM criticizes EU’s warning against travelling to Moscow
Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic (R) welcomes visiting Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico in Zagreb, Croatia, April 16, 2025. Marko Lukunic/Pixsell via Xinhua By Xinhua News Agency
Somalia corrupt president Hassan Sheikh planning to sell Nugal Valley Basin
File Photo/Somali Times Somalia corrupt ambassador to the United States Dahir Hassan Arab announced on Tuesday that the country is officially open for oil drilling and exploration. Read:
Egypt’s tourism push puts pristine Red Sea beach at risk, say environmentalists
Umbrellas at Ras Hankorab beach, home to one of the country’s last untouched marine ecosystems, with crystal clear waters and white sands, at southern Egypt’s Red Sea coast in Marsa
Algeria says decision to expel 12 French diplomats in response to arrest of its consular official
By Anadolu Agency Algeria’s decision to expel 12 French diplomats from the country came in response to last week’s arrest of an Algerian consular official by the French security
UK companies focused on cashflow and cost-cutting ahead of Trump tariffs, Deloitte says
Skyscrapers of the City of London financial district and St Paul’s Cathedral are seen behind a bus crossing Waterloo Bridge in London, Britain, March 28, 2025. Photographer Toby Melville/File