US ‘repays’ Kenya’s deployment of 1,000 security officers to Haiti with offers to ‘modernise’ police service
A $60 million grant from the Millennium Challenge Corporation will fund a four-year programme focusing on the transportation needs of underserved groups in Kenya, safer options for women and pedestrians, and climate-friendly public transportation.
US, Kenya launch ‘Nairobi-Washington Vision’ to enable ‘high-ambition countries’ to get cheap loans
China, the United States and other Group of 20 creditor countries set up the Common Framework for Debt Restructuring to help countries facing huge debt burdens during the pandemic, but the initiative has faced long delays. A senior US Treasury official said China – the largest official creditor – had taken some steps to aid debt-ridden countries, but more work was needed.
South Africa’s Hammanskraal community’s struggles for clean and safe water symbolise widespread political pessimism
Resident gather at a water tank to collect water in the Hammanskraal township, Pretoria, south Africa on may 22, 2024. Hammanstraal’s problems are a snapshot of the issues affecting millions and driving a mood of discontent in South Africa that might force its biggest political change in 30 years in the next week’s national elections.
Biden heaps praise on Kenya’s President Ruto for ‘his bold leadership’ as White House marks state visit
Biden and Ruto are using the three-day state visit to Washington, in part, to call on economies around the globe to take action to reduce the enormous debt burden crushing Kenya and other developing nations.
Kenya, US investment manager sign $3.6 billion deal to expand 440km Nairoi-Mombasa highway
The deal coincides with Kenyan President William Ruto’s visit to the United States, the first such state visit by a leader from Sub-Saharan Africa since 2008.
South Africa dropped its optimist ‘Rainbow Nation’ tag to become world’s crime capital where immigrants are hunted like rats
Dudula’s Deputy Secretary General Isaac Lesole rejected the allegations that the group harassed or abused migrants in the block. He said the group’s code of conduct, allowed members only to ask if someone has legitimate visa papers, not to demand to see them. He disputed the charge of vigilantism, saying their role was always to alert legitimate authorities.
How Mandela’s vision of Black unity faded in the heat of xenophobia as South Africa slammed doors on migrants
The May 29 election could mark the end of an era for post-liberation South Africa, with the long-dominant ANC expected to lose its parliamentary majority for the first time, abandoned by voters incensed at a litany of national woes including a dearth of decent housing, frequent power cuts, water shortages, poor schools, rampant joblessness and high crime.
With Kenya’s debt-to-GDP ratio at a staggering 70 per cent, Biden and Ruto review relief options from China’s loans trap
An analysis of a dozen countries most indebted to China – including Pakistan, Kenya, Zambia and Laos – found the debt is consuming an ever-greater amount of tax revenue needed to keep schools open, provide electricity and pay for food and fuel.
Spain, Ireland and Norway move to recognise Palestine seen as warning shot to Israel to agree to resolve Gaza crisis
Diplomatic pressure on Israel has grown as the battle with Hamas stretches into its eighth month. The UN General Assembly voted by a significant margin on May 11 to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine in a sign of growing international support for a vote on full voting membership. The Palestinian Authority currently has observer status. The leaders of Spain, Ireland, Malta and Slovenia said in March they were considering recognising a Palestinian state as “a positive contribution” toward ending the war.
Storm brews following Microsoft’s UAE deal that’ll move key US chips and AI abroad, including Kenya
The broad intent of the deal is for Microsoft and G42 to jointly take AI technology into regions where neither could do so as effectively alone. An early example is a deal in Kenya announced by the two companies on Wednesday.
- 1
- 2
