Central Bank of Kenya to use part of World Bank loan to make $500 million bond payment

Central Bank of Kenya to use part of World Bank loan to make $500 million bond payment

Kenya’s economy is estimated to have grown 5.8 per cent in the first quarter of this year after 2023 growth of 5.6 per cent.

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Spain applies to be enjoined in South Africa’s case at World Court that accuses Israel of genocide

Spain applies to be enjoined in South Africa’s case at World Court that accuses Israel of genocide

Mexico, Colombia, Nicaragua, Libya and the Palestinians have already requested to join the case currently being heard at the court in The Hague, Netherlands. The court has ordered Israel to immediately halt its military offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah but stopped short of ordering a ceasefire for the enclave. Israel has not complied.

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Why Environment Day is a solemn moment of reflection on how humanity interacts with surroundings

Why Environment Day is a solemn moment of reflection on how humanity interacts with surroundings

Unfortunately, education and the products of education at the time were also individualistic; a consequence of disciplinary knowledge production, management and transfer. This fact undermined the IEC-U. There was a critical shortage of people with integrated minds to drive the mission of IEC-U towards realizing its vision of integrated conservation of the environment of Uganda.

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US, Israeli intelligence agencies claim diminished Hamas has switched to full insurgency in Gaza

US, Israeli intelligence agencies claim diminished Hamas has switched to full insurgency in Gaza

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government are under pressure from Washington to agree to a ceasefire plan to end the war, which began on October 7 when Hamas fighters stormed into southern Israel, killing more than 1,200 people and seizing over 250 hostages, according to Israeli tallies.

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South Africa: ANC’s popularity drop points to Rainbow Nation’s slide into the unknown minus the joy and optimism of transition

South Africa: ANC’s popularity drop points to Rainbow Nation’s slide into the unknown minus the joy and optimism of transition

The South African Human Rights Commission, one of several independent bodies set up by the government with a mandate to guard democracy, found in 2021 that 64 per cent of Black people in South Africa and 40 per cent of those with biracial heritage were classified as poor, but for white people that figure was only 1 per cent.

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