Immigrants without legal status on verge of getting US citizenship under new Biden plan
About 50,000 noncitizen children with parents who are married to US citizen could also potentially qualify for the process, according to senior administration officials who briefed reporters on the condition of anonymity.
Haiti police chiefs in Nairobi for meetings with Kenyan commanders prior to deployment of UN mission to fight gangs
A UN-approved stabilisation mission to Haiti that started in June 2004 was marred by a sexual abuse scandal and the introduction of cholera, which killed nearly 10,000 people. The mission ended in October 2017.
Palpable public anger drives a finance committee into rushed removal of tax items in Kenyan budget
This year’s finance bill aims to raise an extra 346.7 billion Kenyan shillings ($2.71 billion) in additional revenue, finance minister Njuguna Ndung’u said last week.
Weeks after Kenyans bashed president for ‘living large’ hundreds take to streets to protest punitive taxes
Opposition figure Kalonzo Musyoka said weekly protests would resume if the finance bill is approved as proposed. Legislators are due to debate the bill starting Wednesday with a vote scheduled for on Monday.
How politics of ethnic identity and politics of economic interest tear Uganda apart, traumatise minorities
In the political and leadership history of Uganda, politics of identity has been central to leadership and governance of the country, which evolved from the colonial weaving 15 traditional national identities to form the British Protectorate of Uganda, the Commonwealth Realm of Uganda and then Uganda. These were: Acholi, Ankole, Buganda, Bugisu, Bukedi, Bunyoro, Busoga, Karamoja, Kigezi, Lango, Moyo, Sebei, Teso, Toro and West Nile.
JPMorgan analysts warn smaller African development banks Preferred Credit Status under threat
Afrexim’s exposure to Ghana and Malawi’s governments is also at risk, although this is less certain with Ghana’s big official sector creditors reportedly wanting Afrexim to take losses but the government also approaching the IMF in support of the bank.
Burundi enjoying relative peace but food and power shortages hamper return from the cold
Burundi has been on a path of relative stability. In January, the World Bank announced a new grant of up to $40 million to help the government avert acute commodity shortages. The project focuses on improving the credibility of Burundi’s financial system.
