Russia raises stakes in war with Ukraine as it hits Dnipro city with intercontinental ballistic missile
Ukrainska Pravda, a Kyiv-based media outlet, cited anonymous sources saying the missile was an RS-26 Rubezh, a solid-fuelled intercontinental ballistic missile with a range of 5,800 kilometres, according to the Arms Control Association.
ICC hands al-Qaida-linked former Mali police chief 10 years in jail for war crimes
Mali, along with its neighbours Burkina Faso and Niger, has for over a decade battled an insurgency fought by armed groups, including some allied with al-Qaida or the Islamic State group. Following military coups in all three nations in recent years, the ruling juntas have expelled French forces and turned to Russia’s mercenary units for security assistance instead.
Mali prime minister kicked out for raising concerns about timeline for return to civilian rule
Over the last decade, Mali, along with its neighbours Niger and Burkina Faso, has been shaken by extremist uprisings and military coups. The three Sahelian nations are now ruled by military leaders who have taken power by force on pledges of providing more security to citizens.
For the love of rice, Sierra Leone launches push to free itself from costly food imports
Sierra Leone’s agriculture minister, Henry Kpaka Musa, accused the International Monetary Fund of pressuring Sierra Leone in the 1980s to stop investing in agriculture and open its markets to imports as a condition for receiving loans.
Southern African governments extend stay of peacekeepers in war-torn eastern Congo by a year
The UN peacekeepers were meant to leave Congo next month, but soaring violence in the east by Rwanda-backed rebels has meant they are staying, with the country’s communication minister, Patrick Muyaya, stating there would be a new timeline for the force’s departure, although he didn’t give details.
Kenyan lender KCB Group nine-month profit rises to $445 million from $314.7 million
It said loan-loss provisions rose to 17.78 billion shillings from 15.85 billion shillings in the year-ago period.
While regulators’ verdict in UK is pregnant women don’t need Covid vaccines, US endorses it
On its Covid-19 vaccine pregnancy page, the CDC warns that pregnant women are “more likely to get very sick from Covid-19” than other people. It also says they are more likely to need hospitalisation, intensive care, the use of a ventilator and experience complications such as preterm birth or stillbirth.
Indian billionaire Adani, who’s won porky tenders in Kenya, charged in US for defrauding investors
Th Adani Group is currently facing fraud charges in Kenyan court after it was controversially awarded a slew of porky tenders for upgrade of the East African country’s main airport, power generation and distribution and health insurance.
Adani dollar bonds plunge after Indian conglomerate’s billionaire chair is indicted in US
US authorities said on Wednesday that Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani and seven other defendants agreed to pay about $265 million in bribes to Indian government officials.
Billionaire Gautam Adani of India’s Adani Group charged in US with bribery, bond slump
In early Asian trading on Thursday, Adani dollar bonds slumped, with prices down between 3-5 cents on bonds for Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone. The falls were the largest since the Adani Group came under a short-seller attack in February 2023.
