Kenya’s competition authority fines Carrefour franchisee $7.2m for abuse of buyer power
The penalty is the biggest ever handed out by the Competition Authority of Kenya, the regulator said.
Ordinary Americans granted more say in new US refugee funding programme lined up by Biden
The Biden administration aims to bring in 10,000 refugees through sponsorships as part of an overall goal of 125,000 refugee admissions in fiscal year 2024.
Israel pounds Gaza as Palestinians killed in war near 20,000, Houthi vow more Red Sea attacks
Israel says it warns of strikes in advance so civilians can escape, and it accuses Hamas of hiding in residential areas. In the ground war, where Israel has lost 132 soldiers, tanks advanced further into the southern city of Khan Younis and shelled a market area but met heavy resistance, residents said.
God and Big Bang: Homosexuals don’t subscribe to Creation Theory because they don’t believe God exists
The farthest galaxies were moving faster than the ones close to us. This means if some things were moving away, then long ago everything was close to every other thing, and most likely interconnected. This means that everything we can see in our universe today – stars, planets, comets, asteroids were not there at the beginning. The question is where did they come from? According to Lamaitre, a super long time was involved. Scientists have calculated that the universe is 13,800,000,000 (13.8 billion) years old, which is a very long time.
‘Climate of division’ in Africa’s changing internecine wars worry UN peacekeeping boss
Previously durable solutions were, according to Jean Pierre Lacroix, achieved in Mozambique, Namibia, Angola, Sierra Leone, Côte d’Ivoire and Liberia.
80-year-old childless billionaire picks his 51-year old ex-gardener to inherit his $220 billion wealth
The gardener is reportedly married to a woman from Spain, with two children of their own, and stands to inherit a significant portion of Puech’s fortune, which includes acquiring substantial properties in Marrakesh, Morocco and Montreux, Switzerland valued at $5.9 million.
Portuguese ship that vanished in 16th century excavated in Namibian desert with gold, copper
The condition that the ship was found in suggests that the storm that caused the shipwreck was especially violent, although an absence of human remains (besides a few scattered bone fragments) in the site suggests that most of the crew on board survived the wreck or died at sea.
While Kenyan president is upbeat about the economy, local currency is in turbulence
Kenya’s shilling is seen slipping on increased foreign-currency demand from the manufacturing sector and as Kenyans living abroad ask for higher exchange rates to part with their dollars.
While Kenyans and Tanzanians never allow refugees to fiddle in politics, Ugandans are enduring oppressive alien authority
I was in Tanzania for 10 years and in Kenya for 10 years. In Tanzania I was originally a student of zoology, botany with development studies at the University of Dar-es-Salaam in the very early 1970s. I just missed interacting with President Tibuhaburwa Museveni. He had left the university in...
President Biden faces impeachment inquiry as House Republicans rally behind investigation
House Democrats stood in united opposition to the inquiry resolution on Wednesday, calling it a farce perpetrated by those across the aisle to avenge the two impeachments against Trump.
