Kenya and Uganda generals meet in Nairobi to review military collaboration against backdrop of conflict in DRC, Somalia
Senior officers from the Kenyan and Ugandan defence forces met in Nairobi this week to further cement “engagement and collaboration as partners seeking sustainable security solutions”. The two-day joint defence committee (JDC) meeting followed last year’s signing of a defence co-operation agreement. The meeting was attended by officers from Kenya...
African military mission in Somalia needs $90 million to push al-Qaeda supported al Shabaab insurgents
The African Union appealed for nearly $90 million on Wednesday for its peacekeeping force in Somalia, which is providing support to its military forces battling al-Shabab extremists. Ambassador Bankole Adeoye, the AU commissioner for political affairs, peace and security, told two reporters that the more than 19,600-strong AU force won’t...
Fact finding mission: AU set to play an enhanced role in stabilisation of war-torn eastern DR Congo
An African Union (AU) field mission spent three days in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) “obtaining first-hand information” regarding ongoing violence and attacks on civilians, particularly in the eastern part of the country. An AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) statement has it the field mission, under the leadership of...
Stop admiring them: Tweet that spurred Japan to turn on style and run over fancied USA baseball team
For the longest time, even Shohei Ohtani’s teammates looked past him in favour of the North American stars of Major League Baseball. They know now that they only need look to the guy in their own dressing room to see the most complete player in all of baseball. Still, it...
Collapse of US’ second largest bank in history – Silicon Valley Bank – stokes jitters in world economies
A week-and-a-half after the second-largest bank failure in American history ignited uncertainty throughout the global economy, experts warn bank failures and the stabilisation measures taken by the Federal Reserve and Wall Street are creating even greater bank consolidation – and might further pave the way for a central bank digital...
US government bribed agencies and social media to discredit scientists, doctors who raised alarm over Covid vaccines – journalist
In his continuing sequel of Twitter Files investigative journalist Matt Taibbi reveals how the US government-supported Virality Project and “encouraged platforms to target people, not posts, using “Minority Report”-style “pre-crime logic,” and neuter “repeat offenders” such as Robert F. Kennedy Jr, chairman and chief litigation counsel of Children’s Health Defence...
Senegal’s resident remains ambiguous about plans to amend constitution to run for third term
Senegal’s president has rejected claims that it would be unconstitutional for him to seek a controversial third mandate, again refusing to confirm whether he plans to do so in an interview published on Monday in a French newspaper The opposition claims that Senegal’s constitution prohibits Macky Sall – who was...
War-torn Ukraine donates 30,000 metric tonnes of wheat to support 5.4 million Kenyans hit by drought
Kenya has received 30,000 metric tonnes of wheat from Ukraine to support families affected by drought and famine. The donation is part of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Grain from Ukraine humanitarian programme. The fifth maize shipment from Ukraine was received on Monday by Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, together with Dr...
Facebook content moderators sue Meta for sacking 260 staff in a ‘union-busting operation’
A group of Facebook content moderators in Kenya is taking the platform’s parent company Meta and two outsourcing companies to court, a tech rights group said Monday. A total of 43 workers for outsourcing company Sama, who moderated Facebook content, are bringing the lawsuit for what they allege was unlawful...
Ukraine war: Japanese prime minister lands in Kyiv hours after Chinese president meets Russian president
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida began a surprise visit to Ukraine early Tuesday, hours after Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in neighbouring Russia for a three-day visit. The duelling summits come as the long-time rivals are on diplomatic offensives. Kishida will meet President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Ukrainian capital. He...
