Somalia opens doors to foreign investments as Egyptian, Turkish banks set up shop in Mogadishu
Somalia has granted licenses to two foreign banks, a move that has swung open the Horn of Africa country’s to international investment for the first time in more than 30 years. The Egyptian bank Banque Misr and the Turkish bank Ziraat Katilim are the first foreign banks to be allowed...
Ghana launches See Something, Say Something campaign to repulse rising threat of extremism
Facing the threat of extremist groups encroaching into its northern border regions, Ghana recently announced its “See Something, Say Something” campaign that urges citizens to report suspicious activity. “Launching this campaign is to ensure we have all-inclusive, society involvement,” government spokesman Palgrave Boakye-Danquah was quoted by Joy News television. “The...
Ronaldo’s next destination after Man United may be Bayern Munich if the Bavarians fork out $20 million
Manchester United reportedly want to recoup the money they spent to bring Cristiano Ronaldo to Old Trafford in order to allow the Portuguese star leave this summer. Ronaldo dropped a bombshell on Saturday as it was revealed he wants to leave United to play Champions League football. The 37-year-old –...
Ronaldo to Arsenal? Pundit jokes about God and (Gabriel) Jesus pairing in Gunners’ attack
Football pundit Piers Morgan has revealed that he’s already sent a message to Cristiano Ronaldo in an attempt to lure him to sign for Arsenal this summer. Ronaldo has reportedly asked Manchester United to let him leave this summer, if the right offer comes in. According to The Times, Ronaldo...
Theatre of Dreams: Man United squads of recent seasons would be European champions if titles were won on excuses
Manchester United have made it very easy to be pessimistic about anything emerging from Old Trafford. Almost a decade of mis-management has made it the instinct of anyone with even a casual relationship with reality to be sceptical about the Red Devils’ prospects, despite the dawn of the latest of...
Congo buries remains of independence hero Patrice Lumumba 62 years after assassination
The remains of Congolese independence hero and first Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba were laid to rest in Kinshasa on Thursday, the country’s Independence Day, 62 years after his assassination by Belgian-backed rebels. The ceremony was made possible after a gold-capped tooth, all that remained of the body, was returned to...
China abandons non-interference policy, now wants to ‘silence the guns in Horn of Africa’
China is offering to help “silence the guns in the Horn of Africa,” an ambitious undertaking given the multiple conflicts in the region, and an indication that Beijing may be moving away from its traditional “non-interference” stance towards more active diplomatic engagement. China’s special envoy for the Horn of Africa,...
Scientists develop Artificial Intelligence that can predict a crime a week before it happens
An artificial intelligence can now predict the location and predict rate of crime across a city a week in advance with up to 90 per cent accuracy. Similar systems have been shown to perpetuate racist bias in policing, and the same could be true in this case, but the researchers...
New Mozilla study says TikTok is supercharging young voter apathy as Kenya heads to August 9 polls
Last year, Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), the country’s elections management body, set a target to register six million new voters for this August’s upcoming general election. With 2019 census data indicating that nearly five million young Kenyans had reached voting age since the 2017 elections, that goal...
Why United Kingdom is turning to mushroom farming in peatland to meet is Climate Change goals
In a huge industrial shed on Leckford Estate, a farm owned by the supermarket Waitrose in a beautiful part of southern England, a revolution is stirring in the world of mushroom growing. UK production of this crop relies on peat, the incredibly carbon-rich organic matter found in bogs and fens...
