Ruthless gangs step up sexual violence in Haiti as 200 Kenya police contingent arrives, US dithers
The US State Department said it approved waivers for $40.7 million in foreign assistance to help the mission and Haitian police, including contracts to support forward operating bases, medical services and vehicle maintenance.
Trump cuts funding for South Africa citing land policy and Pretoria’s war case against Israel
US President Donald Trump holds a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in the East Room at the White House in Washington, US, on February 7, 2025. Credit: Reuters
Uprooted by M23 rebels from their homes, rejected church and abandoned by UN, eastern Congo’s IDPs live in constant fear
Water and electricity were slowly restored and schools and shops began reopening. Aid workers and volunteers scrambled to collect dead bodies off the streets under the watchful eye of M23 patrols. Since late January, the latest spasm of violence has left some 3,000 people dead and nearly as many injured.
US District judge stays Trump orders to send home 2,700 USAID workers
A US judge on Friday temporarily allowed roughly 2,700 US Agency for International Development employees put on leave by President Donald Trump’s administration to go back to work, pausing aspects of a plan to dismantle the agency. US District Judge Carl Nichols in Washington, who was nominated by Trump during...
Missing link: While Uganda places premium on mass production in education, it’s surrendered critical thinking, critical analysis and critique
Virtually all our problems do not require just political interventions, which dominate public discourse in Uganda, or chains of critical analysis of and critiques on them, which we are preoccupied with. They require critical thinking.
How 70-year-old woman’s fish farm in Vihiga inspires village, became internship centre for university students
Deen has diversified her farm activities with dairy cattle and dairy goat keeping, tissue culture banana farming, fruits and vegetables on her farm, which she sells additional income.
Rwanda President Kagame risks US sanctions and ban over Congo war as EAC, SADC presidents meet in Tanzania
A high-stakes summit of Eastern and Southern African leaders beginning on Friday in Tanzania could bring together Congolese President Tshisekedi and Rwandan President Kagame, who is accused by Congo, the United Nations and other Western partners of arming and supporting the rebels.
Revised model of revenue sharing by Kenya’s 47 regional governments meets with stiff opposition from Senate
CRA Chairperson Mary Wanyonyi defended the formula, emphasising that no county would lose funds outright due to the stabilisation fund. She explained that the additional allocation aims to correct historical injustices through marginalisation in arid and semi-arid regions.
Blue economy features as Kenya’s third largest city hosts an international investment conference
Nyanza Professionals Forum Chairman, Japh Olende, said through partnership with the county governments, bankable projects have been packaged and investors will have a chance to explore the viability and potential of the opportunities with a view to signing pacts with the respective county governments.
US President Trump imposes economic and travel sanctions on International Criminal Court
The 125-member ICC is a permanent court that can prosecute individuals for war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and the crime of aggression against the territory of member states or by their nationals. The United States, China, Russia and Israel are not members.
