Pork barrel: Kenya’s plan to set up embassy in Kosovo ushers in ‘transactional diplomacy’
Foreign office and office of the president dismissed the allegations as “illogical” but stayed clear of Serbia’s allegations that Ruto was bribed with big businesses to recognise Kosovo.
Israel army takes journalists on tour of tunnel under Gaza hospital deemed command centre of Hamas, body of Sinwar’s brother found
Mohammed Sinwar was the younger brother of Yahya Sinwar, the Palestinian militant group’s deceased leader and mastermind of the October 2023 attack on Israel that killed 1,200 people according to Israeli tallies and which triggered the Israeli invasion of Gaza.
With world’s highest school dropouts due to high cost of education, questions emerge whether Catholic Church should privatise its centres
The Catholic Church is the region’s largest non-governmental investor in education. Catholic schools have long been a pillar of affordable but high-quality education, especially for poor families.
Rest of the world is rich because Africa is poor and Africans like Ugandan President Museveni maintain the status quo
In Uganda President Tibuhaburwa Museveni has made poverty an everyday song. A year before presidential elections, he uses it as a political weapon against his opponents, reminding the vulnerable that he is solving their poverty situation through Myooga, Parish Development Models and Operation Wealth Creation, yet he is constantly, persistently and perennially poverty against them, sinking them further and further in the abyss of poverty
‘100 per cent stupid’: Republicans hold breath as MAGA world cautiously turns on Elon Musk
While many in the broader Trump coalition appeared hesitant to commit to one side or the other, this wasn’t true of everyone as Thursday afternoon’s bevy of rude posts bled into the night.
Ethnic profile: How Rapid Support Forces attack, kill non-Arab Masalit under pretext Tawila is ‘military zone’
The RSF has sought to justify the attack by claiming that Zam Zam was a “military zone” used by armed groups supporting the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) in El Fasher. In reality, the camp was overwhelmingly a civilian space, home to hundreds of thousands of displaced people.
Costly feud: Elon Musk rants so much about government pork, but his businesses rely on state largesse
The dispute comes just a week before a planned test of Tesla’s driverless taxis in Austin, Texas, a major event for the company because sales of its EVs are lagging in many markets, and Musk needs a win.
After suffering heavy losses Wagner Group leaves Mali, replaced by Russia’s Africa Corps
As Western influence in the region has waned, Russia has sought to step into the vacuum, sweeping in with offers of assistance. Moscow initially expanded its military cooperation with African nations by using the Wagner Group of mercenaries.
West African militaries reduced to sitting ducks as resurgent Islamic States attacks in northeast Nigeria take worrying trend
In January, ISWAP overran an army base in Mallam Fatori near the Niger border, seizing weapons and killing the commanding officer. Events started to accelerate in March, especially in southern Borno, with attacks in Wajiroko, Kumshe and Katafila, among others.
International Telecommunication Union ranks Kenya top in Africa, 20th in the world in ICT
The ITU further rated Kenya’s ICT regulatory framework at the apex level of advanced fourth generation (G4), acknowledging the country’s competitive and inclusive ICT regulatory framework.
