Changing geopolitics are in focus as France’s Macron kicks off Kenya visit for an Africa summit
On Sunday, Kenya and France signed 11 agreements involving investments in various sectors, including an ambitious nuclear energy plant, modernised transport and sustainable agriculture.
South Africa acknowledges migration threats to job security but denies xenophobic accusations
DIRCO Minister Ronald Lamola has engaged counterparts from several African countries, including Ghana and Nigeria, to brief them on developments and reaffirm South Africa’s commitment to protecting the rights of all people living in the country, said the department.
Three artisanal miners feared dead after goldmine collapse in Bondo, Siaya County
Area Member of the County Assembly (MCA) Oliver Arika, who visited the scene, confirmed that leaders from the area led by Speaker George Okode, have already mobilised resources to commence rescue of the three miners.
Closing of file proceedings rites: Koome leads judiciary in honouring fallen Justice Frederick Ochieng
National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula who attended the proceedings, remembered Justice Ochieng as a devoted family man and brilliant legal mind who discharged his duties with honesty, fairness and diligence.
Scramble for diminishing fish stocks in Lake Victoria results in vicious fight that kills fisherman in Suba South
Fishermen push out a boat at dawn, embarking on a fishing expedition (Picture for illustration). The incident happened in Suba North in Homa Bay County.
China’s zero-tariff policy injects new dynamism into Africa’s economic modernisation, says economist
Since December 2024, China has already granted zero-tariff on 100 per cent of tariff lines to 33 least developed African countries with diplomatic ties. This has benefited exports from several key Madagascar sectors, particularly agriculture, fisheries and textiles.
Soaring fuel prices in Rwanda reshape daily routines as businesses adjust to punitive cost of living
In early March, gasoline (petrol) was set not to exceed 1,989 Rwandan francs (about $1.36) per litre, while diesel was capped at 1,948 Rwandan francs per litre, according to the Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA).
Samar Al Halal: When surveillance becomes normal, democracy turns into a show’ and humanity clatters
Gaza is the clearest and most dangerous example of where surveillance is heading. Experts described how AI-driven systems there don’t just monitor journalists, they can feed directly into physical targeting by linking location, contacts, and communication patterns.
Suspected outbreak of rare hantavirus on a cruise ship in Atlantic kills three people, three others fall sick
One patient was in intensive care in a South African hospital, the UN health agency said, and it was working with authorities to evacuate two others with symptoms from the ship.
By re-electing a man who insists climate change is the ‘greatest con job ever’ and ‘green new scam’ US became complicit in World War III
Just in case you hadn’t noticed, as an imperial power (even, historically speaking, the imperial power, the only one at its height to control quite so much of the planet in one fashion or another), this country, too, is growing ever older and (again) in its own strange fashion going down (as, of course, all great imperial powers do sooner or later).
