NATO showcases big arms deals as Trump, but the US president says he’s been let down by allies, wants to control Greenland
The deals, estimated to be worth at least $50 billion according to one NATO official, included European countries buying surveillance drones from US company Northrop Grumman and NATO buying planes from Sweden’s Saab.
Just as he doesn’t know his date of birth, Ugandan President Museveni does not have clear plan for a nation teetering hopelessly on brink of collapse
Corruption remains endemic. Uganda scored just 25 points out of 100 on Transparency International’s 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index, ranking 148th out of 180 countries. When public resources are siphoned off by elites while the majority struggle for basic sustenance, the legitimacy of the state erodes. The socioeconomic magma chamber builds pressure with every corrupt transaction, every unfilled job vacancy, every empty stomach, and every young woman sold into servitude in the Gulf.
Kenya’s Purchasing Managers Index shows despite inflation spike in June, investors are confident about post-Middle East oil economic crisis outlook
Combined, these signals led the headline PMI to rise considerably from the month of May with the latest readings indicating that operating conditions stabilized in June, following contractions in each of the past three months.
Exile ends but Afghan returnees struggling to find footing after long spells – some two decades – in Iran and Pakistan
Many of the returnees have spent decades, and in some cases their entire lives, outside Afghanistan. Upon returning, they often find themselves with limited social networks, little familiarity with local systems and customs and restricted access to housing, livelihoods, public services, civil documentation and protection mechanisms, the report said.
Civil service deputy boss reveals treated water theft in Kenya is costing government billions of dollars, poses serious health risks
Speaking during a Non-Revenue Water Management Conference dinner in Naivasha on behalf of Chief of Staff and Head of the Public Service Felix Koskei, Gathecha said the losses were felt most by ordinary Kenyans.
President Trump arm-twisting Iranians to buy, eat American food as part of potential ceasefire agreement
Abdolnaser Hemmati, governor of Iran’s central bank, told the Iranian news agency Tasnim that “there is no obligation to buy agricultural inputs from the US.”
Turning cotton waste into archival paper: Egypt’s breakthrough in manuscript conservation
Soliman Ahmed, a lead laboratory conservator who participated in the development trials, said perfecting the cotton formula required moving past rigid chemical equations to master manual papermaking as an intuitive art form, where the craftsman physically judges the exact weight of the water and the pull of the screen.
Kenya Development Corporation publishes new financing strategies to ease access to credit, support business
KDC Director General Norah Ratemo said the corporation had introduced several measures to address challenges faced by investors and improve customer experience.
Race to AI dominance: China outpaces US, builds world’s fastest supercomputer claim top spot in TOP500 ranking
With a power consumption of approximately 42.2 megawatts, the Chinese supercomputer delivers 2,198 exaflops – meaning it can perform more than two quintillion operations per second.
Australian government to double fines for breaches of under-16 social media ban
The Australian government has announced that it will move to double the maximum fine for companies that fail to enforce the nation’s social media ban for children younger than 16. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said in a statement at the weekend that technology companies are not “doing enough” to comply...
