Senegal judges reject constitutional change that would have placed parliament above president
The new law was passed last month but the government said it would be put to a referendum. President Bassirou Diomaye Faye had challenged the legality of the procedure and requested an emergency review at the Constitutional Council. The council on Thursday evening ruled the law was unconstitutional, effectively halting...
Petition filed in Nairobi High Court tells epic story of alleged brazen financial fiddling in $23.7m loss that’s sucked in Bungoma governor, county lawyers
Among those named as respondents are the County Government of Bungoma, the Bungoma Governor Kennth Lusaka, the Bungoma County Public Service Board, the Kenya County Government Workers Union (KCGWU) General Secretary Roba S. Duba, the Controller of Budget, the Auditor-General, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), the Asset Recovery Agency (ARA), the County Government of Nairobi and several advocates.
Uncertainty in the Gulf as companies prepare to unveil unequal toll of Iran war on businesses
The fortunes of regional economies, many built around hydrocarbons, largely depend on how reliant they are on the Strait of Hormuz that provides the only sea access to the Gulf. The economy of Saudi Arabia, which also has oil terminals on the Red Sea, will grow 2.1 per cent this year, HSBC forecasts show.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Navy hits US military bases, which coincided with burial of slain leader Ali Khamenei
Iranian armed forces launched attacks on US military infrastructure in Gulf States on Thursday following US strikes on Iran’s southern coastal and eastern provinces, further eroding a three-week-old ceasefire. Iranian media later reported multiple explosions across southern Iran, including Bushehr, where one of the country’s nuclear plants is located, along...
Nairobi holds motocross championship to select team to represent Kenya in this year’s Motocross of African Nations
A key attraction will be the RSA Boda Safety Challenge, where boda boda (taxi motorbike) riders will compete in practical road-safety skills for cash prizes, merchandise and gift hampers. Participation is limited to the first 30 registered riders with roadworthy motorcycles, helmets and closed shoes.
Too many threats: Fears of censorship and monopoly in wake of UK plan to determine what public can see on YouTube
The green paper, published in June by the UK Department for Culture, Media and Sport, proposes exploring a “prominence regime” that would ensure public service broadcasters and other designated “trusted” news providers remain easy to find as audiences increasingly consume news online rather than through traditional television.
Trump warns state election officials they face arrest if they don’t remove non-US citizens from voter registers
Derek Muller, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame who specializes in election law, said it’s not clear the 50-state letter means anything except to restate some parts of the law, with a request to follow up, “which I’m sure many states will ignore.”
Trump says interim ceasefire accord to end Iran war is ‘over’, warns of imminent US strikes against Iranian
The Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) said they had attacked US military sites in Bahrain and Kuwait and shot down a US MQ-9 drone attempting to interfere in the operation. Bahrain’s army later said it had thwarted Iranian attacks.
Health workers union issues warns of imminent strike if Kakamega County government dithers on signing recognition agreement
The KEHPHPU secretary general warned that failure by the county government to honour the agreement within the agreed three-day period would leave the unions with no option but to consider industrial action.
A $1 trillion opportunity is opening up in Africa’s food and agribusiness sector, but is the continent ready for grab and exploit it?
According to the United Nations, the continent’s population is projected to exceed 1.7 billion by 2030 and approach 2.5 billion by 2050. Every additional consumer increases demand for cereals, vegetables, fruits, dairy products, poultry, meat, edible oils, beverages, and processed foods. Urbanisation is accelerating this shift.
