THE presidents of Egypt, Eritrea and Somalia agreed to boost cooperation for the Somali army to confront “terrorism” and protect its land and sea borders, a joint statement said, leaving Ethiopia further isolated in the region. The security agreement will…
IN today’s rapidly advancing technological landscape, artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping industries and society at large. As AI continues to revolutionise the way we work, interact, and innovate, effective leadership is crucial in harnessing its full potential. Among the…
KENYAN lawmakers have reignited efforts to separate Safaricom, the country’s largest telecom provider, from its highly profitable mobile money service, M-PESA. This renewed push follows the reintroduction of the 2022 Information and Communications (Amendment) Bill, which aims to divide Safaricom into two…
THE Ethiopian government has recognised the Chinese-built Ethiopia-Djibouti railway for its significant contribution to the country’s expanding export-import trade. The 752-km railway, a vital link between the two countries, has been praised for its fast-growing role in promoting socio-economic development. The Ethio-Djibouti…
THE International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, and South Africa’s Absa Group Limited, have teamed up to provide a $50 million commodity trade finance facility to Valency International, a Singapore-based company active in Africa’s agricultural…
AROUND 200 women, aged between 18 and 22, from various African countries have been recruited to work in a Russian factory, assembling Iranian-designed attack drones destined for Ukraine. These women, many from countries such as Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, South Sudan, Sierra…
No fewer than 370 million girls and women have been raped or sexually assaulted worldwide before the age of 18, the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, said on Thursday. The figures came as UNICEF published its first global estimate on…
At least six people have been killed, 11 others injured – seven of them seriously – by a Russian missile strike in the southern Ukrainian port city of Odessa, authorities said. “The enemy’s target was once again the port infrastructure,’’…
THE number of Palestinians killed since the beginning of the Gaza war over a year ago has risen to 42,010, according to figures released by the Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza on Wednesday. A further 97,720 Palestinians have been injured…
TWO people have been killed in northern Israel amid a barrage of some 60 rockets fired from Lebanon, the Israeli military reported on Wednesday. In the town of Kiryat Shmona, a man and a woman were fatally injured by a…
