NELSON Amenya recently sparked nationwide uproar after exposing secret negotiations for an Indian firm to take over Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), Kenya’s main airport. The deal, involving India’s Adani Group, promised a $1.85bn investment but lacked transparency and invited…
FARAI Makamba, a 27-year-old student from Zimbabwe, has swapped his university books for travel documents, his passport, and cash—ready to leave Lebanon at a moment’s notice if needed. The situation in Beirut has become increasingly tense since he returned in…
THE US will admit 125,000 refugees in 2025, up from 100,000 this year, Washington announced on Monday. President Joe Biden has set such targets for each year of his administration under the Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions. ‘Refugee resettlement exemplifies…
AT the 79th United Nations General Assembly in New York, the African Union (AU), along with education ministers and development partners, called for urgent measures to address Africa’s learning crisis. The initiative, coinciding with the launch of the ‘Pact…
Equatorial Guinea has urged the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to dismiss Gabon’s claim over several disputed islands in potentially oil-rich waters of the Gulf of Guinea. The islands in question, including the tiny Mbanié Island—less than a kilometre…
UGANDA opposition leader and musician Bobi Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, has officially announced his intention to run for president in the upcoming elections scheduled for January 12, 2026. Wine, 42, revealed his decision in an interview…
ONE very important commitment I must pledge as the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, is one that my career as a diplomat has prepared me for, and that is to strengthen efforts and build a strong and connected organisation that…
Kenyan lawmakers are planning to initiate impeachment proceedings against Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, accusing him of undermining the government. This move, confirmed by parliament’s majority leader Kimani Ichung’wah, reflects a deepening rift between President William Ruto and his deputy.…
A total of 260 Tunisian nationals are scheduled to be repatriated from Lebanon on Tuesday aboard a flight operated by Tunisair, the Tunisian embassy in Lebanon said. The embassy announced on its official Facebook page that the special flight…
SINCE the beginning of Israel’s massive aerial campaign on Lebanon which was launched last week, some 1,000 people have fled the country to neighbouring Syria. The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Monday. Some 60 percent of them are believed…
