IN preparation for Kenya’s deployment of police officers to Haiti, President William Ruto has consulted not only political advisers and security officials but also a circle of evangelical pastors close to him and his wife, Rachel Ruto. This high-profile mission aims to…
RUSSIA will send additional military supplies and instructors to Burkina Faso to bolster the West African nation’s defence capabilities and fight terrorism. This announcement was made by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during a visit to Burkina Faso, as reported…
THE Pan-African Alliance for Transparency and the Rule of Law (PATROL-AFRICA) has expressed deep regret over the poor ratification process of the Malabo Protocol, ten years after its adoption. To date, only one country, Angola, has ratified the protocol, with…
LEADERS of South Korea and African nations have agreed to initiate a high-level dialogue on expanding cooperation in the supply chain of critical minerals. This agreement was reached during the Korea-Africa Summit held in Seoul, where delegates from 48 African…
DEVELOPED countries provided and mobilised $115.9bn in climate finance for developing countries for the first time in 2022, exceeding the annual $100bn goal and reaching a level that had not been expected before 2025, according to new figures from the…
THE Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced on Wednesday that the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) finals will be postponed by six months, now set to take place in early 2026. The decision comes to avoid a scheduling conflict with…
MEDICAL sources in the Palestinian territory have confirmed that the Israeli attack on central Gaza killed no fewer than 62 people including women and children. The Israel Defence Forces, or IDF, said they were investigating. Earlier, the IDF said it…
PRESIDENT Lazarus Chakwera, alongside Benedict Okey Oramah, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Afreximbank, and Gagan Gupta, President-Founder of ARISE Integrated Industrial Platforms (ARISE IIP), has inaugurated the Magwero Industrial Park near Malawi’s capital, Lilongwe. The Magwero…
A RECENT report by Henley & Partners reveals that Uganda is among a select group of African countries expected to witness substantial growth in millionaires over the next decade. While traditional sectors like hi-tech and manufacturing may lag, Uganda is poised to…
KENYAN investigators discovered seven more bodies on Monday as exhumations resumed in Shakahola Forest, where hundreds of victims of a doomsday starvation cult were buried in mass graves. This brings the total number of exhumed bodies to 436, police reported. The grisly…
