Renson Mwakandana According to Kenyan President William Ruto, the fight against terrorism in the Horn of Africa requires teamwork. The Kenyan President was speaking at the Somalia-Frontline States Summit in Mogadishu. The event had been organized by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of Somalia 🇸🇴 to strategize on how best to curb the threat posed by Al Shabaab […]
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Renson Mwakandana The largest religious group in Ethiopia, the Orthodox Church, has vowed to call for statewide demonstrations to be headed by its patriarch, Abuna Mathias. The church has reacted negatively to recent remarks made by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed regarding renegade clergy who were engaged in the nomination of bishops without the church’s consent. […]
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Renson Mwakandana This is the first summit of its kind under President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as Somalia brings together its neighbors in an effort to develop a coordinated strategy against Al-Shabaab insurgents. William Ruto, the president of Kenya, Abiy Ahmed, the prime minister of Ethiopia, and Ismael Ghuelleh, the leader of Djibouti, were scheduled to […]
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Renson Mwakandana East African Breweries Ltd.’s (EABL) sales in Kenya have decreased by 1% as a result of the country’s ongoing increase in excise taxes since last July, flattening the group’s earnings in the six months leading up to December 2022. In contrast to its half-year profits in December 2021, which were more than quadruple […]
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Renson Mwakandana On Friday, the body of a Tanzanian national killed in combat with Russian soldiers in Ukraine was brought home. Nemes Tarimo, 37, passed away three months ago after deciding to join the Wagner mercenary gang in Russia. Nemes Tarimo, killed in Ukraine /Yahoo News/ His corpse was picked up by his family at […]
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Renson Mwakandana A Kenyan court on Wednesday found a Venezuelan diplomat guilty m of killing the Latin American country’s acting ambassador ten years ago at her official house in Nairobi, the nation’s capital. The first secretary of the Venezuelan embassy, Dwight Sagaray, was convicted of murdering Olga Fonseca on July 27, 2012. Along with Mr. […]
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Renson Mwakandana IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva is participating in a roundtable discussion on funding for climate change today in Kigali, Rwanda, with East African finance ministers and central bank governors. Ms. Georgieva flew into Kigali from Zambia 🇿🇲 on Tuesday. Her trip to Rwanda coincides with her board’s approval of $319 million in concessional […]
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Renson Mwakandana US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the highest American representative to the UN, is scheduled to visit Kenya on Wednesday. The UN country team is anticipated to update Ms. Thomas-Greenfield on humanitarian programs, including the regional drought response and support for refugees. She will also meet with refugees who are waiting to be resettled in the United States […]
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Renson Mwakandana Five people were murdered when extremists with ties to al-Qaida assaulted a regional government office in the capital of Somalia on Sunday, according to the administration. Abdulkadir Adan, the founder of an organization that provides free ambulance services in Somalia, notes that his crew evacuated 16 injured persons from the area. The terrorist organization al-Shabab took […]
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Renson Mwakandana As Ethiopia struggles with high inflation rates, the head of Ethiopia’s central bank has been removed. The year 2018 saw the appointment of Yinager Dessie as governor of the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE), shortly after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed took office. Mamo Mihretu, who once advised the PM on economic matters and […]
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