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Kenya has signed deals with UAE's ADNOC and Saudi Aramco for the supply of petroleum products with a six months credit period. The energy minister said the move is designed to curb demand for dollars that has weakened the local currency.…

At least 5 people have been killed and 11 wounded, including a governor, in a suicide bombing in southwestern Somalia. The attack was not immediately claimed, but eyes are on the Shebab, an al-Qaeda-affiliated group that regularly…

US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken is travelling to Africa for a two-nation tour the latest in a series of visits to the continent by top American officials. Security, a ravaging drought, and the jihadist threat in the Sahel will be…

The death toll in Malawi from Tropical Storm Freddy has risen to 99. Report says 85 deaths have been recorded in the city of Blantyre alone. The country is struggling to contain the effects of the storm, which has wreaked devastation,…

Kenya's President William Ruto has appointed Susan Koech, a career banker who has also worked in top government posts, to be the second deputy governor of the central bank. Report says the post had been unoccupied for more than five…

Japan has marked the 12th anniversary of the massive earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster with a minute of silence nationwide. The 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that ravaged large parts of Japan's northeastern coast on March…

A bomb exploded during an award ceremony for journalists in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e-Sharif, killing at least one person and wounding eight, including children. Police spokesman, Mohammad Asif Waziri said the blast went off at…

Angola says it will send a military unit to the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. This comes days after a truce it brokered failed to end fighting. Both sides in the conflict the M23 rebels and government troops have accused each…

The Chinese government has elected a new premier. Report says Li Qiang was nominated as China's next premier by President Xi Jinping and has been formally elected by parliament. Li Qiang, the former Communist Party leader of the country's…

The International Criminal Court, ICC has halted the trial of a suspected financier of the Rwandan genocide of 1994. Félicien Kabuga, who is 90, was set to face trial after evading capture for 26 years, but his lawyers say he has dementia…