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Kenya’s Economic Growth Slows In The Second Quarter Of 2024
Kenya’s economy expanded by 4.6% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2024, down from 5.6% in the corresponding quarter of the previous year, the national statistics office said on Wednesday.
The second quarter of 2023 gross domestic…
M23 Rebel Group Generates Approximately $300,000 Monthly From Mining- UN
A rebel group in Congo generates around $300,000 a month in revenue through its control of a mining area in the east of the country, a U.N. official said.
In April, the M23 — a rebel group with alleged links to Rwanda — seized…
Kenya: Deputy President Faces The sack
Kenya's embattled Deputy President, Rigathi Gachagua, calls himself the “truthful man”, attributing his remarkable rise to the fact that he speaks truth to power.
But as he faces impeachment proceedings, he says these troubles are also a…
Haitians face starvation as hunger reaches famine level
Some 6,000 people in Haiti are starving, with nearly half the population experiencing crisis levels of hunger as gang violence smothers life in the capital of Port-au-Prince and beyond, according to a new report released.
The family of…
African migrants, refugees continue to seek way to Europe
The United Nations says it has registered more than 350,000 Sudanese refugees and asylum seekers protections in North Africa so far this year, with 97,000 migrants entering Libya since last April.
"It is important to highlight that the…
UN extends Haiti security mission mandate for another year
The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously to extend the mandate of the Kenya-led multinational force helping to tackle gang violence in Haiti, after brushing off a call from Haiti to start talks on transforming it into a U.N. peacekeeping…
12 Migrants Die 10 Missing Off Tunisian Coast
At least 12 people died, including three infants, and 10 others were missing after their boat sank on Monday off the Tunisian coast Djerba as they sought to cross the Mediterranean to Europe.The coast guard rescued 29 people who had been on…
Libya Parliament Approves New Central Bank Governor
Libya’s eastern-based parliament agreed on Monday to approve the nomination of Naji Mohamed Issa Belqasem as the new governor of the central bank, part of efforts to end a crisis which has slashed the country’s oil output.
In a televised…
UAE Accuses Sudanese Army Of Attacking Its Ambassador’s Residence
The Sudanese army on Monday rejected an accusation by the United Arab Emirates that its forces had bombed the residence of the UAE ambassador in Khartoum, blaming instead the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
The UAE…
West Africa To See Two Solar Eclipses In 2025
Over South American skies next week, one ring will rule them all.
An annular solar eclipse – known as a “ring of fire” – will be visible on Wednesday, October 2nd, over Easter Island and the tips of Argentina and Chile.
But…