African Stories in Perspective
African Stories in Perspective
Tokyo, Japan, – Efforts to unlock greater Japanese private sector investment in Africa took centre stage this week as the African Trade & Investment Development Insurance (ATIDI), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), and Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI) co-hosted a high-level side event during the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9) in Yokohama. […]
Anchorage, Alaska – U.S. President Donald Trump welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin to the United States on Friday for talks centered on ending the war in Ukraine. The two leaders exchanged a warm greeting on a red carpet hastily rolled out at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, where they held a series of closed-door […]
Sudan’s Military Industry Corporation announced the signing of a defense contract with Pakistan worth more than 1.5 billion US dollars. The agreement was concluded during an official visit to Islamabad, led by Air Force Commander Lt. Gen. Pilot Al-Tahir Mohammed, accompanied by a high-level delegation from the corporation. The pact was sealed during a high-level […]
Vihiga, Kenya – Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs, Musalia Mudavadi, has called on elected leaders to put service delivery at the forefront of their mandate rather than offering excuses or shifting blame. Speaking during the commissioning of a newly installed X-ray machine at Itando Mission Health Care in Hamisi […]
Bungoma Court Adjourns KES 11M Graft Case Against Former Nzoia Sugar Company Managing Director and Other Top Officials The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) graft case involving former Nzoia Sugar Company Managing Director Godfrey Sifuna Wanyonyi and seven other executive officials failed to proceed today in Bungoma Anti-Corruption Court. The case was scheduled to conclude […]
A Chinese warship ploughed into its own coast guard vessel on Monday while the latter was chasing a Philippine vessel in the South China Sea, Manila said. Philippine coast guard officials were distributing aid to fishermen in the disputed Scarborough Shoal, Commodore Jay Tarriela said, when the Chinese coast guard “performed a risky manoeuvre” which […]
Gaza City (Prime Africa) – Renowned Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent Anas al-Sharif, 28, has been killed alongside four of his colleagues in what the network has condemned as a “premeditated attack on press freedom”. The journalists were sheltering in a tent outside Gaza City’s al-Shifa Hospital on Sunday night when an Israeli airstrike hit, killing […]
Aberdares, Kenya – What was meant to be a joyful day of health, fitness, and team spirit turned into a night of anxiety and frustration when a middle-aged woman from Utawala, Nairobi County, vanished during a mountain climbing expedition in the Rurimeria region of the Aberdares. Teresiah Muthoni, a resident of Utawala, is believed to […]
NAIROBI, Kenya – Kenya’s Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda took a major step forward today, as more than 1,100 business groups in Nairobi received tools, equipment, and funding support aimed at boosting small-scale enterprises and uplifting marginalized communities. Speaking during the Nairobi County Empowerment Programme at State House, Nairobi, the President affirmed the government’s unwavering commitment […]
ACCRA/DAR ES SALAAM/KAMPALA – Ghana, Tanzania and Uganda face the highest risk in Africa of a sharp drop in their foreign-exchange reserves if global gold prices suddenly tumble, Fitch Solutions’ BMI unit has warned. The three countries rely heavily on bullion for export revenues, with gold accounting for as much as 45% of Ghana’s export […]
