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NAIROBI – Kenya and the Dominican Republic have signed a historic agreement to promote evacuation and home evacuation of injured Kenyans deployed in Haiti under the UN-backed Multinational Security Support Mission (MSSM). The agreement also covers dignified handling of bodies and logistical access through Dominican territory, and was signed during the first political talks between the two countries. The agreement was formalized during an official visit to Santo Domingo by D Musalia Mudavadi, the main Cabinet Secretary of Kenya and the Cabinet Secretary of Foreign and Diaspora. Mudavadi said the MOU is a testament to the Kenyan government’s commitment to…
Ivanhoe Atlantic Inc. acknowledges that it has sent recent media attention to the letter dated May 3, 2025 to members of the Inter-Ministerial Concession Committee (“IMCC”) to his Excellency, President Joseph N. Boachey and CC’d. The company understands that the letter may have caused a crime to some of its recipients. The company confirms that this has apologised for not intent of the letter but may have been interpreted by its contents. Mr. Burns spoke directly with President Boaches today to confirm his respect for his leadership and express his concern that the letter may have been misinterpreted. The conversation…
The US Africa Command (AFRICOM) confirmed on Sunday, May 11 that it had carried out a targeted airstrike in Toga Miraar, within the Kal Miscard Mountains in the Bali region of Somalia, aiming to suspect a hideout of ISIS group Da’ish. In an official statement, Africom revealed that the precision strike is targeting the location of Darshish, about 60 kilometres south of the town of Kandara. The airstrikes were carried out as part of an ongoing counterterrorism effort in collaboration with Somali regional troops, particularly the Pantoland Defence Force (PDF). The victim figures have not been released by Africom, but…
Damien McGuinnessBBC News in BerlinBBCSelf-proclaimed King Fitzek told the BBC he had no interest in modern Germany.The German self-declared “king” and three of his senior “kings” were arrested, and their group was banned for attempting to overthrow the state.Peter Fitzek, 59, was among those arrested in the morning raids in seven states on Tuesday.The government banned their group, the Empire, or “imperial citizens.” This is about to establish the Germans of Koeniglich Germany, or “the kingdom of Germany.”German Home Minister Alexander Dobrint accused the group of attempting to “defeat the rule of law” by creating an alternative state and spreading…
The Africa CDC hopes to note an article published by DeVex on May 12, 2025, and expresses concern over its headlines and overall framing. The claim that the World Bank has directed the African CDC to reduce staff positions is effectively incorrect. The African CDC has not implemented layoffs and has not received directives from the World Bank to eliminate certain positions. The ongoing internal staff review is led by the Africa CDC as part of a strategic reorganization designed to strengthen institutional efficiency, sustainability and collaboration with expanding continental mandate. The above was previously reported to Devex, but it…
The Nigerian Port Authority (NPA) has dismissed allegations of corruption in billions of naira that are said to be taking place in the authorities, describing them as false and sold by mischief makers. NPA Corporate and Strategic Communications, Ikechukwu Onyemekara, made a statement in a statement, making it clear that NPA budgets and expenditures will be subject to strict oversight by the Ministry of Maritime & Blue Economy. Onyemekara explained that dr’s contract on the Wallyeskurabos Channel (Nigeria’s oil and gas operation hub) became necessary because it needed to tackle increased channel sinking and international embarrassment and massive investment losses…
The Lagos State Government yesterday revealed that N1.3 trillion in internally generated revenue (IGR) in 2024, an increase of 45% from N89.5 billion in 2023. And this year, the government said it had raked it up to N33.3 billion IGRs so far from the N232BN generated in the first quarter of 2024. Finance Committee Member Abayomi Olyomi revealed this on Monday during a minister’s press briefing held in Arausa, Ikeja, as part of an effort to commemorate the sixth year of inaugurated Governor Babajde Sano Or. Oluyomi said N14 billion was collected from land use fees (LUCs), increasing property tax…
NAIROBI – A new report from Aceli Africa and Dalberg highlights Kenya when unlocking credit access for smallholder farmers following the success of a blend finance model piloted by Agri-Tech companies Hello Tractor and Heifer International. Started in Kenya and expanded to Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia, the initiative demonstrates that concession capital and local innovation and aftersales support can bring both financial benefits and social impacts. Hello Tractor outperformed Kenya’s key metrics and later traditional lenders, according to the 2024 Aceli Financial Benchmarks Report, which analyzed over 32,600 loans paid over $1.98 billion from 2020 to 2023. Hello Tractors’…
Ambassador Stephen Mbundi, Secretary of East African Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of East Africa, was engaged in discussions with Tanzania’s Somali ambassador Ilyas Ali Hassan regarding the bilateral relations between Tanzania and Somali. The meeting was held on May 12, 2025 at the office of the provincial in Dar es Salaam. The main agenda focused on promoting the issuance of visas for Somali citizens and implementing the recent contract and the memorandum of understanding between the two countries (Mous). Additionally, the ambassador has addressed the issue of arriving visas for Somali citizens, taking into…
Abuja – National Chair of APC, APC, Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje and Minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike, said yesterday that the destruction of the PDP is imminent. But Sen. Bott, PDP Council Chairman, Sen. Adolphus Wabara, said the party remains alive, as he expressed confidence in 2027 that PDP will rise again. Gandouye, who said the PDP was heading for extinction, was responding to comments by former Jigawa governor of Sule Lamido, who claimed that the APC would soon collapse and that former PDP members, including Ganduje, would return to the opposition. The APC Chairperson said in a statement from his…