Johns Hopkins: 39.7 million global COVID-19 cases

By VOA,

Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center reported early Sunday that there are nearly 39.7 million COVID-19 infections worldwide and 1.1 million death...

coronavirus

Raychelle Omamo, Sylvia Mulinge among 100 most influential African women

By Citizen Reporter,

Raychelle Omamo and Sylvia Mulinge are among 100 most influential women in Africa in 2020. Omamo is Kenya's Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary and M...

graca machel , Raychelle Omamo , Sylvia Mulinge

DIAZ: 2020/2021 Kenya budget a short in the arm for local industry in advent of COVID-19

By Guest Writer,

In spite of having featured as one of the four thematic development pillars for Kenya over the medium, manufacturing has been seen by many observers t...

budget , coronavirus , kicotec , PPEs

UK overtakes Italy to record highest coronavirus death toll anywhere in Europe

By CNN,

The UK has suffered more deaths from coronavirus than any other country in Europe, reaching a grim milestone that piles further scrutiny on the resp...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , PPE , Prime Minister Boris Johnson

AU demands ‘immediate remedial measures’ from China after claims of hostility towards Africans

By Citizen Reporter,

The African Union is demanding that China remedy the situation in parts of the country where foreigners are allegedly being mistreated. The stateme...

china , coronavirus

Botswana President Eric Masisi self-isolates after trip to Namibia

By Agencies,

Botswana President Eric Masisi is in self-isolation for 14 days after a trip to Namibia where three people tested positive for the novel coronavirus. ...

coronavirus , masisi

How China is slowly expanding its power in Africa, one TV set at a time

By CNN,

In the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, Michael Nganga is watching a Chinese Kung Fu movie. His small home in Limuru doesn't have running water and i...

China in Africa , Pang tV , StarTimes , TRANSSION

E.U slaps sanctions on Turkey over gas drilling off cyprus

By VOA,

European Union foreign ministers on Monday turned up the pressure on Turkey after approving an initial batch of sanctions against the country over its...

Cyprus , European union , Mevlut Cavusoglu , President Nicos Anastasiades , sanctions

Germany, France, UK, EU urge Iran to revert to upholding nuclear deal

By Reuters,

The foreign ministers of Germany, France, Britain and the European Union said on Tuesday that they were concerned about Iran scaling up its Uranium en...

EU , Iran , Nuclear Deal , revert , Uranium

Three Somalia gov’t officials denied entry at JKIA in diplomatic standoff

By Citizen Reporter,

Kenya's diplomatic tiff with Somalia seems to have stiffened after three officials with diplomatic passports were denied entry at the Jomo Kenyatta In...

Ilyas Ali Hassan , Maritime dispute , osman libah , Zamzam Dahir

Iran on the spot for ordering drone attacks on oil pipeline.

By VOA,

Saudi Arabia’s deputy defense minister on Thursday accused Iran of ordering an attack on Saudi oil pumping stations that Yemen’s Iran-aligned Hout...

Iran , OPEC , Saudi Arabia , united arab emirates , United Nations , UNITED STATE OF AMERICA

EU rejects any ultimatums after Iran’s move on nuclear deal

By Reuters,

The European Union and the foreign ministers of Germany, France and Britain on Thursday said they were still committed to the Iran nuclear deal but wo...

UK’s May fires defense secretary over Huawei leak

By Reuters,

British Prime Minister Theresa May fired her defense minister on Wednesday over a leak of discussions in the National Security Council about Chinese t...

Theresa May cannot come back from her Easter ‘holiday’ empty-handed

By CNN,

Sending lawmakers off on an unexpected Easter break after the Brexit deadline was extended for six months, Theresa May told them to use the opportuni...

brexit , Easter , Theresa May

G7 powers urge Haftar to halt advance on Libya’s capital

By Reuters,

Eastern Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar must heed international warnings to halt his advance on Libya’s capital, Italy’s foreign minister said, as...

Eastern Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar , Enzo Milanesi

No-deal Brexit outlawed as Theresa May faces fury from her own side

By CNN,

UK lawmakers have finally agreed on something related to Brexit. By the narrowest of margins, the House of Commons voted in favor of legislation wh...

brexit , European Union (EU) , United Kingdom (UK)

Malaysia rejects call to free Vietnamese accused in Kim Jong Nam killing

By Reuters,

Malaysia’s attorney-general on Thursday rejected Vietnam’s request to free a woman accused of the murder of Kim Jong Nam, the half-brother of Nort...

Kim Jong Nam , Malaysia , Vietnam

Pakistan prepares to return Indian pilot as confrontation cools

By Reuters,

Pakistan prepared to release a captured Indian pilot on Friday as the nuclear powers scaled back their confrontation, at least temporarily, while Indi...

Captured Indian pilot , pakistan

Sudan’s Bashir declares state of emergency, dissolves gov’t

By Reuters,

Sudan President Omar al-Bashir, facing the country’s biggest popular protests since he came to power 30 years ago, declared a one-year state of emer...

Bashir , sudan emergency

Transatlantic rift laid bare as US rebukes EU allies over Iran deal

By VOA,

The United States has called on Europe to abandon the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, which Washington pulled out of last year. At a two-day conferenc...

EU , Iran deal , Mike Pence