Revealed: How Samburu County top officials plotted theft of Ksh.2B

By Wangui Ngechu,

The anti-graft czar has revealed how Samburu county officials embezzled public funds amounting to Ksh.2billion. EACC boss Twalib Mbarak said invest...

corruption , EACC , Samburu governor Moses Lenolkulal

Drug lord El Chapo won’t pay for wall: Lawyer

By CNN,

An attorney for Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has a message for Texas Sen. Ted Cruz: The recently convicted drug kingpin is not paying for the wall. Gu...

el chapo , Senator Ted Cruz , Sinaloa cartel

U.S. judge rules former Venezuelan oil minister owes $1.4B

By Reuters,

A federal judge in Houston ordered a former Venezuelan oil minister this week to pay the owners of a defunct Houston oil company $1.4 billion in damag...

Harvest Natural Resources

Egypt Central Bank cuts key interest rates after inflation eases

By Reuters,

Egypt central bank made a surprise cut to its overnight interest rates on Thursday, citing a strong drop in inflation and an improvement in other macr...

Egypt Central Bank

Nigeria tribunal issues arrest warrant for top judge before elections

By Reuters,

A tribunal on Wednesday issued an arrest warrant for Nigeria’s suspended chief judge for failing to appear for trial over alleged breaches of asset ...

European union , Nigeria , President Muhammadu Buhari , Walter Onnoghen

‘Sexist’ data holds women back, Bill and Melinda Gates say

By Reuters,

"Sexist" data is making it harder to improve women's and girls' lives, the world's leading philanthropic couple Bill and Melinda Gates said Tuesday in...

bill gates , Melinda Gates , sexist data

Defiant Iran taunts U.S. as revolution turns 40

By Reuters,

Hundreds of thousands of Iranians marched and some burned U.S. flags to mark the revolution’s 40th anniversary on Monday as Iran’s leaders showed ...

Iran , President Donald Trump , PRESIDENT HASSAN ROUHANI

25 luxury cars confiscated as son of E.G. President suffers hit

By Reuters,

Swiss prosecutors said on Thursday they had closed a money-laundering inquiry into a son of the President of Equatorial Guinea with an arrangement to ...

Equatorial Guinea , Teodore Obiang

France recalls Italy ambassador after worst verbal onslaught ‘since the war

By Reuters,

French President Emmanuel Macron’s government recalled its ambassador to Rome on Thursday in a move unprecedented since World War Two, saying it was...

European union , France , Paolo Gentiloni , President Emmanuel Macron

Libya’s sovereign wealth fund chairman detained: official

By Reuters,

The chairman of Libya’s LIA sovereign wealth fund, Ali Mahmoud Hassan Mohamed, was detained on Wednesday for an investigation into alleged “corrup...

Ali Mahmoud Hassan Mohamed , corruption , detained , libya

China just quietly wrote off a chunk of Cameroon’s debt. Why the secrecy?

By CNN,

When top Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi met Cameroon President Paul Biya in the capital Yaounde last month and wrote off a chunk of the African country'...

Assets Recovery Agency opposes ex-PS Omollo’s bid to access her bank accounts

By Dzuya Walter,

The Assets Recovery Agency on Monday asked the court to dismiss an application filed by former Youth Affairs Principal Secretary Lilian Omollo seeking...

Assets Recovery Agency , Justice Hedwig Ong'udi , Lilian Omollo , NYS scandal

ConocoPhillips beats profit estimates on higher production, prices

By Reuters,

ConocoPhillips beat quarterly profit estimates on Thursday as the world’s largest independent oil producer sold more oil at higher prices, sending i...

ConocoPhillips , production , profit

Nigerian opposition candidate to consider amnesty for corruption suspects

By Reuters,

Nigerian opposition presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar said on Wednesday he would consider an amnesty for corruption suspects in order to help reco...

Abubakar , corruption , Nigerian

South Korea’s Netmarble to form consortium for Nexon holding company bid

By Reuters,

South Korean gaming firm Netmarble said it will form a consortium to bid for a controlling stake in Nexon’s holding company, the latest to show inte...

Nexon , South Korea

Maduro’s fate seen as resting with Venezuela’s army

By VOA,

The sanctions imposed on Venezuela's state-owned oil firm Monday by the United States have the potential to change the power dynamic in the standoff b...

MADURO , Venezuela

U.S. sanctions on Venezuelan oil reverberate globally

By Reuters,

The Trump administration’s sanctions on Venezuelan oil, aimed at driving President Nicolas Maduro from power, sent shockwaves around the world on Tu...

President Nicolas Maduro , sanctions , U.S , Venezuela , White House

Owner of biggest U.S. power utility, files for bankruptcy

By Reuters,

Power provider PG&E Corp filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Tuesday, succumbing to liabilities stemming from wildfires in Nor...

bankruptcy , PG&E

EACC, DPP: Properties worth billions recovered as war on corruption intensifies

By Allan Irungu,

Two agencies tasked with fighting corruption, the Ethics and Anti-corruption Commission (EACC) and Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP...

DPP boss Noordin Haji. , EACC , Twalib Abdallah Mbarak , University of Nairobi (UoN) , UON land

US sanctions Venezuela’s state-owned oil company

By VOA,

The Trump administration is imposing sanctions on Venezuela's state-run oil company, saying it wants to preserve the assets for the Venezuelan people....

US sanctions , Venezuela state owned oil company