Zimbabwe’s unlicensed foreign currency traders face 10-year jail

By Reuters,

Unlicensed foreign currency traders in Zimbabwe face up to 10 years in jail if convicted and lose their money and assets when new exchange control rul...

Foreign Currency , President Emmerson Mnangagwa , Virginia Mabhiza , Zimbabwe

Planet has only until 2030 to stop climate catastrophe, experts warn

By CNN,

Governments around the world must take "rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society" to avoid disastrous levels of global ...

CLIMATE CHANGE , climatic changes , GLOBAL WARMING

President Uhuru Kenyatta to address the nation over 16pc fuel tax

By Rachel Ombaka,

President Uhuru Kenyatta is expected to address the nation on Friday over the controversial 16percent fuel tax that was recently implemented. In a ...

fuel tax

Fuel tax: Uhuru to meet CS Rotich, Speaker Muturi at State House

By Citizen Reporter,

President Uhuru Kenyatta is expected to meet Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich and Parliament Leadership on Tuesday over the 16percent fuel tax....

fuel tax , Henry Rotich , Uhuru kenyatta

Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir sacks entire cabinet

By Reuters,

President Omar al-Bashir dissolved the Sudanese government on Sunday and named a new prime minister, moves aimed at fixing a crisis-hit economy batter...

President Omar-Al-Bashir , Sudan , Sudan government dissolved

Fuel shortage: Heavy police presence at Industrial Area depot

By Citizen Reporter,

There was heavy police presence at the Industrial Area fuel depot in Nairobi as tankers queued to stem the fuel shortage on Thursday morning. This ...

fuel shortage

Fuel shortage now hits President Uhuru Kenyatta’s backyard

By Citizen Team,

Motorists were forced to park their cars at petrol stations in Gatundu following the fuel shortage that has hit the country after the 16pc tax was imp...

fuel shortage , fuel tax , Gatundu

Police to arrest protesting petroleum dealers as fuel shortage bites

By Citizen Reporter,

Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinnet has warned that the independent petroleum dealers currently barricading the Industrial area depot in Nairob...

16% VAT , fuel shortage , Inspector General of Police , Joseph Boinnet , Petroleum PS Andrew Kamau

We will not renew your licenses, ERC warns transporters as fuel shortage persists

By Wangui Ngechu,

The Energy Regulatory Commission has threatened not to renew licenses for fuel transporters who took part in protests over the 16percent fuel tax. ...

ERC , fuel shortage , fuel tax

Fuel shortage bites as Gov’t warns dealers against protest over 16pc VAT

By Francis Gachuri,

Fuel shortage is being experienced in several parts of the country even as the Government warns dealers against trying to sabotage operations. Also...

Finance Bill 2018. , fuel tax

US military commander: On North Korea, the lack of trust is the enemy

By CNN,

The top US military commander on the Korean peninsula said Friday that even as the United States and North Korea work on easing tensions and working t...

Denuclearization of the Korean Peniinsula , North Korea , North Korean leader Kim Jong Un , The United States , U.S President Donald Trump

Japan floods kill at least 126

By Reuters,

Rescuers in western Japan dug through mud and rubble early on Tuesday, racing to find survivors after torrential rain that began last week unleashed f...

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga , Hiroshima , JAPAN , Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

Japan races to find survivors of floods that killed nearly 100

By Reuters,

Rescuers in Japan dug through mud and rubble on Monday, racing to find survivors after torrential rains unleashed widespread floods and landslides tha...

floods , JAPAN , Landslides , Mazda Motor Corp , Torrential rains

Sudan holding journalists arrested while covering protests

By VOA,

Authorities in Sudan were holding an Agence France-Presse (AFP) journalist on Thursday after he was arrested a day earlier while covering demonstratio...

Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali , AFP journalists arested in Sudan , President Omar-Al-Bashir , Sudan communist party , Sudan holding journalists arrested while covering protests , Sudan's National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS).

Zimbabwe Plagued by Lack of Cash as It Begins Post-Mugabe Era

By VOA,

Like many Zimbabweans, Esau Makwindi is frustrated over the liquidity crisis that has made it near-impossible for ordinary people to get cash in the S...

Trump declares North Korea state sponsor of terror

By AFP,

President Donald Trump declared North Korea a state sponsor of terrorism on Monday even as his top diplomat said Washington has not given up hope of a...

Anti-Trump forces Look for breakthrough in Wisconsin , ITALY SANCTIONS ON NORTH KOREA , North Korea , NORTH KOREA ON TRUMP

Govt. in plans to track gas cylinders

By Citizen Reporter,

The government has initiated plans that could soon require all cooking gas retailers to install tracking devices on their cylinders as part of measure...

cylinders , ERC , gas , gas consumption , illegal refilling , Ministry of Energy and Petroleum , oil maketers

Hurricane Irma strengthens, tears into Cuba’s northern coast

By Reuters,

Hurricane Irma walloped Cuba's northern coast on Saturday as a Category 5 storm, as millions of Florida residents were ordered to evacuate after the s...

Already Under Water, Houston Faces New Deluge From Stalled Tropical Storm

By VOA,

Houston, the fourth largest U.S. city, and large parts of southeastern Texas are under water, overwhelmed by tropical storm rains of historic proporti...

98 people killed in China storm , floods , HOUSTON , tropical storm , U.S. city

Qatar ‘extremely comfortable’ despite sanctions, markets stabilize

By Reuters,

Qatar's financial markets stabilized on Monday after a week of losses as the government showed it could keep the economy running in the face of sancti...

President Kenyatta In Qatar , Qatar Airways , Qatar Football Association , Qatar National Bank investigating alleged data hack , Qatar World Cup , Qatari Mohamed Bin Hammam