Weeding out foreigners: strains over Thailand legalization of marijuana

By Reuters,

Thailand is set to become the first Asian country to legalize medical marijuana, but a battle is brewing between local and foreign firms over control ...

Chokwan Kitty Chopaka an activist with Highlands Network a cannabis legalization advocacy group in Thailand , President Rodrigo Duterte’s anti-narcotics crackdown. , Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha , Puttipong Punnakanta , Thai Cannabis Corporation (TCC) , Thai market are British giant GW Pharmaceuticals and Japan’s Otsuka Pharmaceutical

Suspect linked to abduction of Italian woman arrested in Tana River

By Rob Liban,

One of the three suspects linked to the abduction of Italian aid worker Sylivia Romano in Chakama area, Kilifi County has been arrested. Ibrahim A...

chakama , italian woman kidnapped , Kilifi , Sylivia Constanca

Macron prepares response to ‘yellow vest’ protesters as Paris cleans up

By Wycliffe Nyamasege,

French President Emmanuel Macron will address the country on Monday as he seeks to placate “yellow vest” anti-government protesters who wreaked ha...

France , French President Emmanuel Macron , yellow vest

Inside Europe’s most powerful mafia – the ‘Ndrangheta

By CNN,

Back in 2010, Domenico Oppedisano was often seen taking his fruit to market in the town of Rosarno in southern Italy, chugging around in his three-whe...

Cecilia Alesi , Cosa Nostra , Domenico Oppedisano , drug trafficking , mafia , Ndrangheta , Operation Pollino

Nairobi: The fastest city on the planet?

By CNN,

Nairobi's only been a city since 1954, but it's been making up for lost time ever since. The capital of Kenya is now a thriving metropolis that con...

Richard Quest Nairobi

Who are the ‘yellow vest’ protesters causing chaos in France?

By CNN,

It began as a movement among a few people in lower middle-class rural France protesting a new eco-tax on fuel they felt would push their budgets over ...

rural France , yellow vest

Number of French games cancelled due to protests rises to six

By Reuters,

The number of this weekend’s French top-flight soccer matches that have been cancelled rose to six on Thursday amid concerns about planned anti-gove...

French Ligue 1 , protests

Uhuru asks farmers to adopt modern technologies

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has called on farmers in the country to adopt modern farming and livestock production technologies. This is in order to ac...

Uhur Kenyatta

France’s Macron hunts for way out of ‘yellow vest’ crisis

By Reuters,

France’s prime minister met with opposition leaders on Monday as President Emmanuel Macron sought a way to defuse nationwide protests over high livi...

France , France President Emmanuel Macron , France Prime Minister

China to build underwater bullet train route

By CNN,

There's no slowing China's high-speed rail ambitions. Beijing has just green lighted a project to build the first underwater bullet train route in ...

Presidents Kenyatta, Magufuli open one stop border post at Namanga

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Tanzanian counterpart John Pombe Magufuli on Saturday pitched for small traders facilitation as they officially launc...

African Development Bank , Namanga One Stop Border Post (OSBP).

Experts: African fishing communities face ‘extinction’ as Blue Economy grows

By VOA,

Fishing communities along Africa's coastline are at a greater risk of extinction as countries eye oceans for tourism, industrial fishing and explorati...

Andre Standing , Blue economy , Blue Economy Conference , Coalition for Fair Fisheries Arrangements , Confederation of African Artisanal Fishing in Gambia. , Dawda Saine , Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) , U.N

Gov’t allays insecurity fears after Italian woman kidnapped in Kenyan Coast

By Wycliffe Nyamasege,

The Kenyan Tourism Ministry has allayed fears of insecurity at the Coastal region as the search for an Italian woman kidnapped in Kilifi intensifies. ...

italian woman kidnapped , Mulei Muia , Sylivia Constanca , Tourism Ministry

Uhuru, Nyusi push for more trade between Kenya and Mozambique

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Mozambican counterpart Filipe Nyusi have challenged the private sector to exploit what they term as a huge trade pote...

Filipe Nyusi , Mozambique Kenya relations

Kenya, Mozambique sign visa waiver to allow free movement of people

By PSCU,

Kenya and Mozambique on Wednesday signed a visa waiver framework, paving the way for free movement of people that will boost trade between the two cou...

Deputy President William Ruto , kenya , Mozambican First Lady Isaura Nyusi , Mozambique , Mozambique President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi , President Uhuru Kenyatta , Sustainable Blue Economy Conference , VISA

Israel to turn to U.S. government over Airbnb removal of settlement listings

By Reuters,

Israel plans to consult with the U.S. government over a decision by home-renting company <AirBnB Inc> to remove listings in Jewish settlements i...

AirBnB Inc , Gilad Erdan , Israel , Israeli Army Radio , U.S. government

Nakuru Governor Lee Kinyanjui fires Youth CEC over gross misconduct

By Ian Omondi,

Nakuru County Governor Lee Kinyanjui on Monday fired Youth, Gender and Social Services CEC Halima Gababa after she was found liable of gross misconduc...

CEC Halima Gababa , Governor Lee Kinyanjui , gross misconduct , Nakuru County , Trade CEC Peter Evans Kiplang’at

Nigerian millennials fuel domestic tourism

By Reuters,

Deola Akeju stood under the gushing waterfalls of Ikogosi in western Nigeria, laughing with her friends and other travelers as they explored the fores...

Information and Culture Minister Lai Mohammed , Nigeria , Nigerian millennials , Social Prefect Tours (SPT) , Tourism in Nigeria

Marsabit Governor Mohamud Ali reshuffles Cabinet

By Ruth Leonorah,

Marsabit County Governor Mohamud Ali on Friday announced changes to the County Executive Committee members and Chief Officers in a bid to enhance effi...

Abdullahi Barako , Marsabit County Governor Mohamud Ali

Morocco to get Africa’s first high-speed train

By CNN,

French President Emmanuel Macron and Morocco's King Mohammed VI are expected to inaugurate Africa's first high-speed train line on Thursday. These ...

Africa's fastest train , Fastest train , French President Emmanuel Macron , Morocco , Morocco's King Mohammed VI