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Kenya parliament votes to double foreign borrowing limit

YoopyaDecember 10, 2014July 6, 2023

by YoopyaDecember 10, 2014July 6, 202305

NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan lawmakers voted on Tuesday to double the government’s limit on borrowing from foreign sources to 2.5 trillion shillings ($28 billion). Finance...

Africa News World

ICC prosecutor drops charges against Kenyan president: Kenyan TV

YoopyaDecember 5, 2014July 12, 2023

by YoopyaDecember 5, 2014July 12, 202302

NAIROBI (Reuters) – The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor has withdrawn charges of crimes against humanity directed at Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenyan television reported on...

Africa News World

Kenya’s Ali Mazrui: Death of a towering intellectual

YoopyaOctober 14, 2014July 15, 2023

by YoopyaOctober 14, 2014July 15, 202305

Ali Mazrui, who has died at the age of 81, is regarded as one of Africa’s foremost intellectuals. The BBC’s Frenny Jowi looks back at...

Africa News World

Uhuru Kenyatta’s ICC prosecution close to collapse as lawyers demand acquittal

YoopyaOctober 14, 2014July 15, 2023

by YoopyaOctober 14, 2014July 15, 202306

Kenyan president close to walking free after being accused of crimes against humanity as his lawyers say the prosecution have ‘no evidence’ The highest-profile case...

Africa Business World

StanChart to hire 1,000 more staff in Africa

YoopyaOctober 8, 2014July 25, 2023

by YoopyaOctober 8, 2014July 25, 202303

LONDON (Reuters) – Standard Chartered plans to hire at least 1,000 more staff in Africa in the next couple of years, an increase of more...

Africa News World

Kenyan president arrives at global court as allies call for trial delay

YoopyaOctober 8, 2014July 25, 2023

by YoopyaOctober 8, 2014July 25, 202305

By Thomas Escritt THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Kenya’s president arrived at the International Criminal Court on Wednesday for a hearing over his indictment on charges...

News Sports

Kenyan Kimetto smashes marathon record in Berlin

YoopyaSeptember 28, 2014July 15, 2023

by YoopyaSeptember 28, 2014July 15, 202309

BERLIN (Reuters) – Kenya’s Dennis Kimetto smashed the marathon world record in Berlin on Sunday, winning the race in a time of two hours, two...

Environment

Environmental crime: Surging environmental crime funds conflicts, hurts growth: U.N.

YoopyaJune 25, 2014May 31, 2023

by YoopyaJune 25, 2014May 31, 202304

(Reuters) – Surging environmental crime, from illegal logging to elephant poaching, is worth up to $213 billion a year and is helping to fund armed...

Africa News World

Africa: 48 Kenyans dead: Witness: Gunmen killed Christians

YoopyaJune 16, 2014July 16, 2023

by YoopyaJune 16, 2014July 16, 202303

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Dozens of extremists attacked a Kenyan coastal town for hours, killing those who weren’t Muslim and those who didn’t know the...

Africa Business

Business: British Billionaire David Sainsbury Launches African Investment Company

YoopyaMay 24, 2014September 7, 2023

by YoopyaMay 24, 2014September 7, 202304

British retail billionaire Lord David Sainsbury has reportedly set up an investment vehicle to invest solely in East African businesses. According to a report by...