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Turkey to start 'drilling' oil off Somali coast in 2025

Nairobi, April 23 -- Somalia says Turkey will begin drilling oil off the Horn of African country's massive coastline from next year, according to the Director General of the Somali Ministry of Petrole... Read More


Turkey to drill oil off Somali coast starting in 2025

Nairobi, April 23 -- Somalia says Turkey will begin drilling oil off the country's massive coastline from next year, according to the Director General of the Somali Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral R... Read More


Solution to the 'worshipainment' menace: The 'silent' disco model

Nairobi, April 22 -- Most Ugandans aged 100 years or less (which is about everybody) despise witchcraft (though some practise it secretly). They despise it because of the evils associated with it, suc... Read More


Andrew Dabalen: Funding squeeze not behind Africa yet

Nairobi, April 22 -- After close to 24 months without African economies being able to go to the global financial markets to raise debt due to high interest rates, Cote d'Ivoire, Benin and Kenya have m... Read More


Audit exposes cash sinkholes in Tanzania health fund

Nairobi, April 22 -- Tanzania's beleaguered National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) is on the verge of bankruptcy, blamed on the government's failure to pay a huge debt and rising fraud in card use, acc... Read More


Now look at the so-called liberators of Sahel region!

Nairobi, April 22 -- In a column titled There is no one coming to save us but ourselves, I cautioned against euphoric reception by citizens and pan-Africanist intellectuals of the coups in the Sahel a... Read More


Kenya opens window for Uganda powder milk

Nairobi, April 22 -- Authorities in Nairobi have placed order for more suppliers of milk powder from Uganda following reports that a drop in milk production is expected in the coming months. The East... Read More


Kenya opens window for Uganda's powder milk

Nairobi, April 22 -- Authorities in Nairobi have placed order for more suppliers of milk powder from Uganda following reports that a drop in milk production is expected in the coming months. The East... Read More


Debt, pending bills batter Africa economies in 2024

Nairobi, April 21 -- Several African countries reeling under the weight of economic and political problems are banking on rescue interventions from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (... Read More


Go slow on Eurobonds, UN agency urges distressed African economies

Nairobi, April 21 -- The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has warned developing countries facing a high risk of debt distress against issuing more Eurobonds. The UN agency,... Read More