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Gabon junta leader Gen Nguema seeks democratic way to stay in power

Nairobi, April 19 -- Gabon's General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema has struggled with military and civilian protocol. On one foreign visit, he showed up at the host's presidential palace with a pistol... Read More


Listed banks pay out 49pc of NSE dividends

Nairobi, April 19 -- Listed banks accounted for nearly half of all dividends paid out by Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) firms, an analysis of data from the bourse shows. The lenders' latest divide... Read More


What Africa should push for in Bretton Woods debt review

Nairobi, April 19 -- One of the highlights of the just concluded International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington, DC, was the announcement that the two Bretton Woods len... Read More


Safaricom boost as Ethiopia slashes termination charges

Nairobi, April 19 -- Safaricom's subsidiary in Ethiopia has been handed a boost after the country's telecommunications regulator cut mobile termination rates (MTR) by a quarter, making it less costly ... Read More


Kenyan trucks with tonnes of potatoes stuck at border after Uganda raises levy

Nairobi, April 18 -- Close to 30 trucks from Kenya loaded with tonnes of Irish potatoes are stuck at the Busia border after the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) increased the withholding tax by up to 10... Read More


Africa remains vague on Iran-Israel dispute

Nairobi, April 18 -- Africa is steering clear of the debate on whether Israel should retaliate, de-escalate or if Iran was wrong or right in attacking Israel on Saturday last week. Iran sent drones a... Read More


Kenya Airways, airlines cancel Dubai flights as severe weather hits UAE

Nairobi, April 18 -- Kenya Airways has cancelled passenger flights in and out of Dubai following severe weather and ongoing floods in the Middle East nation. The carrier in a statement Wednesday said... Read More


China writes off interest-free loans given to Zimbabwe

Nairobi, April 18 -- China has written off an unspecified amount of Zimbabwe's interest-free loans and pledged to help the Southern African country find a way out of its debt crisis, even as activists... Read More


President Ruto announces death of Kenya military chief Francis Ogolla

Nairobi, April 18 -- Kenya's Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Francis Ogolla is dead, President William Ruto has confirmed. General Ogolla died on Thursday afternoon after a Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) h... Read More


Kenya army chief involved in deadly chopper crash

Nairobi, April 18 -- A Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) helicopter Thursday afternoon crashed and caught fire in Sindar area on the border of West Pokot and Elgeyo Marakwet counties. The chopper was carryin... Read More