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Kenya
Business News: Food prices rise for ninth straight month as drought ravages Kenya
Foodstuffs in Kenya are now priced at 12.54 per cent higher than they were at the same time in 2016. This has sent inflation to 6.99 per cent, the highest in eleven months.
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Egitto
Pharaohs aim fire on Burkina Faso in Cup of Nations semis
Egypt have gone about their business in this tournament in somewhat a reserved manner so far.
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Kenya
Amina Mohamed urges re-evaluation of Kenya's neighbours over her loss at AU polls
Foreign Affairs CS, who lost AU Commission poll, now wants Kenya's neighbours re-evaluated for abandoning her.
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USA
Samsung's First Biosimilar "Benepali" Achieves 100 Bil. Won Cumulative Sales in Europe
Samsung Bioepis' first biosimilar "Benepali" passed the 100-billion-won mark in cumulative sales in Europe. This milestone is achieved in one year after the sales of Benepali were approved in Europe in January 2016. An American pharmaceutical firm Biogen revealed its financial results on January 26, disclosing that the sales of ...
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Turchia
First Israeli-Turkish diplomatic talks in years kick off in Ankara
A Foreign Ministry statement said that this dialogue sends a positive message from both sides of a commitment to deepening the relationship between the two countries.
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USA
US: Israelis born in Muslim states not restricted by Trump travel ban
Both The US embassy and the Foreign Ministry have have received numerous calls since Sunday from Israelis concerned that their visas will not be honored, or that they cannot apply for a visa.
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USA Etiopia
Ethiopia school-feeding programme targets one million children in drought-affected areas
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: EthiopiaThe 2017 Ethiopia Humanitarian Requirements Document (HRD) seeks US$948 million to help 5.6 million people with emergency food and non-food assistance. Key Issues Government and the humanitarian community discuss the humanitarian situation in Ethiopian Ministry to launch school feeding for over a million students ...
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Nigeria
Nigeria’s Ezekiel Bassey joins Barcelona
Nigeria’s Ezekiel Bassey has joined Barcelona B squad on loan till the end of the season as the side chase promotion to the Segunda División. Bassey, a winger who plies his trade with Enyimba International, is Barcelona second signing of deadline day after Uruguayan defender Santiago Bueno joined the Catalan club ...
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USA
Democrats boycott votes on Trump Treasury, health picks
US Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked committee votes on two of Donald Trump’s nominations for key posts, heightening tensions over the new president’s cabinet picks as he blasts the opposition party for obstruction. “Today Senate Finance Democrats refused to move forward with nominations of Mnuchin & Price,” Senator Ron Wyden, ...
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USA Nigeria
USAID supports Nigeria’s agriculture sector with $600m yearly
The United States Agency for International Development’s office in Nigeria, on Tuesday announced that it supported the development of Nigeria’s agriculture sector with $600m (about N183bn) annually. USAID’s Mission Director in Nigeria, Mr. Michael Harvey, made the announcement in on the sidelines the inauguration of a new agricultural private sector ...