BY VOA The U.S. State Department announced Friday that it is imposing visa restrictions on South Sudanese officials and others who have obstructed humanitarian aid by taxing shipments. South Sudan, which suffered a crushing civil war from 2013 to 2018, is now facing one of the world’s most dire humanitarian crises. Persistent conflict, natural disasters,…
BY VOA eijing — China rolled out the red carpet on Monday for leaders from across Africa, seeking to deepen ties with the resource-rich continent it has furnished with billions in loans for infrastructure and development. Beijing has said this week’s China-Africa forum will be its largest diplomatic event since the COVID-19 pandemic, with more…
Beijing — African leaders descend on China’s capital this week, seeking funds for big-ticket infrastructure projects as they eye mounting great power competition over resources and influence on the continent. China has expanded ties with African nations in the past decade, furnishing them with billions in loans that have helped build infrastructure but also sometimes…
The Mountain Journal A Kenya who fled from the US after he allegedly killed a lady will face a murder charge in Suffolk Superior Court in Boston on September 3. Kelvin Kang’ethe, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) said will face trial in the US after he secured an extradition order from the court. Kang’ethe…
The 70 tea processing factories last week sold 2,240,447 kilogrammes, through the Mombasa auction, as Imenti farmers achieved the highest sale of Sh349 per kilogramme. In the weekly sale, the farmers sold the produce valued at Sh2 billion which was bought by local and international buyers. In the sale,Imenti registered an increment as compared to…
Two children in north-western Nigeria have died after the building they were in collapsed, adding to the dozens who have lost their lives during weeks of severe flooding, the country’s disaster agency said. The National Emergency Management Agency (Nema) reported that the children died in Katsina, one of the seven north-western states hit particularly hard…
Rescuers in the Russian far-east have found no survivors in the wreckage of a helicopter that disappeared while carrying 22 people – most of them tourists. The aircraft went missing on Saturday after taking off from a base near the Vachkazhets volcano in the Kamchatka peninsula. Officials said on Sunday that 17 bodies had been…
The Mountain Journal Three branches of a leading supermarket with branches in Nyeri and Nanyuki reopen this week following the destruction associated with anti government protests in June this year. In Nyeri town, the branch will be reopened on Monday with customers invited for a brief pre launch event. In Nanyuki town the two branches…
By Francis Kamande a coffee auction expert Farmers across the coffee belt are seeking the registration of new players to provide Direct Settlement System (DSS) to satisfy the expanding coffee sector in Kenya. With the increased clamour for recruitment of a second player as an alternative to the Cooperative Bank of Kenya, the farmers say…
