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Schwarzenegger detained by German customs over luxury watch

Actor and former US politician Arnold Schwarzenegger was detained by German customs officers at Munich Airport on Wednesday for failing to declare a valuable luxury watch. “He is sitting with us, that’s right,” a spokesman for the main customs office in Munich

January 18, 2024

Health·World

UN appeals for urgent funding to battle drought in Ethiopia

The UN’s humanitarian agency says it is concerned by the worsening drought in Ethiopia and needs more funds to step up its response efforts. The United Nations today stepped up its efforts to mitigate the effects of the worst drought to strike

January 18, 2024

World

Somalia turned back Ethiopian plane headed for Somaliland

Somalia has turned away a plane transporting officials from Ethiopia to the self-declared republic of Somaliland. Somalia’s information minister told the plane did not have permission to be in the country’s airspace. The Ethiopian officials were visiting Somaliland to discuss a deal,

January 18, 2024

World

Rwandan president Paul Kagame suggests UK could get money back

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has said he would return money to the UK if no asylum seekers are sent to his country under his deal with the government. The UK has paid £240m to Rwanda, with a further £50m to come. So

January 18, 2024

World

Kenya wins $941 million IMF loan boost

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday approved a $941 million lending boost to Kenya, with an immediate disbursement of $624.5 million. The disbursement under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) and Extended Credit Facility (ECF) programs will also be topped by a

January 18, 2024

Health·World

Zambia authorities begin vaccination against cholera

Zambia has commenced the administration of the oral cholera vaccine. On Tuesday authorities rolled out some doses in in Matero township, one of the most affected compounds of Lusaka, the country’s capital. The countrywide cholera outbreak has so far killed 363 people,

January 18, 2024

Business·World

Shell to exit Nigeria’s troubled onshore oil after nearly a century

Shell is set to conclude nearly a century of operations in Nigerian onshore oil and gas after agreeing to sell its subsidiary there to a consortium of five mostly local companies for up to $2.4 billion. The British energy giant pioneered Nigeria’s

January 18, 2024

Business·World

Kenya lost 4.2bn shillings to Telegram shutdown in 2023

Telegram, a widely used social media platform in Kenya, faced an unexplained disruption coinciding with the country’s college entrance examinations. Speculations arose regarding the motive behind the outage, with some suggesting a connection to preventing examination malpractice, given that the app remained

January 17, 2024

World

2 killed and 77 injured in a massive blast in southern Nigeria

Two people died and 77 others were injured after a massive blast rocked more than a dozen buildings in one of Nigeria’s largest cities Tuesday night, the governor said Wednesday, as rescue workers dug through the rubble in search of those feared

January 17, 2024

Politics·Swahili News·World

Comoros President Azali Assoumani wins fourth term in disputed poll

Comoros President Azali Assoumani has been re-elected for a fourth term in a poll disputed by the opposition as “fraudulent”. He secured the win with 63% of the vote, the electoral body Ceni said. Opposition candidates in the Indian Ocean archipelago alleged

January 17, 2024

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