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Burundians Seek Travel Documents Amid Kenya Business Crackdown

Hundreds of Burundian nationals gathered at the Burundian Embassy in Nairobi on Monday seeking travel documents as they prepared to leave Kenya following a government crackdown targeting small businesses operated by foreign nationals. The gathering comes amid heightened enforcement measures against foreign-run
September 8, 2026

Trump Delays Tech Tariffs to Ease Consumer Impact

President Donald Trump has paused a new wave of tariffs that would have hit smartphones, laptops, and key electronic components imported from countries like China. The decision offers a temporary breather to tech companies and everyday consumers alike, many of whom had
April 14, 2025

CHADEMA Faces Election Ban After Treason Charge

Tanzania’s primary opposition party may be barred from the upcoming general elections in October after its leader was charged with treason last week. On Saturday, the CHADEMA party chose to boycott an event where all political parties were expected to sign a
April 14, 2025

Putin Meets Trump’s Envoy Witkoff on Ukraine talks

  Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Steve Witkoff, a special envoy of U.S. President Donald Trump, in St. Petersburg on Friday to discuss the Ukraine conflict. The Kremlin stated that the meeting focused on “various aspects of the Ukrainian settlement,” with
April 13, 2025

CHADEMA Absent in Signing the Electoral Code of Ethics

Today in Dodoma, election stakeholders signed the Electoral Code of Ethics, but the main opposition party, Chama Cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (CHADEMA), was conspicuously absent from the event. According to Sections 162 (1), (2), and (3) of the Presidential, Parliamentary, and Councillor
April 12, 2025

Trump Open to New Deal with China

 President Donald Trump has expressed openness to negotiating a new trade deal with China, as tensions between the two global powers continue to escalate. The White House confirmed this stance, with Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt emphasizing the President’s readiness to engage in
April 12, 2025

China Raises U.S. Goods Tariffs to 125%

Tensions between China and the United States deepened on Friday after Beijing announced a sweeping increase in tariffs on American imports, raising them to 125% starting Saturday. The decision comes in direct retaliation to Washington’s latest hike on Chinese goods — a
April 12, 2025
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