Bloodshed in Homa Bay: Is Kenya’s police management failing the Take a look at?
INFOGRAPHIC/EYEWITNESS MEDIA. By PATRICK MAYOYO The tragic occasions in Homa Bay, which left two folks lifeless, together with a police officer, and injured 54 others, have as soon as once more uncovered the persistent problem of goonism, legal gangs and political violence in Kenya. Past the speedy lack of life and destruction, the incident raises…
Evaluation-Trump heads into midterms brief on overseas coverage wins
By Humeyra Pamuk, Andrea Shalal and Steve Holland WASHINGTON, Aug 22 (Reuters) – With the Iran battle now at a expensive standoff and crises from Ukraine to Gaza nonetheless unresolved, President Donald Trump’s formidable overseas coverage agenda seems caught as he heads into November’s midterm elections. The setbacks are hanging for a president who returned…
SA Border Authorities Discover Smuggled Cigarettes Price R2M Hidden Underneath Coal
Polokwane – South African Border Policing and Customs officers uncovered a consignment of illicit cigarettes valued at about R2 million hid beneath a load of coal in a truck. Police spokesperson Colonel Malesela Ledwaba stated the truck was searched on the Groblersbrug Port of Entry within the Waterberg District on Friday, 21 August 2026. “Two…
Goldman says choices demand may push gold past $4 900 forecast
Gold costs may surge previous Goldman Sachs’s $4 900 year-end forecast, as surging demand for bullish gold choices might amplify additional positive factors, the financial institution mentioned in a notice on Friday. The financial institution mentioned an additional pickup in Western investor demand, mixed with continued robust central financial institution shopping for, may push bullion…
Africa: All of Africa At present – July 3, 2026
First Affected person Enrolled in DR Congo Ebola Drug Trial A medical trial of two potential therapies for the Bundibugyo pressure of Ebola has begun within the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo). The primary affected person has been enrolled within the DR Congo, mentioned World Well being Group (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus….
South Africa’s IoT alternative is smaller than it appears
BlackBerry didn’t lose as a result of it ignored peculiar clients. It misplaced whereas it was profitable them over. Its low-cost pay as you go information plan, launched by Vodacom in December 2008, opened BlackBerry to thousands and thousands of South Africans who couldn’t afford a month-to-month contract. Then Apple constructed a general-purpose cellphone on…
There’s No Digital Transformation With out Cloud Adoption – African Enterprise Innovation
By Olof Neser, Head of Cloud Adoption at Absa Digital transformation is commonly spoken about as a know-how problem, which contributes in direction of companies underestimating how disruptive it could turn into as soon as it strikes past the IT division. The error is within the phrase “digital” as a result of it encourages corporations…
Africa: Botswana and South Africa Get pleasure from Smoother Ties
Gaborone — Botswana and South Africa take pleasure in easy relations, with rising points resolved effectively and successfully by means of shut collaboration, says President Advocate Duma Boko. Talking throughout a farewell courtesy name by the outgoing South African Excessive Commissioner to Botswana, Ms Thaninga Shope-Soumah in Gaborone on Monday, President Boko mentioned Botswana was…
Africa: Withdrawal From The Rome Statute Consecrates Impunity And Threatens To Deny Victims Of Battle Crimes Justice And Reparations
Reacting to the choice by Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger to deposit formal notifications of withdrawal from the Rome Statute of the Worldwide Felony Courtroom, Marceau Sivieude, Amnesty Worldwide’s Regional Director for West and Central Africa, stated: “This resolution by the governments of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger threatens to disclaim 1000’s of victims the…
Violent crime wave beleaguers Israel’s Arab youth
Within the 4 years since her father was fatally stabbed close to the doorway of their residence in northern Israel, 10-year-old Shireen has carried the burden of grief on her tiny shoulders. “I cherished him a lot, I felt protected with him,” Shireen, whose title has been modified, informed AFP within the seaside city of…
