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The House of Representatives has finally approved billions of dollars in new US military aid for Ukraine to help combat Russia’s invasion. The much-delayed measure had vocal opponents in Congress and it took a fragile bipartisan deal to get the $61bn (£49bn) package through. Republicans said more than a third would be dedicated to replenishing...

Opposition leader Raila Odinga has called for thorough investigations into the helicopter crash that killed Chief of Defence Forces General Francis Ogolla and nine other military officers. Speaking at Ulinzi Sports Complex in Lang’ata, Nairobi during military honours and memorial service on Saturday, Raila said the investigations should establish why the helicopter came down. “Because...

Turkey’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar, expressed hope for the successful execution of the DFS-Turkey agreement on cooperation in oil exploration and production in Somalia reached last month in a special interview with Turkish media on Friday, NTV. The Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources said that oil drilling off Somalia’s...

Nearly 60 people have died since the start of this month in heavy rains and flooding that has hit several parts of Tanzania, the government said. The coastal region of the East African country is one of the worst affected, with floods damaging thousands of farms there, Mobhare Matinyi, the government spokesperson, said in a...

Andy Robertson insisted Liverpool will “keep fighting” despite their Premier League title hopes suffering a huge blow as they fell to a 1-0 defeat by Crystal Palace at Anfield. Eberechi Eze converted from Tyrick Mitchell’s cut-back to finish off a flowing Palace move early on and the visitors were deservedly in front at the break....

Somali pirates have released a hijacked ship, MV Abdullah, and its crew of 23 after a $US5 million ($A7.7 million) ransom was paid, according to two pirates. “The money was brought to us two nights ago as usual … we checked whether the money was fake or not,” Abdirashiid Yusuf, one of the pirates, told...

The United States says Kenya’s Integrated Financial Management Information System (Ifmis) is vulnerable to manipulation and hacking, leading to loss of billions of shillings of taxpayer money. The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) says in a new report that Ifmis faces multiple risks that have been highlighted by American firms doing or...

The United States says Kenya’s Integrated Financial Management Information System (Ifmis) is vulnerable to manipulation and hacking, leading to loss of billions of shillings of taxpayer money. The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) says in a new report that Ifmis faces multiple risks that have been highlighted by American firms doing or...

The Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) calls for the immediate and unconditional freedom of journalist Mohamud Abdirashid Abdi who is detained in Luuq district of Gedo region since 1 April 2024. Mohamud, who freelances for the Nairobi-based humanitarian Radio Ergo, was detained on 1 April following a social media post that exposed the alleged injury of...