Kenya Budgets $1.6m For William Ruto’s Inauguration
The inauguration of William Ruto, who will take office next week, will cost the Kenyan government Sh200 million, or $1.662 million. Ruto was declared the winner of the Monday presidential election by the nation’s Supreme Court. The Assumption of Office Committee was charged with preparing for the transfer of power from President Uhuru Kenyatta to the Vice President, according to a statement released...
US Call For Fresh Probe Of Adesina, Plot To Destabilise AfDB
The call by the United States, US government for a fresh and in-depth investigation into the allegations against the President of African Development Bank, AfDB Mr Akinwumi Adesina, after he was cleared of all allegations of impropriety and fraud by the ethics committee recently, is seen as a plan to destabilise the bank. On May 5, the ethics committee...
Putin And Zelensky Could Meet Only To Finalize `Certain Document’ – Dmitry Peskov
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Vladimir Zelensky could meet only to finalize "a certain document", yet the two sides suspended work on it long ago, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday. "No one could ever ...
Gaza War: Israel Gives Condition To Ceasefire
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday gave a condition for a longer ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. “There will be no ceasefire, general ceasefire, in Gaza without the release of our hostages,” Netanyahu told the U.S. broadcaster ABC. “As far as tactical little pauses, an hour here, an hour there. “We have had them before, I suppose, we will check the...
US Is So Hung Up On Sanctions That It Doesn’t See They Failed – Anatoly Antonov
Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov on Thursday said the US is so hung up on sanctions that it doesn't see they failed. "Hung up on restrictions, Washington can’t see that its strategy of choice has failed," the embassy’s press service quoted him as saying. "It’s evident that the attempts to strangle, rip to shreds our economy have failed." All...
Joe Biden Slams Trump Says “He’s Using Military Against American People”
Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has reacted to President Donald Trump threat of using soldiers to stop the violent protests which erupted across cities in the United States after the death of George Floyd in police custody. The US President, Donald Trump made the threat in a nationally televised address in the White House Rose Garden. Trump said; “If a city...
Lavrov Says Finland And Sweden Joining NATO “Makes No Difference”
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that NATO has "taken into account the territories of Finland and Sweden in its military plans for eastward expansion" for years, and therefore the two countries' accession to the alliance "makes no differen...
Niger Coup: Hundreds Of Demonstrators Back Military
Stemming from the recent coup in Niger, hundreds of people on Thursday stormed the nation's capital, Niamey in solidarity rally, expressing support for the coup while some others wielded giant Russian flags. According to AFP report, demonstrators converged at Independence Square in the heart of the city, in response to a call by a coalition of civil society organisations on...
UN Announces 12 African Countries To Receive Malaria Vaccine
The World Health Organisation, WHO, Global Vaccine Alliance (GAVI), and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have announced that twelve African countries would receive the malaria vaccine. The agencies, in a statement issued on Wednesday, disclosed that the nations would receive eighteen million doses of the first-ever vaccine against malaria over the next two years. The RTS, S vaccine has been overseen by more...
Ukraine Meets No Criteria For EU Candidacy, Top Russian Legislator Says
Ukraine meets no criteria for accession to the European community, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said in a Telegram post on Monday. "Ukraine meets no criteria for either joining the European community, or being granted candidacy," Volodin wro...
