Somalia to suspend flights to Mogadishu Feb 22

The Somali government has announced the suspension of commercial flights to and from Mogadishu’s Aden Adde International Airport on February 22 when president-elect Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed will be sworn into office. In a statement on Wednesday, the Ministry of...

Uganda calls for urgent support over refugees

With more than one million refugees and 40,000 more coming in daily from neighbouring South Sudan Uganda, has started to feel the pinch of refugee influx amid acute funding pressures. The East African country, which hosts more than half a million refugees from South...

Kenya president and His deputy get a pay hike!

President Uhuru Kenyatta’s salary and that of his deputy William Ruto will increase by 10 per cent in the year starting July amid the government’s push to reduce the ballooning public wage bill. Treasury documents show that the combined annual pay of the President and...

Blackberry sues Nokia in patent clash

Blackberry is suing Nokia over claims that the Finnish company has made use of nearly a dozen of its inventions without permission. The patent infringement allegations concern data transmission technologies involved in 4G and other types of mobile networks. The...