Somalia to suspend flights to Mogadishu Feb 22

by | Feb 17, 2017 | BUSINESS NEWS, news

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

by | Feb 17, 2017 | news

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!

by | Feb 17, 2017 | news

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...

Kenya Government to tap phone calls, texts from next week

by | Feb 17, 2017 | news

From Tuesday, the government wants to be allowed to listen to your calls, read your text messages and review your mobile money transactions. The government, through the Communications Authority of Kenya, has ordered mobile phone companies to allow it to tap their...