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Dozens of students arrested in pro-Palestinian protest at Columbia University
Reuters  |  May 08, 2025

At least 40 to 50 students, their hands cuffed with plastic zip-ties, were seen being loaded into New York Police Department vans and buses outside Bu...

Kenya pushes Washington to scrap Trump-era tariffs as trade pressures mount
Mwangi Maina  |  May 07, 2025

The duties now threaten to erode Kenya's competitiveness in its most lucrative export market.

Over 66,000 textile jobs at risk as AGOA trade deal nears expiry
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 07, 2025

This job growth marked a strong recovery after the sector lost over 8,200 jobs in 2023. Employment had dropped by 12.46 per cent from 66,260 in 2022 d...

Rwanda in talks to receive migrants deported from US, foreign minister says
Reuters  |  May 05, 2025

Kigali signed an agreement with Britain in 2022 to take in thousands of asylum seekers from the UK before the deal was scrapped last year by the then...

Global immunisation campaigns struggle as funding cuts, outbreaks threaten progress
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Apr 26, 2025

Despite the success of vaccines in saving over 150 million lives over the last five decades, WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus warned that f...

Frosty relations begin to melt as Ramaphosa, Trump hold first call
Mwangi Maina  |  Apr 24, 2025

The relationship between Washington and Pretoria has frayed significantly since Trump resumed office in January.

Trump’s protectionist tariffs dent global economic growth prospects to 2.8 per cent
Alfred Onyango  |  Apr 24, 2025

Were it not for the tariffs, the lender says the global economic growth would have seen only a modest cumulative downgrade of 0.2 percentage point, to...

What happens if Trump trashes the AGOA pact?
DW News  |  Apr 22, 2025

African nations have enjoyed duty-free access to the US market for over two decades under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), up for renewa...

Thousands of protesters rally against Trump across US
Reuters  |  Apr 20, 2025

Other protesters waved Palestinian flags while wearing keffiyeh scarves, chanting "free Palestine" and expressing solidarity with Palestinians killed...

Museveni says Uganda to focus on African markets amid US tariff hike
XINHUA  |  Apr 19, 2025

According to the Office of the US Trade Representative, total goods trade between the United States and Uganda reached 238.9 million US dollars in 202...

US aid cuts threaten youth development gains globally, study warns
Alfred Onyango  |  Apr 18, 2025

The impact goes beyond healthcare, with experts now warning that the cuts will significantly affect youth development, a critical yet often overlooked...

South Africa appoints special envoy to the U.S. amid strained relations under Trump
Mwangi Maina  |  Apr 14, 2025

Jonas' new posting comes at a time when Pretoria and Washington have been drifting diplomatically, especially under Trump's renewed "America First" fo...

Diaspora remittances record slower growth as Kenyans send home Sh159.5 billion in three months
Lucy Mumbi  |  Apr 14, 2025

Data from the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) shows that February recorded the slowest increase in remittance flows for the quarter, compared to the other...

President Trump to support Somalia’s war on terror
Hassan Mohamed  |  Apr 14, 2025

The Somali government continues its offensive against the militants on multiple fronts, with international partners providing critical support to secu...

Ivory Coast threatens more expensive cocoa in response to US tariffs
Reuters  |  Apr 11, 2025

Last week, the Trump administration announced tariffs of 21%, the highest in West Africa, on the Ivory Coast as part of higher targeted duties on doze...

China speaks with Saudi Arabia, South Africa about response to US tariffs
Reuters  |  Apr 11, 2025

The conversations took place over separate video calls on Thursday in which China discussed strengthening bilateral economic and trade cooperation wit...

SADC fumes over U.S. trade blitz, calls for collective action
Mwangi Maina  |  Apr 08, 2025

"Collective action will be taken," it said, pointing to an emergency meeting of its Council of Ministers slated for June.

US cancels all South Sudan visas due to country's failure to repatriate its citizens
Reuters  |  Apr 06, 2025

US President Donald Trump's administration has taken aggressive measures to ramp up immigration enforcement, including the repatriation of people deem...

Kenya faces increased trade imbalance with US amid new 10% export tariff - KAM
Alfred Onyango  |  Apr 05, 2025

Data from the office of the United States trade representative shows that the US total goods trade with Kenya stood at $1.5 billion (Sh193.9 billion)...

11 Kenyan health institutions receive Sh42 billion from US Embassy amid USAID shutdown
Lucy Mumbi  |  Apr 04, 2025

The funding comes at a crucial time when many of these organisations faced the threat of halting services due to a prolonged freeze in US support.

Lee: Trump's new tariff policy brings challenges and opportunities for Kenya
Alfred Onyango  |  Apr 04, 2025

Since May 2000, Kenya has been exempted from tariffs when exporting to the world's largest economy under the African Growth and Opportunity Act which...

After tariffs, US dangles billions of dollars in Congo mineral investment
Reuters  |  Apr 03, 2025

The Democratic Republic of Congo, which has vast reserves of cobalt, lithium and uranium, among other minerals, has been fighting M23 rebels who have...

World leaders condemn Trump's tariffs, some pledge retaliation
Reuters  |  Apr 03, 2025

Trump is not imposing his new 10% global tariff rate on top trading partners Canada and Mexico while his previous order remains in place for up to 25%...

Kenya, South Africa vow to fight back against Trump’s new trade tariffs
Lucy Mumbi  |  Apr 03, 2025

PS Sing’oei reassured exporters that the new tariffs would not take immediate effect due to Kenya’s existing trade agreements under AGOA, which allows...

Trump slaps 10% tariffs on Kenyan goods in new "economic independence" blitz
Mwangi Maina  |  Apr 03, 2025

The move was part of a dramatic trade policy overhaul he dubbed "Liberation Day," announced in a fiery address from the White House Rose Garden on Wed...

Trump threatens bombing if Iran does not make nuclear deal
Reuters  |  Mar 31, 2025

Speaking to reporters later on Sunday on Air Force One, Trump said he is going to make a decision on the secondary tariffs based on whether Tehran mak...

WHO proposing to cut jobs and slash budget by a fifth, memo shows
Reuters  |  Mar 29, 2025

Trump's administration withdrew from the WHO upon taking office in January, saying the global health agency had mishandled the COVID-19 pandemic and o...

US policies restricting academic freedom, author Mukoma Wa Ngugi says as he sues Trump
Lucy Mumbi  |  Mar 17, 2025

Mukoma expressed personal fears over being subjected to criminal prosecution due to the broad language of the second executive order, which references...

Voice of America staff put on leave after Trump directive
Reuters  |  Mar 16, 2025

Michael Abramowitz, Voice of America's director, said nearly his entire staff of 1,300 journalists, producers and assistants had been put on administr...

Sudan, Somalia, Somaliland caught in alleged US-Israel talks to relocate Palestinians
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Mar 15, 2025

US and Israeli officials, speaking anonymously due to the sensitive nature of the issue, confirmed contacts with Sudan, Somalia and Somaliland.

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