NAIROBI, Kenya Sep 1 – For decades, government tenders in Kenya have been the playground of a few powerful networks. From overpriced pens and ghost road projects to inflated hospital equipment, “tenderpreneurs” as they are often called have thrived on…
TIANJIN, China, Sep 1 – Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met here on Sunday, agreeing that China and India are partners, not rivals. The meeting of the leaders of the world’s two most populous countries…
KABUL, Sept 1 – A magnitude 6.0 earthquake has struck eastern Afghanistan at a relatively shallow depth of 8km. Officials tell the BBC that at least 20 people have been killed and more than 100 are being treated at hospitals…
BEIJING, China, Sep 1 — China will hold its eighth annual Farmers’ Harvest Festival in September, with a series of nationwide activities celebrating bumper crops, rural traditions, and the achievements of agricultural modernization, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs…
TIANJIN, China, Sep 1 — Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is in China’s port city of Tianjin to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025. China and Turkiye are both…
BEIJING, China, Sep 1 — China’s Ministry of Commerce on Saturday voiced opposition to the US decision to revoke the “validated end-user” (VEU) authorization for three semiconductor companies operating in China, urging the US side to immediately correct its wrongdoings.…
TEL AVIV, Aug 31 – Abu Obeida, the spokesman for Hamas’s armed wing, has been killed in an air strike in Gaza City, Israel has said. Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz congratulated the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Israel’s security…
NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 31 – Passenger transport costs in Kenya rose sharply in August 2025, even as fuel prices remained largely unchanged, according to the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Inflation Report released by the Kenya National Bureau of…
JAKARTA, Aug 31 – Indonesian political parties have agreed to reverse some state-funded perks their politicians receive in a bid to quell nationwide protests, the country’s president has said. Several cities in the southern Asian nation including the capital, Jakarta,…
WASHINGTON, Aug 31 – The Trump administration has moved to terminate almost 500 employees of federally funded news organisation Voice of America (VOA). The step is the latest in President Donald Trump’s drive to strip back the outlet, which the…