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Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has defended the controversial oil and gas deal with Türkiye, leaked to show 90 percent of revenues going to Ankara.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business-tech/somalia-president-defends-lopsided-oil-deal-with-turkiye-5026658
Despite being declared a Ponzi scheme and its key staff wanted for a $940 million digital trading fraud, CBEX has resumed operations in Nigeria, offering new withdrawal options.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business-tech/crypto-firm-reboots-despite-940m-fraud-claim-5025976
Africa is pushing for an overhaul of the global lending system to unlock debt relief and fairer borrowing terms. “We just don’t want flag independence, we want true independence,” said Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, former president of Mauritius, in Nairobi.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business-tech/to-restructure-or-not-kenya-s-debt-dilemma-5024946
Parasites in the gut or bloodstream may be silently increasing people’s risk of contracting and transmitting HIV.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/sustainability/health/scientists-find-deworming-can-help-to-reduce-hiv-infections-5025624
Abdisaid M. Ali: Fleeing the slow death of hope - From Nairobi to Lagos, Dakar to Kampala, young people are leaving, not because they reject their countries, but because their countries have rejected their potential.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/opinion/columnists/africa-brain-drain-is-a-symptom-of-lost-faith-5022650
In his first 100 days, US President Donald Trump focused on raising tariffs, withdrawing from multilateral institutions and denying climate change.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/world/trump-first-100-days-spell-neo-isolationism-5024270
Allies of South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir plan to remove and prosecute Vice President Riek Machar, threatening the 2018 peace deal.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/kiir-allies-plot-machar-sacking-arraignment-5023260
Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo’s speeches and sermons, especially on the security and political crisis in the DR Congo, have often been seen as activist and against the administration of President Félix Tshisekedi.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/magazine/from-congo-to-the-vatican-cardinal-ambongo-papal-shot-5022986
As the Catholic Church prepares for its next chapter, even Trump couldn’t resist making it about him.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/world/-i-d-like-to-be-pope-trump--5022652
Editorial: When peace is offered and war is chosen, when compassion is preached and cruelty prevails, we are not merely rejecting a message — we are rejecting our own humanity.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/opinion/editorials/ignoring-pope-peace-overtures-is-the-tragedy-of-our-times--5020204
Elsie Eyakuze: We have a language born out of cultural encounters and so carries both a way to understand and honour our colonial experiences, and to start mitigating the effects on our lives — including immigration and labour policies.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/opinion/columnists/kiswahili-challenges-static-notions-of-identity-citizenship-5020206
Charles Onyango-Obbo: Migrants are not “integrating” — they are infusing. They are not asking to be allowed in — they’re already inside, rebuilding, remixing, and bringing pizzazz to the very societies that once might not have welcomed them with open arms.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/opinion/columnists/east-africa-integration-migration-5020198
Billion-dollar question: Who will fund AU mission in Somalia?
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/aussom-funding-in-limbo-usual-donors-back-away-5017616
The Trump administration has taken a special interest in Congo since a minerals-for-security deal was proposed this year.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/congo-rwanda-take-step-towards-peace-with-us-accord-5017138
Zimbabwe’s debilitating debt crisis took centre stage at a major event on the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington this week.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business-tech/why-afdb-warns-zimbabwe-new-law-stands-in-way-of-debt-relief-5015994
Dei BioPharma, Uganda’s $1.1 billion pharmaceutical project, has received initial regulatory approval to produce human drugs.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business-tech/ruto-linked-uganda-drug-plant-gets-regulatory-nod-5025904
Uganda MPs are quitting the FDC, which they accuse its leaders of selling out to Museveni, but, their destination home, the PFF, is uncertain.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/the-fate-of-besigye-s-orphans-in-fdc-party-5025886
Kenya's debt has shifted from moderate to high distress after the country exceeded key debt sustainability thresholds.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business-tech/to-restructure-or-not-kenya-s-debt-dilemma-5024946
Absa Bank Kenya has restructured Ksh3.4 billion ($26.35 million) in loans for customers struggling to repay due to high business costs.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business-tech/relief-as-absa-restructures-26m-worth-of-loans-5025596
Kinshasa authorities have already moved to seize Kabila’s assets in the country and some of his allies are facing movement restrictions.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/congo-army-wants-kabila-s-immunity-lifted-to-treason-charges-5024364
Kenya Police say the fatal shooting of an MP by a gunman on a motorcycle in Nairobi was targeted and premeditated.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/kenya-police-say-mp-were-killing-targeted-and-premeditated-5024152
Here’s how twelve unpredictable forces turned Swahili into Africa’s most accidental — but wildly successful — linguistic juggernaut, especially in Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and even Somalia.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/rebels-refugees-rumba-swahili-rise-to-power-5023280
Hundreds of Congolese soldiers and police who sought refuge at the UN base in Goma after the city’s January capture are now being transferred to Kinshasa.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/red-cross-escorts-congo-troops-from-un-base-5022816
For creatives, techies, and diaspora returnees, secondary cities are no longer seen as consolation prizes — they are, increasingly, the first choice.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/magazine/east-africans-redefine-urban-life-after-ditching-capital-cities-5021730
Tee Ngugi: While the World Bank and International Monetary Fund churn out statistics showing economic growth rates, the Pope shone a light on millions of poor people left behind by the so-called growing economies.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/opinion/columnists/pope-francis-was-icon-of-integrity-let-s-emulate-him-5020212
Joachim Buwembo: What happens when a businessman manages to buy himself a seat in an African parliament? What happens when an African businessman gets (re)elected to the presidency?
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/opinion/columnists/businessman-in-command-of-the-c-i-c-the-american-experiment-5020210
With $58m budget hole, EAC may be unable to pay salaries, let alone hiring some 150 needed staff. Its projects have also stalled due to the cash crunch.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/broke-eac-grapples-with-financial-and-staffing-crisis-5017650
President Mohamud has vowed to take the fight to al-Shabaab’s doorstep by kicking them out of Mogadishu and eventually out of Somalia.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/mohamud-shabaab-have-made-six-attempts-on-my-life-5017226
The monetary value of Uganda’s carbon market is estimated to be between $1.1 billion and $5.5 billion, based on the circulation of 110 million tonnes of carbon dioxide captured in the country by the end of 2023.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business-tech/why-ugandan-farmers-are-missing-out-on-carbon-credits-5016842
Kenya recalls three major drugs over safety concerns
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/sustainability/health/kenya-recalls-three-major-drugs-over-safety-concerns-5016100