Sub-Saharan Africa's smaller economies set to outpace regional giants amid global volatility

By Edith Mutethya in Nairobi, Kenya | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2025-10-03 17:12 Sub-Saharan Africa's smaller economies are expected to sustain strong performance this year, outpacing regional heavyweights such as South Africa and Nigeria,...

Qatar Is Bankrolling Global Terror—and It’s a Direct Threat to the West

Earlier, we told you about Qatar and the billions it has spent to infiltrate colleges and universities and indoctrinate students into sympathizing with radical Islamists. Such funding poses a threat to our fundamental freedoms and Western...

Business News | Leadership Excellence Summit 2025 Concludes at Bharat Mandapam as Global Leaders and Diplomats Reimagine Leadership for the Future

PNN New Delhi [India], September 27: The World Association for Small and Medium Enterprises (WASME), holding Consultative and Observer Status with the United Nations, in partnership with Heylin Spark, successfully concluded the Leadership...

Etho-Eritrea War #2, Abiy Ahmed’s Attempt To Redirect public Attention, from Critical Domestic Challenges!

The recent discussions regarding Ethiopia’s approach to Eritrea, and specifically the talk about the Assab Port feels like there’s been a pretty big shift in direction after years of what seemed like a really close relationship between Prime...

Saudi low-cost carrier Flynas eyes tourists, business travelers with Nairobi expansion

Flynas chief commercial officer Stefan Magera/ HANDOUT Middle East's low-cost airline–Flynas is eying pilgrims, business and leisure travellers as it commences operations between Riyadh and Nairobi, the first direct flights between the two cities...

BIS Adopts ‘50% Rule’: Key Takeaways for Trade Compliance

The Affiliates Rule automatically extends the US Department of Commerce’s Entity List and Military End-User (MEU) List to entities owned 50% or more by entities on either list. On September 29, 2025, the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of...

Top 10 strongest African currencies in September 2025

The value of a currency is largely influenced by economic diversification, monetary policies, natural resources, political stability and trade relations The Tunisian Dinar leads as the most valuable currency on the African continent The Kenyan...

Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles 30% Discount On Upgrades To Business October 1 – 31, 2025 (Book October 1 – 15)

Turkish Airlines has launched a discount promotion for upgrades to Business Class on select short- and medium-haul routes from October 1 to 31, 2025. Miles&Smiles members can save 30% on business class upgrades if booked October 1 – 15. You can...

Greece to Integrate Asylum Recipients into Labor Market Amid Worker Shortages

Greece drafts a plan to direct asylum recipients to the labor market. Photo of migrants arriving on Lesvos. Credit: Cgia Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 Greece is drafting a plan to direct asylum recipients to the labor market due to worker...

Eritrean migrant to be deported in less than 24 hours after losing High Court bid

A man is set to be deported to France on Friday after he lost his High Court bid to get his removal temporarily blocked. The migrant, who cannot be named, arrived in the UK last month after crossing the Channel on a small boat. On Thursday, he...

Labor market opens up to refugees

Greece is moving to integrate asylum seekers directly into its labor market as the country faces mounting worker shortages in farming, tourism and construction. Migration Minister Thanos Plevris recently presented Prime Minister Kyriakos...

Plan to direct refugees into the economy

Refugees granted asylum in Greece will soon be directed into the labor market under a government plan designed to address severe worker shortages, officials say. Migration and Asylum Minister Thanos Plevris recently presented a proposal that will...

Why Eritrea Is Ineffective In Diplomacy

Ambassador Sophia Tesfamariam, Eritrea’s Permanent Representative to the UN, addressed the 49th Annual Meeting of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Group of 77 and China. She emphasized the UN’s founding principles—sovereign equality,...

The foreign criminals who are flown out of Britain with bank cards pre-loaded with £2,000 of taxpayers' cash

Rare footage has revealed what happens onboard a deportation flight for foreign criminals - with some seen being handed bank cards pre-loaded with £2,000. Footage shows the group of serious offenders, including killers, thieves and sexual abusers,...

Mahmood vows to change modern slavery laws after bid to deport Eritrean man thwarted

Shabana Mahmood has announced plans to change modern slavery laws to prevent migrants from making last minute attempts to “frustrate a removal” after her bid to appeal in a trafficking case was thrown out by the court of appeal. The home secretary...

OPINION: Sukkot reminds us not to close the door on refugees

It’s been another momentous High Holy Day period for our community. We have again faced immense grief at this time after the horrific Yom Kippur attack in Manchester. Yet there has been cause for hope too. Both of our organisations saw an...

Ethiopia’s grand renaissance dam a game changer in Nile Basin hydropolitics and water security

Ethiopia officially inaugurated the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (Gerd) on the Blue Nile river in the week of September when the country hosted the second African Climate Summit. The occasion was one of great celebration, national pride and...

New Ethiopia-Eritrea conflict is “inevitable”

A TPLF insider claims Abiy Ahmed is leading Ethiopia toward another war A former senior TPLF official delivers a grim forecast: another war between Ethiopia and Eritrea “appears inevitable.” In a wide-ranging interview, he describes a scenario...

UK court clears the way for deportation of Eritrean asylum seeker 

An Eritrean man who has been fighting to stay in the United Kingdom is set to be deported to France after losing a High Court bid to have his removal temporarily blocked. The 25-year-old Eritrean man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, crossed...

Is Nigeria v Benin on TV? Channel, kick-off time and how to watch World Cup 2026 qualifier

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