(AP) — Real estate tycoon Truong My Lan was sentenced Thursday to death by a court in Ho Chi Minh city in southern Vietnam in the country’s largest financial fraud case ever, state media Thanh Nien said. The 67-year-old chair of the real estate company Van Thinh Phat was formally charged with fraud amounting to […]
Police in Bomet have arrested seven men believed to be involved in the gang rape of a lady captured in a video that has since gone viral on Kenya’s social media network and caused outrage. In the video seen by Kenya Insights, several men are seen taking turns on the unnamed lady who despite pleading […]
29-year-old man described by the police as a serial fraudster Nashon Otieno Angudha popularly known as Kuja, has once again found himself in trouble with the law something that he had now become synonymous with. Angudha was on Thursday charged with defrauding Malaysian investor Surinder Singh Kanda in a fake gold scam valued Sh37.9 million. […]
Until October 2022, Nazir Bhaduralli NurMohammad Jinnah was hiding in plain sight masquerading as a high end lawyer. It was the English Point Marina scandal in 2022 that blew his cover and brought him to the public spotlight. KCB Group had seized the Mombasa’s luxury property English Point Marina and placed Pearl Beach Hotels, the […]
Kenya has reaffirmed its commitment to nuclear disarmament, non-proliferation and the ultimate realization of a world free of nuclear weapons. Speaking during the general debate of the 2024 substantive session of the United Nations Disarmament Commission (UNDC), Ambassador Mike Kiboino urged all member States to demonstrate flexibility and cooperate within the context of the relevant multilateral […]
On Tuesday evening, President Xi Jinping spoke with U.S. President Joe Biden on the phone at the latter’s request. The two presidents had a candid and in-depth exchange of views on China-U.S. relations and issues of mutual interest. Xi recalled his meeting with President Biden in San Francisco last November, saying it opened a future-oriented […]
The East African Community (EAC) Secretariat is set to conduct a high-level sensitization mission at selected borders within the region aimed at reviewing the performance of the various One-Stop Border Posts (OSBPs). Scheduled to commence on 9th April, 2024, the mission underscores the EAC’s commitment to fostering cooperation, enhancing trade facilitation, and improving cross-border procedures. The […]
Responding to the critical needs of civilians impacted by the ongoing war in Sudan, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) country teams there and in neighbouring South Sudan have teamed up to deliver supplies to the Blue Nile and Nuba Mountains. The ongoing crisis has significantly impeded the ability of the WHO office in Sudan to access and […]
China and Brazil signed a 30-year franchise agreement on the Brazil northeast ultra-high-voltage direct current (UHVDC) power transmission line project, which is expected to be operational by 2029, in the Brazilian capital of Brasilia on Wednesday. The landmark project aims to deliver clean energies of wind, solar and hydropower from northeastern and northern Brazil to the central part […]
UN Photo/Jean Marc Ferré The flag of the observer State of Palestine is raised at the United Nations Office at Geneva. (file) The Security Council on Monday referred the application of the observer State of Palestine for full UN membership to the specialized committee set up to vet new members. The proposal for the referral, […]
Djibouti Foreign Minister, Mahamoud Ali Youssouf. Djibouti has officially nominated its Foreign Minister, Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, as a candidate for the position of Chairperson of the African Union Commission. Youssouf joins Kenya’s Raila Odinga and Somalia’s Fawzia Yussuf in the race. The three are vying to replace the outgoing AU Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat who […]
Food is distributed to Sudanese refugees in Koufron, Chad. © WFP/Jacques David Food is distributed to Sudanese refugees in Koufron, Chad Over 8.5 million Sudanese have been forced to flee their homes in Sudan since the war between rival militaries erupted last April, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday. At least 1.8 million […]
