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UN rights chief appeals for Ksh.51 billion as crises mount and funding shrinks
The U.N. office is appealing for $100 million less than last year, after a significant scale back of its work in some areas due to a fall in contributions from countries including the U.S. and Europe.
UK sanctions Sudanese army and paramilitary leaders over ongoing conflict
The measures targeted senior commanders in both the Sudanese paramilitary group, Rapid Support Forces (RSF), and the Sudanese Armed Forces, the government said.
25 killed in Nigeria's deadliest reported Islamist attack since US Christmas strikes
The victims were labourers who had travelled to Sabon Gari town in northeastern Nigeria's Borno State to work at a construction site, when gunmen swept in on Thursday and opened fire, relatives Hassan Usman and Auwal Isa told Reuters.
Galaxy cluster observed forming surprisingly early in universe's history
Researchers said these observations show an emerging galaxy cluster containing at least 66 potential member galaxies, with a total cluster mass of about 20 trillion stars the size of our sun, dating to about one billion years after the Big Bang event that initiated the universe roughly 13.8 bil...
Guterres warns of UN's 'imminent financial collapse'
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has repeatedly spoken about the organisation's worsening liquidity crisis but this is his starkest warning yet, and it comes as its main contributor the United States is retreating from multilateralism on numerous fronts.
Former CNN anchor Don Lemon arrested after church protest in Minnesota
Lemon livestreamed a demonstration earlier this month that interrupted a church service in St. Paul, Minnesota, protesting President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown in the area.Lemon's lawyer, Abbe Lowell, called his arrest an "unprecedented attack on the First Amendment."...
Kenya's defending champion Sawe headlines London Marathon men's field
The 29-year-old Sawe leads a stacked field that includes Uganda's Jacob Kiplimo, last year's runner-up whose resume includes three successive World Cross Country titles, the half-marathon world record and victory at October's Chicago Marathon.
China plans space‑based AI data centres, challenging Musk's SpaceX ambitions
China's main space contractor, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), vowed to "construct gigawatt-class space digital-intelligence infrastructure," according to a five-year development plan that was cited by state broadcaster CCTV.
US Dollar feeling unloved as investors see mounting risks
The greenback ended last week with its biggest fall since last April as investors have grown increasingly nervous about their exposure to U.S. assets, amid concerns about the U.S. policy over Greenland.
Nigeria lowers entry barriers to attract investors for latest oil round
Nigeria launched its delayed 2025 licensing round last month, offering 50 oil and gas blocks, including 15 onshore, 19 shallow-water assets, 15 frontier basins and one deepwater block. It has signalled the licensing rounds will now be held annually.