Greek Firm Amaco Plans US$1.5 Billion Mombasa Data Centre
Greek firm Amaco Energy Group has proposed a $1.5 billion, or about KSh194 billion, AI data centre and power project...
September 10, 2026Section
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Tanzania’s First Gentleman, Hafidh Ameir Hassan, Is Laid to Rest in Zanzibar
TANZANIA · SOCIETY Key Facts —The loss Hafidh Ameir Hassan, the husband of President Samia Suluhu Hassan and Tanzania’s first-ever...
September 9, 2026
Aid Cuts Are Closing Sudan’s Clinics, and MSF Warns the Health System Is Near Collapse
SUDAN · HUMANITARIAN Key Facts —The warning Médecins Sans Frontières says Sudan’s health system is nearing collapse, as international funding...
September 9, 2026
Over 100 al-Shabaab Fighters Trained in Yemen by the Houthis
SOMALIA · SECURITY Key Facts —The claim More than 100 al-Shabaab fighters have travelled to Yemen for instruction in drones,...
September 9, 2026
RSF Drone Strike on Sudan Courthouse Kills at Least 10 in North Kordofan
SUDAN · SECURITY Key Facts —What happened A drone strike blamed on the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) hit the...
September 9, 2026
Five Blocs in Khartoum: Quintet Envoys Open First Wartime Peace Talks in Sudan
SUDAN · DIPLOMACY Key Facts —What happened Envoys of the African Union, the East African bloc IGAD, the Arab League,...
September 9, 2026
Kiir Puts His 36-Year-Old Son in Charge of South Sudan’s Presidential Guard
SOUTH SUDAN · POLITICS Key Facts —What happened President Salva Kiir appointed his 36-year-old son, Major General Atem Salva Kiir,...
September 9, 2026
Zanzibar Has Turned a Doorway in Stone Town Into an Export Industry
The Zanzibar Freddie Mercury Museum in Stone Town has become a fixed stop on the island's cultural tourism circuit, in...
September 8, 2026
South Sudan Has Written a Budget That Rests Almost Entirely on Oil
The South Sudan budget for 2026-27 totals SSP 11.34trn, with oil supplying 79% of revenue and SSP 183bn set aside...
September 8, 2026