Link to article: https://nation.africa/kenya/business/kenya-exports-somalia-up-76pc-on-miraa-boost-4368170 Summary: The capital of Somalia, Mogadishu, finally lifted the 2 year ban placed on Miraa exports from Kenya to Somalia. Although Miraa is a large export, Mogadishu is also provided with goods such as soaps, tobacco, and coffee from Kenya’s capital city, Nairobi. This move significantly impacted the Miraa farmers, as it opened up new opportunities… Read more »
Tears flowed freely in a high courtroom in Kenya on Friday after a case seeking to overturn a law criminalising same-sex relationships was dismissed. Presiding judge Roselyne Aburili said, “The petitions had no merit.” She said that decriminalizing same-sex relations contradicts constitutional values and the customs of Kenyan people. Kenya has continued to hold on to a colonial-era law that… Read more »
All Africa Details of a terrorist attack foiled by police last month show that al-Shabaab local operatives are increasingly posing a grave danger to Kenya. The plot by homegrown elements of the Somalia-based terrorist group targeted the Judiciary.
(Reuters) A Kenyan court on Wednesday ordered two Iranian nationals facing charges of filming Israel’s embassy in Nairobi for the purpose of terrorism to be deported back to Iran, a public prosecutor said. Sayed Nasrollah Ebrahimi and Abdolhosein Ghola Safafe were arrested on Nov. 29 while in a car belonging to the Iranian embassy, according to court documents. Iranian foreign… Read more »
