Kenyans donate blood for victims of Mogadishu bomb blast

Posted on 17 October 201717 October 2017 by Gambeta News

Somali and Kenyans turn up at Eastleigh in Kenya’s capital to donate blood for victims of the deadly Mogadishu bomb blast Kenyan government say it will send 31 tonnes of medical supplies to mogadishu and evacuate some of victims of the bomb blast to Nairobi for treatment. The campaign was launched by social activist and businessman Ahmed Mohamed to support the over 300 somális injured after saturday’s bomb attack. The blood donors gathered around the…

AFRICA AND LATIN AMERICA GETS $US805M FACILITY SUPPORT FROM IsDB

Posted on 17 October 2017 by Gambeta News

Six Africa countries and a Latin america country signed an agreement with the IsDB to support their facility with a total of US $805 million. Seven countries in Africa and Latin America got US $805 million after The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) has signed an agreement with them. The US $805 million was for several infrastructural projects in energy, housing, agriculture and water supply to help boost these countries economy. The countries that benefited from the money are…

African Finance Corporation to fund Natural resources development across Africa

Posted on 9 October 20179 October 2017 by Gambeta News

AFC have set aside US$700m for the development of Africa’s Natural resources sector. At the 9th West and Central Africa (WACA) Mining Conference and Exhibitions, Begna Gebreyes , the Vice President, Investment, of African Finance Corporation (AFC) said, AFC will be making available about US$700 million for the development of the natural resources sector of the continent. In his statement he buttressed that for the socio-economic development of African countries, more infrastructure will be needed by resource extraction firms….

Ethiopia must step up political reforms, U.S. ‘disturbed’ over ethnic clashes

Posted on 20 September 201720 September 2017 by Gambeta News

The United States says Ethiopia must open up its political space if its is to cement its place in the future as a “strong, prosperous and democratic nation.” This was contained in a press statement released by the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa. The September 19, 2017 statement was referring to reports of increasing ethnic violence in Ethiopia’s Oromia and Somali regions. “We are disturbed by the troubling reports of ethnic violence and the large-scale…

FOUR AFRICAN COUNTRIES STRIPED OF U.N. VOTING RIGHTS

Posted on 20 September 201720 September 2017 by Gambeta News

Four African countries have lost their voting rights at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). The vote ban is over their lack of payment of membership dues. A Voice of America journalist, Harun Maruf, disclosed the information which affects his native Somalia and Guinea Bissau in West Africa. The other two affected countries are island nations of Sao Tome and Principe and the Comoros. In the specific case of Somalia, the amount in question us…

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