Edmund Blair

Kenya’s coastal killings pose insurgency risk for Kenyatta

August 25, 2021 at 6:24 a.m.

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya may face a full-blown insurgency on its coast unless President Uhuru Kenyatta can douse a combustible mix of ethnic rivalries, land rows and Islamist militancy. Gunmen...

Somali president wants aid airlift for towns retaken from rebels

November 4, 2021 at 1:45 a.m.

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia needs help airlifting basic supplies to towns recently retaken by African Union-led forces because Islamist insurgents who were driven out from those areas are blocking aid...

Somali president wants aid airlift for towns retaken from rebels

December 23, 2018 at 11:46 p.m.

Analysis: How South Sudan leaders squandered nation-building effort

August 24, 2021 at 11:32 p.m.

JUBA/NAIROBI (Reuters) - At a well-attended investor conference in South Sudan's capital in early December, President Salva Kiir declared that the world's newest country was "at last safe" and open...

Traditionalist Anglicans warn rift over gay issue may widen

August 24, 2021 at 9:49 p.m.

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Western churches risk widening a rift in the Anglican Communion if they follow North America by blessing same-sex marriages or allowing sexually active gays to be bishops,...

Traditionalist Anglicans warn rift over gay issue may widen

May 14, 2019 at 5:19 a.m.

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Western churches risk widening a rift in the Anglican Communion if they follow North America by blessing same-sex marriages or allowing sexually active gays to be bishops,...

Coffin cover – Africa’s booming funerals business

August 24, 2021 at 7:14 p.m.

JOHANNESBURG/NAIROBI (Reuters) - From fish-shaped coffins to slaughtered bulls, funerals in Africa are lavish affairs, providing a lucrative opportunity for insurance companies looking for business in some of the world's...

Coffin cover – Africa’s booming funerals business

May 14, 2019 at 5:04 a.m.

Egypt billionaire Sawiris family to invest “like never before”

August 24, 2021 at 6:13 p.m.

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian tycoon Naguib Sawiris, whose family controls the sprawling Orascom corporate empire, says he and his brothers will be "investing in Egypt like never before" after the...

Kenyan leader, charged by ICC, invited to Somalia meeting in London

August 24, 2021 at 2:01 p.m.

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, who faces charges of crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court, is expected to visit London at Britain's invitation next week for...

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