Ethiopia continues to puzzle visitors and global observers by living in a different year from much of the world, remaining about seven to eight years behind the widely used Gregorian calendar. While many outsiders describe this as being “late,” Ethiopians insist it is not a delay but a deliberate preservation of a centuries-old system rooted
During the silent Christmas holidays, thieves carried out a daring and highly sophisticated break-in at a German retail bank and dug through a reinforced concrete wall to access a vault and steal an estimated €30m (Ksh4.5 billion) of cash and valuables, police have said. The heist occurred at a Sparkasse savings bank branch in Gelsenkirchen,
The East African Community (EAC) has reaffirmed its firm support for the unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Federal Republic of Somalia aligning itself with long-standing African Union principles and the international law. According to a statement made by the EAC Secretariat in Arusha on December 28, 2025, the regional bloc pointed out that