Kenya warned that current events in the Middle East continue to pose severe challenges to Kenyan exports, as well as increased production and employment costs, in the aftermath of ongoing disturbances along major trade routes. The Ministry of Investments, Trade and Industry, Kenya, estimates that this crisis now puts around Ksh 164.6 billion worth of
By Peter Ongera Global conflicts often reshape economic relationships, supply chains, and geopolitical alliances. The ongoing instability in the Middle East—long a critical hub for global energy supply, has once again highlighted the vulnerability of international markets to regional crises. For Africa, however, such disruptions may also present an opportunity. With strategic planning and coordinated
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has proposed deploying his country’s most experienced drone defence specialists to Middle Eastern capitals to help protect civilian populations from Iranian attacks, on the condition that regional leaders secure a temporary ceasefire with Russia in Kyiv’s protracted war. Zelensky made the offer in an interview with Bloomberg News, in which he
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