Nairobi — Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru has intensified her political support for the Kenya Kwanza administration, urging residents to remain aligned with the government while sharply criticizing opposition leaders and internal dissent within the Mt Kenya region. Speaking at her headquarters in Kutus, Kirinyaga County, Waiguru defended her position, warning residents against what she termed…
Shorouk Express Moscow accuses Poland of ‘legal tyranny’ after citizen arrested in Warsaw Moscow has accused Poland of “legal tyranny” following the arrest of a Russian archaeologist at Ukraine’s arrest. Alexander Butyagin, an employee of the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, was detained on arrival in Warsaw, according to Russia’s foreign ministry. The ministry…
Shorouk Express On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Sir Keir Starmer will meet with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday alongside other EU leaders as Ukraine considers next steps after US peace talks. Mr Zelensky…
Shorouk Express TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, November 13. The upcoming Consultative Meeting of the Heads of State of Central Asia is expected to mark a turning point in deepening regional cooperation, the President Mirziyoyev’s article “Central Asia on the Threshold of a New Era” says, Trend reports via the press service of the Uzbek president. According to…
Shorouk Express Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email A minister has accused British Medical Association (BMA) leaders of being “determined to turn their organisation into a farce” after a motion was passed…
Shorouk Express “We don’t really have a shared vocabulary to define what digital sovereignty is. But we do have a shared understanding of what it means not to have digital sovereignty,” said Yann Lechelle, CEO of French AI company Probabl. Berlin isn’t the only capital trying to convince Europe to ensure its digital sovereignty remains…
Shorouk Express “I am sorry for that,” Macron joked. Trump has repeatedly confused Armenia and Albania when talking about his efforts to resolve the long-standing tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan. “I solved wars that was unsolvable. Azerbaijan and Albania, it was going on for many, many years, I had the prime ministers and presidents in…
Shorouk Express U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres reacted to the new offensive with dismay in a post on social media Thursday, urging Israel “to avoid the massive death and destruction that a military operation against Gaza would inevitably cause.” More than 60,000 Palestinians have been killed since Israel launched its offensive following Hamas militants’ Oct. 7,…
Shorouk Express Oleksandra Matviichuk (b. 1983) is a Ukrainian human rights lawyer and civil society leader based in Kyiv. She heads the non-profit organisation Centre for Civil Liberties (Nobel Peace Prize receiver in 2022) and is a democratic reform campaigner. She is Vice-President of the International Federation for Human Rights. This interview was conducted on…
Shorouk Express Holidaying in the U.K., Vance spent Saturday at the country retreat of U.K. Foreign Secretary David Lammy, where he met Rustem Umerov, secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council, and Andriy Yermak, the head of Zelenskyy’s office. Did that swing Vance? If so, only up to a point. On Sunday, he struck a…
