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Kenya to Receive 30,000 Tonnes of Russian Fertilizer Shortly - Lavrov

Urdu Point 29 May 2023
NAIROBI (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 29th May, 2023) A ship carrying 30,000 tonnes of Russian fertilizer will reach Kenya in the coming days, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said during a trip to the ...
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‘Grain deal or not’, humanitarians call for more as hunger soars

The New Humanitarian 11 May 2023
In a 3 May press conference in Nairobi, UN Secretary-General António Guterres conceded that the bulk of corn shipped under the deal was “essentially” going to livestock farms in rich countries but countered that poorer countries were also receiving shipments via the WFP.
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Sudan battles rage, UN execs warn of total ‘catastrophe’

Manila Standard 02 May 2023
Foreign governments have scrambled to evacuate their citizens ... Nearly 500 people arrived in the Saudi port of Jeddah on Monday aboard two vessels, one a US Navy ship, the other Saudi ... Top UN humanitarian official Martin Griffiths arrived in Nairobi on Monday on a mission to find ways to bring relief to the millions of civilians trapped inside Sudan.
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Africa's week in pictures: 24-30 March 2023

Yahoo Daily News 31 Mar 2023
A selection of the best photos from across Africa and beyond this week.. Short presentational grey line ... Sudan, the last male northern white rhino, goes on display at the Nairobi National Museum in Kenya on Tuesday. He died aged 45 then his remains were shipped to the Czech Republic to be preserved through taxidermy ... Images subject to copyright ....
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Crew lock themselves away from African pirate raid

The Times/The Sunday Times 29 Mar 2023
All channels of communication have been lost with Monjasa Reformer since it was stormed by five armed men on Saturday in the Gulf of Guinea, regarded as the world’s most dangerous shipping route.Sponsored ... , Nairobi.
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Kenya’s plastic pollution worsened by donations

Taipei Times 16 Feb 2023
People shop at a market in Nairobi on Oct ... Much of the clothing shipped to the country is made from petroleum-based materials such as polyester, or are in such bad shape they cannot be donated, the foundation said, adding that they might end up burning in landfills near Nairobi, exposing informal waste pickers to toxic fumes.
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Kenya receives 3,000 cruise ship tourists in 2 months

Xinhua 26 Jan 2023
NAIROBI, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Kenya has received 3,000 international cruise ship tourists in the past two months, a government official said on Thursday ... He also noted that the return of the MV World Odyssey cruise ship was a testament to the appeal Kenya has among international travelers ... Kenya receives 3,000 cruise ship tourists in 2 months.
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Chinese consumers favor avocadoes imported from Kenya

People Daily 31 Dec 2022
Susan, who works for Kakuzi PLC, an agricultural cultivation and manufacture company in Kenya, finished picking the last batch of avocadoes of 2022 with her colleagues in an orchard in Murang'a county, some 70 kilometers away from Nairobi. These fruits were soon shipped to China.
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Business briefs

News-Press Now 08 Nov 2022
Wall Street climbs ahead of Election Day, inflation data. NEW YORK ... equity strategy at RBC Capital Markets ... Bond yields rose ... NAIROBI, Kenya ... On Monday, there appeared to be less chaos at the main airport in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, though the airline said about 9,000 passengers were affected by the strike. It said 25 tons of cargo had been shipped ... .
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Kenya Airways pilots strike over benefits, stopping flights

Midland Daily News 07 Nov 2022
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Pilots working for Kenya’s national airline have been on strike for three days over a demand to honor a retirement savings plan, and it is estimated to be costing millions of dollars in losses daily ... It said 25 tons of cargo had been shipped.
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EXPLAINER: What Russia’s suspension of grain deal could mean

Federal News Radio 01 Nov 2022
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Russia has suspended its part of a U.N.-brokered deal allowing Ukraine to export grain safely from its Black Sea ports during a monthslong war, saying it was not going to allow ships to travel ... NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Russia has suspended its part of a ...
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AP Business SummaryBrief at 7:52 p.m. EDT

Messenger-Inquirer 01 Nov 2022
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Russia has suspended its part of the deal allowing Ukraine to ship grain from its Black Sea ports safely amid a monthslong war, saying it was not going to allow ships to travel. Some ships filled with grain sailed Monday as the U.N., Turkey and Ukraine tried to continue implementing the deal.
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AP Business SummaryBrief at 8:50 p.m. EDT

Messenger-Inquirer 01 Nov 2022
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Russia has suspended its part of the deal allowing Ukraine to ship grain from its Black Sea ports safely amid a monthslong war, saying it was not going to allow ships to travel. Some ships filled with grain sailed Monday as the U.N., Turkey and Ukraine tried to continue implementing the deal.
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AP Business SummaryBrief at 9:31 p.m. EDT

McAlester News-Capital 01 Nov 2022
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Russia has suspended its part of the deal allowing Ukraine to ship grain from its Black Sea ports safely amid a monthslong war, saying it was not going to allow ships to travel. Some ships filled with grain sailed Monday as the U.N., Turkey and Ukraine tried to continue implementing the deal.
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AP Business SummaryBrief at 9:54 p.m. EDT

Messenger-Inquirer 01 Nov 2022
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Russia has suspended its part of the deal allowing Ukraine to ship grain from its Black Sea ports safely amid a monthslong war, saying it was not going to allow ships to travel. Some ships filled with grain sailed Monday as the U.N., Turkey and Ukraine tried to continue implementing the deal.

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