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A view of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) headquarters in Washington was captured on April 8, 2019. Photographer: Yuri Gripas for REUTERS. Licensing available upon request. Kenya is eyeing an additional financial boost from the International Monetary Fund before the current year wraps up. They've entered discussions about merging the seventh and eighth evaluations of their economic support plan, according to the country's central bank leader, who shared this on Wednesday. Back in early June, Kenya and the IMF struck…

The food crisis in Somalia is grim, with around 4.4 million people expected to face severe hunger between October and December, according to the United Nations' Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). "Currently, about 3.6 million Somalis are grappling with extreme hunger. This figure is projected to swell to 4.4 million as we move into the latter months of the year, when anticipated rainfall is below average," reported OCHA. From October through December, a time notorious for rising disease outbreaks…

Mogadishu (AX) – Djibouti's intriguing suggestion as a potential remedy for the ongoing diplomatic rift between Somalia and Ethiopia remains unanswered by Ethiopia, Djibouti's Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf disclosed. In a tête-à-tête with VOA, Youssouf shared that the ball is still in Ethiopia’s court regarding the management and use of the Tojorah port, nestled in Djibouti's northern expanse. This port has been proposed by Djibouti as an alternate maritime gateway for landlocked Ethiopia, heavily dependent on…