Security Council strongly condemns ballistic missile test by DPR Korea
Strongly condemning yesterday’s ballistic missile launch conducted by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), the United Nations Security Council vowed to “fully and comprehensively implement all measures” imposed on the country and strongly urged all other UN Member States to do the same. In a press statement, Council members expressed their utmost concern over […]
Mombasa hosts Stakeholders for the Launch of the regional leather design studio
To address long standing design weaknesses and improve market entry of the region’s leather and leather products in a sustainable manner, the Commonwealth Secretariat’s Trade Competitiveness Section in partnership with COMESA-Leather and Leather Products Institute (COMESA/LLPI) have embarked on an ambitious project to establish a Regional Design Studio (RDS). The launch of the project and […]
China evacuates a million people as super typhoon nears
Super typhoon Chan-hom barrelled towards eastern China near commercial hub Shanghai on Saturday, prompting the evacuation of more than 865,000 people after earlier lashing Japan’s Okinawa island chain and Taiwan. The powerful storm could be the strongest typhoon to make landfall in Zhejiang province, which borders Shanghai to the south, for the month of July […]
What should we make of latest North Korea ‘execution’?
Information about what’s really happening in North Korea should always be taken with a bucket of salt. Inside the country, the regime is as secretive as any regime gets. And outside, many people from all sides have an interest in misstatements. Intelligence agencies sometimes overstate threats; Pyongyang might overstate its own power; some defectors write […]
