Halima Osman

Carcasses of dead animals in Dertu, Dadaab subcounty, Garissa, in the 2022 drought. Photo/ STEPHEN ASTARIKO When the rains fail in northern Kenya, people speak of angels. They do not mean divine intervention. They mean the message on a phone confirming that money has arrived—sent from London, Columbus, or Dubai. Within hours, water is purchased, fodder secured, and school fees are paid. A family stays on its land a little longer. A herd survives another week.

Bitcoin’s (BTC) record-breaking rise has resulted in over 1,500 new millionaire walletsevery day. This information comes from Kaiko Research, a crypto analytics company, and indicates an enormous increase in wealth in the cryptocurrency system. These millionaire wallets are digital addresses on the Bitcoin blockchain. A blockchain being something that keeps a record of every transaction done with the currency. Users can store enormous sums of cryptocurrency in these wallets.

Donald Trump’s real estate enterprise has taken another hit, as he has been ordered to pay $354.9 million and banned from doing business in New York, home to many of his properties, for three years.