The head of the European Parliament said on Thursday EU countries who refuse to host refugees could instead pay more for EU migration and development projects in Africa, signalling possible compromise to end a bruising dispute in the bloc. The migration feud has divided southern and eastern EU states as well as rich destination countries

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gave Saudi Arabia’s crown prince 72 hours to wrap up investigation into disappearance of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Axios reported on Thursday. According to Axios, Pompeo told the prince he had 72 hours to finish the probe to shed light into Khashoggi’s disappearance and find out if murder

Ethiopia Widespread lawlessness in Ethiopia is a threat to comprehensive reform measures in the country, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Thursday. Ahmed was speaking at a question and answer session with members of parliament. “The mob activities that the country has witnessed over the past six months is unprecedented and will remain a stain

LONDON (Reuters) – A Nigerian politician who was jailed in Britain for laundering tens of millions of dollars in stolen public funds through British banks and properties lost an appeal against his conviction in London on Wednesday. The Court of Appeal’s ruling against James Ibori, a former governor of oil-producing Delta State in southern Nigeria,

Mogadishu- Somali prime minister has suspended one of his cabinet deputy ministers after he was allegedly implicated in a fraud scheme involving the manufacturing of counterfeit US currency. Prime minister Hassan Ali Khaire said Wednesday that Mohamed Khalif Diriye, the deputy Trade and Industry Minister should step aside following recommendations by the attorney general who

Washington-A bill in the House of Representatives would halt arms sales to the Saudi Arabia unless Secretary of State Mike Pompeo certifies it did not order the killing of Jamal Khashoggi. Massachusetts Democratic congressman Jim McGovern, co-chair of the Human Rights Commission and the ranking member of the House Rules Committee, took the lead on

The Saudi Arabian government reportedly sent $100 million to the Trump administration toward its operations in Syria Tuesday – the same day that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo landed in Riyadh – timing that some are calling too good to be true. According to The New York Times, the funds were allegedly committed by the

Mogadishu -Eritrea and Ethiopia’s foreign affairs chief have arrived in Mogadishu, as Somali government officials welcomed Adan Adde airport. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Federal Government of Somalia Mr. Ahmed Issa Awad, other Ministers of the Somali Federal Government and the Ethiopian Ambassador to Somalia welcomed the delegation. Ethiopia and

The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde canceled her plans to attend Future Investment Initiative, an economic conference in the Saudi capital Riyadh. Move comes amid the ongoing investigation into the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. “The Managing Director’s previously scheduled trip to the Middle East region is being deferred,”

In the elections that took place in Belgium on Sunday, a 21-year-old Somali woman made history for becoming the first of her kind to win a seat in the council. Sarah Mohamed Khalif, who is also the first ever Somali woman to take political office in the country, has been voted to represent Belgium Socialist