LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Anthony Joshua delivered a devastating technical knockout in the seventh round to defeat Russian Alexander Povetkin at Wembley Stadium on Saturday and retain his WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO world heavyweight championship belts. In front of about 80,000 fans, Joshua moved on to 22 fights unbeaten in his professional career by

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday called for Turkish scientists living abroad to make their way back home in an attempt to establish the reversal of the country’s brain drain amid increased efforts to become a technology-producing country. “We are launching a campaign to bring our science people back home. I call on our scientists

Turkey will do more to draw tourists from the Far East as part of its new economic program, a top tourism official told Anadolu Agency on Saturday. “Tourism professionals are working on the Far East market in order to attract more tourist from those countries,” said Firuz Baglikaya, head of the Association of Turkish Travel

Two car explosions were heard on Saturday afternoon in the heart of Mogadishu amid a surge in targeted assassinations in the city. A witness told Somali Times that the first car bomb occurred close to Olow Tower near Dabka junction while the 2nd Explosion went off on the backside of Hotel Maka Al-Mukarama. Sources said

Despite a difficult economic and political environment, the Somali authorities are building a good track record of policy and reform implementation. The authorities are completing the preparatory steps for the launch of the new national currency, a high priority in their reform agenda. An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team led by Mohamad H. Elhage

Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has accused his predecessor Dr Evans Kidero of stealing funds meant for Pumwani Maternity Hospital upgrade. In an interview with Citizen TV last night, Sonko said that Kidero used the account of murdered lawyer Wachira Mburu to wire Ksh58 million from the county coffers and later retired to his own account.

The United Kingdom has issued a travel advisory for its citizens travelling to Kenya citing the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The citizens were also asked to carry certified copies of their passports because of a government crackdown on illegal foreigners. “Carry a certified copy of your passport if applying for a

At least 136 bodies have been retrieved after a ferry sank on Lake Victoria, Tanzania’s top police official Simon Sirro said on Friday, and scores more were still feared missing as rescuers searched for survivors on the morning after the disaster, The ferry MV Nyerere capsized on Thursday afternoon just a few meters from the

6 September 2018 – The Ministry of Health of Somalia has announced 76 new cases of cholera including one death for week 34 (20 to 26 August) of 2018. Over the past two weeks, there has been an increase in the number of cholera cases reported. The cumulative total of cases is 6245, including 42

Ephraim Halevy, the former head of Mossad, Israel’s secret service agency, has voiced concerns over the risks that China’s growing presence in Israel pose to national security. As China seeks to implement its “Belt and Road” projects in the Mediterranean, some Israeli analysts are raising alarm over what they see as a Chinese intrusion into