Kenya’s Mombasa-Nairobi highway road accident kills 10 people

Four people were killed in an accident involving five vehicles, including two lorries, in Salama area on the Nairobi-Mombasa highway at 8pm, April 1, 2024. Photo/Shutterstock By Daily Nation Ten people died on the spot in a gruesome road accident involving five vehicles at Salama along the Mombasa-Nairobi highway on Monday night. An 18-seater matatu

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Israeli airstrike destroys Iran’s consulate in Syria, killing a top commander, local media say

Emergency services work at a destroyed building hit by an air strike in Damascus, Syria, Monday, April 1, 2024. An Israeli airstrike has destroyed the consular section of Iran’s embassy in Damascus, killing or wounding everyone inside, Syrian state media said Monday. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki) By The Associated Press An Israeli airstrike destroyed Iran’s consular

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Worries over tighter oil supply drive price rises

By Anadolu Agency Oil prices increased on Monday with worries over tighter oil supply from tension in the Middle East and the Russia-Ukraine War. International benchmark Brent crude traded at $87.24 per barrel at 9.31 a.m. local time (0631 GMT), a 32% rise from the closing price of $86.96 per barrel in the previous trading

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UN envoy says Somalia future is in danger

File Photo/Somali Times The UN representative for Somalia Catriona Laing said the future of Somalia is in danger. She said that the country cannot move forward with Puntland which is not a part of it. Read: Somalia’s Puntland has become an independent state The Special Envoy of the United Nations said in a meeting with

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Somalia Puntland shared with the UN envoy a serious decision and a direct deal

File Photo/Somali Times The President of Puntland Said Abdullahi Deni today received a delegation from the United Nations led by the United Nations Envoy for Somalia Catriona Laing at the Presidential Palace. Read: Somalia’s Puntland has become an independent state After last night’s decision by the Cabinet of Ministers, Puntland has its own dealings with

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Catriona Laing is taking over as the president of Somalia from Hassan Sheikh

File Photo/Somali Times As Somali Times has learned, critical discussions have started recently in the Puntland presidency between the President of Puntland and the UN envoy to Somalia Catriona Laing. Read: Somalia’s Puntland has become an independent state Somalia still in United Nations Charter, Chapter VII: Read: Somalia president Hassan Sheikh dissolves federal government Action

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France to send old armoured vehicles, new missiles to Ukraine

VAB armoured personnel carrier vehicles are seen at the Arquus military vehicle production plant, a unit of Volvo AB, in Limoges, France, April 6, 2023. Photographer Benoit Tessier/File Photo By Reuters France will deliver hundreds of old armoured vehicles and new surface-to-air missiles to Ukraine in its war against Russia, French Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu

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Somalia’s Puntland has become an independent state

File Photo/Somali Times Puntland has become an independent state until an agreed constitution. Puntland has announced that it has withdrawn its trust and recognition from the institutions of the federal government of Somalia, according to a decision issued by the cabinet of Puntland. Read: Somalia president Hassan Sheikh dissolves federal government Read: Why is Somalia

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Somalia president Hassan Sheikh dissolves federal government

File Photo/Somali Times Somalia’s dodgy federal Parliament approved the amendment of the first four chapters of the country’s provisional constitution on Saturday following several weeks of heated debates in the Parliament. Somalia shady president Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud dissolves federal government. Read: Why is Somalia an unfortunate country? The corrupt lawmakers voted on the four chapters

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Bassirou Diomaye Faye wins presidency in Senegal

By Anadolu Agency The final results of the March 24 presidential election in Senegal were announced Friday with Bassirou Diomaye Faye winning with 54.2% of the vote. according to the Constitutional Council. Amadou Ba received 35.7% and Aliou Mamadou Dia garnered 2.8%. Former Dakar Mayor Khalifa Sall had 1.5%. The remaining 15 candidates did not

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