By Anadolu Agency Members of the South African parliament reelected Cyril Ramaphosa late Friday as president for a second term during the first sitting of the legislature. Ramaphosa, 71, leader of the African National Congress party (ANC) received 283 votes, defeating Julius Malema of the Economic Freedom Fighter party (EFF) who garned 44 votes. The

Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. Credit to Photo Twitter x Qatar’s news agency QNA reported that the Emir of Qatar, Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, had separate meetings on the phone with Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud and Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. The news agency of the country of Qatar

File Photo/Somali Times The president of Galmudug administration, Ahmed Abdi Karie said yesterday afternoon held a meeting with the elders and intellectuals of the Marehan and Dir clans, which last Saturday had a fight that killed almost 100 people. Read: Somalia’s corruption is widespread throughout the regime Read: US stopped the food supply Somalia Danab

Libyan Interior Minister Emad al-Tarabelsi (R) and Tunisian Interior Minister Khaled Nouri (L) sign a security agreement in Tripoli, Libya, on June 12, 2024. The Ras Ajdir border crossing, a vital land link between Libya and Tunisia, will partially reopen on Thursday following months of closure, the Libyan Interior Ministry announced on Wednesday. (Libyan National

By The Associated Press A boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of Yemen, killing at least 49 people and leaving another 140 missing, the U.N. agency said Tuesday. The boat was carrying about 260 Somalis and Ethiopians from the northern coast of Somalia on the 320-kilometer (200-mile) journey across the Gulf of Aden when

By Anadolu Agency Rwanda accused the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday of presenting fabricated allegations to UK courts about the country’s treatment of asylum seekers amid concerns about a migration deal that Britain signed with Kigali. The accusations came a day after the UN refugee agency warned UK judges that it

Malawi’s Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima. Credit to Photo/ Facebook By Reuters Malawi’s Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima and nine others, including former first lady Shanil Dzimbiri, were killed when the military plane they were travelling in crashed, President Lazarus Chakwera said on Tuesday. The aircraft carrying Chilima, who was seen as a potential candidate

Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud held a meeting with the King of Norway, King Harald V, and Crown Prince Haakon Magnus at the royal palace in Oslo. Read: Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh history of corruption 2012-2017 Read: Somalia Hassan Sheikh’s government is facing a widespread financial crisis and the causes The corrupt President Hassan Sheikh’s and the

By Reuters Search and rescue operations will continue until the missing aircraft carrying Malawi’s vice president, Saulos Klaus Chilima, is found, the southern African nation’s president said late on Monday. Chilima, 51, was aboard a military aircraft with nine others that left Lilongwe, the capital, at 09:17 a.m. (0717 GMT), Malawi’s Office of the President

File Photo/Somali Times The President of Puntland, Said Abdullahi Deni, has sent a letter to Somalia’s international community demanding that they ensure the fair and equal distribution of grants and development aid cut off by the Somali federal government Puntland share. Read: Somalia’s corruption is widespread throughout the regime Read: US stopped the food supply