World Court in The Hague, Netherlands AP Photo/Peter Dejong By Reuters South Africa asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday for an urgent order declaring that Israel was in breach of its obligations under the 1948 Genocide Convention in its crackdown against the Palestinian group Hamas in Gaza. The ICJ, sometimes known as

By Anadolu Agency In the face of persistent sanctions, Russia’s economic landscape at the year’s end presents a compelling narrative of resilience and growth. Despite the challenges posed by external pressure and earlier negative forecasts, Russia’s GDP growth in 2023 is expected to be 3.5%, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a live broadcast on

Photographer Somali Times The governor of the Puntland administration, Said Abdullahi Deni, who last night held a highly organized event in Garowe to announce that he is once again standing for the presidency of the administration, spoke about many sensitive issues, first of all he talked about something his performance during his tenure in office.

Photographer Somali Times The ruthless Djibouti dictator Ismaïl Omar Guelleh today brought together the president of Somalia and SNM militia leader who arrived in the Djibouti today, and it will be the second meeting between Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud and Muse Bihi Abdi. Read: The oldest African dictators The oldest African dictator Ismaïl Omar Guelleh has

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un speaks at the 5th National Meeting of Mothers in Pyongyang in this picture released by the Korean Central News Agency on December 5, 2023. KCNA via Reuters/File Photo By Reuters North Korea leader Kim Jong Un has ordered his country’s military, munitions industry and nuclear weapons sector to accelerate

Artisanal miners sluice for gold by pouring water through gravel at an unlicensed mine near the city of Doropo, Ivory Coast. Credit to Photo Reuters Business Daily Africa By HF Markets Artisanal gold mining, an ancient practice undertaken by small-scale miners around the world, plays a significant role in the global gold supply. However, this

By Anadolu Agency The US military said Tuesday that it shot down 12 drones, three anti-ship ballistic missiles and two land-attack cruise missiles fired by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels at ships in the southern Red Sea. ”U.S. assets, to include the USS LABOON (DDG 58) and F/A-18 Super Hornets from the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group,

Turkey’s Minister of Justice Yılmaz Tunç confirmed that Mohamed Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud, the son of Somalia president, will soon arrive in Turkey to face trial in a car accident in Istanbul, killing a Turkish national. Emre Göçer, died after he was seriously injured in the accident that was responsible for the son of the Somalia

A general view shows the cityscape of Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, January 29, 2017. Photographer Tiksa Negeri/File Photo By Reuters Ethiopia became Africa’s third default in as many years on Tuesday after it failed to make a $33 million “coupon” payment on its only international government bond. Africa’s second most populous country announced earlier this

A demonstrator holds a banner outside The Old Bailey, the Central Criminal Court of England and Wales, in London, Monday, Dec. 4, 2023. Britain is one of the world’s oldest democracies, but some worry that essential rights and freedoms are under threat. They point to restrictions on protest imposed by the Conservative government that have