Turkey cannot accept Israel’s policy of depopulating Gaza: President Erdogan

By Anadolu Agency Turkey cannot accept Israel’s policy of depopulating the Gaza Strip, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday, reiterating that Israel is a “terror state.” “We cannot and will not tolerate the policy of the State of Israel, which has grown by constantly occupying, seizing land and massacring the oppressed, to render Gaza uninhabited,”

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World Bank sees $12 billion support to Kenya over next 3 years

By Reuters The World Bank said on Monday that it foresaw $12 billion of support to Kenya over the next three years, potentially a major boost to the East African country’s strained finances. The bank said in a statement that the total amount was subject to the approval of its executive directors and other factors

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Why Tanzania is hesitant of EAC single tourist visa plan

Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda said they are satisfied with the Single Tourist Visa Plan. Photo/Shutterstock By The East African Tanzania continues to dilly-dally on the operationalisation of the East African single tourist visa, which would make the region a single tourist destination. Dodoma is still reluctant to be part of the East African Community (EAC)

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BRICS countries to hold extraordinary joint meeting on situation in Gaza

By Anadolu Agency The BRICS group of nations will hold an Extraordinary Joint Meeting on Tuesday to discuss the situation in Gaza six weeks into the war between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. According to a statement, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will chair the virtual meeting, which will also be attended by the

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UN Security Council renewed the arms embargo on Somalia

The United Nations Security Council has extended the arms embargo on Somalia until the end of this year. The Security Council approved the extension of the arms embargo on Somalia, at its 9477th meeting, on November 15, 2023. Read: Why is Somalia an unfortunate country? Read: Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh history of corruption 2012-2017 Speaking

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Houthis seize ship in Red Sea with link to Israeli company

A view of the British-owned and Japanese-operated cargo ship Galaxy Leader, which was reported to have been captured by Houthis in the southern Red Sea, in this handout image taken near Queensland, Australia November 27, 2018. Owen Foley/Handout via Reuters/File Photo By Reuters Israel said on Sunday that Yemen’s Houthis had seized a British-owned and

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Somalia President in London is begging for food to sell on the black market

A photograph appear on the Internet Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud has arrived in London to co-host the Global Food Security Summit with UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, the United Arab Emirates, the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Read: Why is Somalia an unfortunate country? The summit, scheduled

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Revealed: Ugandan Govt. Deploys Israeli Spy Tool to Hack Citizen’s Phones

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni. Credit Photo Reuters By The African Exponent In what critics have termed a damning revelation, it has been confirmed that a Spy Tool was deployed in a State-Sponsored hack of Ugandans – especially opposition figures and journalists. Releasing official statements, two journalists and one politician – an opposition figure to the

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Somalia presidential election 2026 benefits one person, one vote

File Photo/Somali Times Somalia’s one person, one vote system, will benefit Somali people as a nation to elect representative instead of clan leaders electing MPs, who they want to benefit from, and most clan leaders are related to the candidates, according to Somali Times. Somalia’s leaders are corrupted and they care less about the future

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Russia’s first grain shipment heads to Burkina Faso, Somalia

Grain is loaded aboard a cargo ship at the Azov Sea Port, Rostov region, Russia on July 22, 2023. Photo/AFP By Reuters Russia’s Agriculture minister said on Friday that Moscow had begun free shipments of grain totalling up to 200,000 tonnes to six African countries, as promised by President Vladimir Putin in July. In a

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