By Reuters Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni said on Saturday that 54 Ugandan peacekeepers were killed in an attack last week by militant group Al-Shabab on a military base in Somalia. Museveni said the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) had since recaptured the base from the Islamist group. Read: Exclusive: Somalia President Hassan Sheikh intends to

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (L) shakes hands President William Ruto at State House Nairobi. Kenya The East African By Aggrey Mutambo and James Anyanzwa Debt, a weakening currency and high food prices are not problems unique to Kenya, but they are pushing Nairobi’s current open-door policy to the world’s greatest powers, potentially becoming a

Photographer Somali Times/Inside Somali Parliament Abdirahman Abdishakur Abdirahman Abdishakur said, “We are not doing anything for Somalia to start a extension period this morning. It is surprising.” The envoy of the president of Somalia in charge of drought relief, Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame, opposed the motion for extension of Hassan Sheikh’s term which was presented to

Credit to Photo Associated Press/Dictator Ismali Omar Gulleh has ruled over Djibouti since 1999. He succeeded his uncle, Hassan Gouled Aptidon African leaders have continued to consolidate their power through constitutional changes and have constructed legal dictatorships. The new decade has brought about a series of seismic changes in the African political system. There has

By Anadolu Agency High-level officials from 78 countries will attend Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s swearing-in ceremony Saturday. The inauguration ceremony at the Presidential Complex will be attended by 21 heads of state, 13 prime ministers, as well as parliamentary and ministerial-level representatives, and representatives of international organizations, including the Organization of Turkic States (OTS),

File – Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley listens during an event at the Memorial Amphitheater of Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Memorial Day, on May 29, 2023. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley, says the main battle tanks and fighter jets the U.S.

Senegal presidential aspirant Sonko sentenced to prison/Reuters By Reuters Nine people were killed in Senegal on Thursday in clashes between riot police and supporters of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko after a court sentenced him to two years in jail, casting serious doubt on his chances of running for president next year. Sonko, 48, did not

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken disembarks from the airplane at the Helsinki-Vantaa airport in Vantaa, Finland, Thursday, June 1, 2023. US Secretary of State Blinken will meet with Finnish Foreign Minister and Finnish Prime Minister during his visit on Friday. (Emmi Korhonen/Lehtikuva via AP) By The Associated Press The United States has reopened its

By Anadolu Agency Oil prices increased on Thursday after the US passed a bill that is anticipated to lift the US debt ceiling and limit government spending in an effort to reduce the federal deficit. International benchmark Brent crude traded at $73.34 per barrel at 09.52 a.m. local time (0652 GMT), a 1.02% rise from

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa/AFP By The East African Zimbabwe’s Parliament has passed a controversial law that seeks to punish “unpatriotic” citizens, yet another legislative move contradicting President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s pledge to expand freedoms. The ruling party Zanu PF used its parliamentary majority to approve the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Amendment Bill, 2022, widely known