King tells former Sudanese refugees ‘I’m so glad you’re safe here’

King Charles III hosts Sudanese community: Credit/PA Wire The Independent By Tony Jones The King has sympathised with former refugees who escaped by boat to Europe from the Darfur genocide telling them “I’m so glad you’re safe here”. Charles chatted with accountants, NHS consultants and charity workers who have made a new life for themselves

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Gold price at Kenya stock market hits historic highs

By Business Daily Africa Gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs) at Kenya’s stock market on Thursday rose to the highest level since listing in 2017, offering investors access to the global yellow metal market in local currency. Investors at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) can buy the listed 400,000 gold bullion debentures, each equivalent to 0.01 of

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Son of Uganda’s president says to stand for leadership in 2026

File Photo: Lt. General Kainerugaba attends his birthday party in Entebbe By Reuters The son of Uganda’s aging leader, Yoweri Museveni, has said he intends to stand for the presidency in 2026, the first time the outspoken general has given a timeline for replacing his father, who has ruled the east African country for 37

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How first Covid wave devastated East London’s Somali community

A Covid 19 testing centre in Leytonstone, east London (File picture) / PA Wire Evening Standard By Daniel Keane Somali families living in east London experienced “acutely high” infection and death rates during the Covid pandemic, a new study has found. Researchers found that a late lockdown and “community-insensitive” public health approach contributed a higher

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Somalia’s shady president Hassan Sheikh opened Baidoa conference without the leader of Puntland

Photographer Somali Times/Somalia’s shady president Hassan Sheikh and regional leaders The President of the federal government of Somalia, Mr. Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud, today opened a meeting between the federal government, some regional governments and Benadir region in Baidoa. Read: Somalia is an unfortunate country The meeting of the council of sharing the donations given by

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With Saudi deals, US, China battle for influence in Mideast

In this photo released by Nournews, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani, right, China’s most senior diplomat Wang Yi, center, and Saudi Arabia’s National Security Adviser Musaad bin Mohammed al-Aiban looks on during an agreement signing ceremony between Iran and Saudi Arabia to reestablish diplomatic relations and reopen embassies after seven years

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Credit Suisse to borrow over $50B from Swiss National Bank

By Anadolu Agency Zurich-based banking company Credit Suisse has announced it would borrow up to 50 billion Swiss francs ($53.68 billion) from the Swiss National Bank after its shares drop by nearly %30. “This additional liquidity would support Credit Suisse’s core businesses and clients as Credit Suisse takes the necessary steps to create a simpler

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UK Budget: Hunt pledges reform to spur slow economy

Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt holds the budget box on Downing Street in London, Britain March 15, 2023. Photographer Peter Nicholls By Reuters Finance minister Jeremy Hunt announced on Wednesday a plan that he hopes will speed up Britain’s stagnating economy, including childcare and tax reforms to get more people into work and

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FIDH Vice-President arrested and expelled from Djibouti

Credit: Photo of Zakaria Abdillahi and Alexis Deswaef taken by the latter on 13 March in his hotel room while police officers were at the door. He was later expelled International Federation for Human Rights By Fidh Paris, 14 March 2023. After 48 hours of mission in Djibouti, complicated by a tailing of the Djibouti

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Blinken meets Ethiopian leaders to repair ties damaged by war

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Demeke Mekonnen in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia March 15, 2023. Photographer Tiksa Negeri By Reuters U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Ethiopia’s foreign minister in Addis Ababa on Wednesday, as their two governments look to repair relations strained by the two-year

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