Police spokesperson Wesley Twigg said the circumstances surrounding a shooting where a 26-year-old man was shot and fatally wounded were under investigation. File picture: Bongani Mbatha: African News Agency /ANA By IOL As extortionists continue to terrorise the Gugulethu area, a 26-year-old Somali shopkeeper was shot and killed on Friday at NY 132. This was

Russian President Vladimir Putin/Reuters By Anadolu Agency Russia is standing against a new world order shaped only in the interests of the US, according to President Vladimir Putin. “What are we against? Against the fact that the new world that is taking shape is built only in the interests of one country, in this case

A day after the elections, officials tally votes at a vote collation centre that had been stormed by unknown assailants earlier in the day in Alimosho, Lagos, Nigeria on February 26, 2023. Photographer James Oatway By Reuters Nigeria’s electoral commission began announcing state-by-state results from national elections on Sunday, amid complaints of irregularities, though it

Rescuers recover a body after a migrant boat broke apart in rough seas, at a beach near Cutro, southern Italy, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023. Rescue officials say an undetermined number of migrants have died and dozens have been rescued after their boat broke apart off southern Italy. (AP Photo/Giuseppe Pipita) By The Associated Press At

By Anadolu Agency Russia suspended oil deliveries to Poland via the Druzhba pipeline, according to Poland’s leading oil and gas conglomerate, PKN Orlen. CEO Daniel Obajte wrote on Twitter that the company was prepared for the situation and is effectively securing supplies. The company told Polish News Agency PAP that deliveries to its refineries would

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko during a meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia February 17, 2023. Sputnik/Vladimir Astapkovich/Kremlin via Reuters By Reuters Belarus, a small Russian ally bordering Ukraine, has as many as 1.5 million potential military personnel outside its armed forces, a senior official was

File Photo/Somali Times By Human Rights Draft Law Grants Abusive Agency Broad Powers of Detention, Surveillance Somalia’s president should withhold his signature from a bill that will expand the powers of the country’s repressive intelligence agency. The draft law, which the Senate passed on February 22, 2023, grants the National Security and Intelligence Agency (NISA)

By Anadolu Agency Nigeria is voting on Saturday in an election billed as a potential turning point for Africa’s largest democracy and biggest economy. More than 93 million registered voters will have their say in choosing a new president and lawmakers for both chambers of parliament – 109 senators and 360 members of the House

Iranian Armed Forces Chief of Staff Major General Mohammad Bagheri and IRGC Aerospace Force Commander Amir Ali Hajizadeh stand together during the unveiling of “Kheibarshekan” missile at an undisclosed location in Iran, in this picture obtained on February 9, 2022. IRGC/Wana (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via Reuters By Reuters Iran has developed a cruise missile

File Photo Somali Times/Hargeisa SNM leaders massacring women and children The United States government has said that those responsible for the killing of civilians in the city of Las Anod will be held accountable for three weeks of fighting. The fighting between the Hargeisa SNM militia and the people of Las Anod has so far