Air Tanzania plane seized in the Netherlands

One of the Air Tanzania planes flies. Long-haul flights business promises profit in the near future.File Photo/Daily Nation By The Citizen Dar es Salaam. Air Tanzania Company Limited plane has been seized in the Netherlands after a Swedish firm won a $165 million award against Tanzania due to revoked land title in the Bagamoyo sugar

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Musk says Twitter has suspended rapper Ye over swastika post

By The Associated Press Twitter has suspended rapper Ye after he tweeted a picture of a swastika merged with the Star of David. It is the second time this year that Ye has been suspended from the platform over antisemitic posts. Twitter CEO Elon Musk confirmed the suspension by replying to Ye’s post of an

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Crypto meltdown a boon for bankruptcy lawyers

By Reuters Turmoil in the cryptocurrency industry has rattled major exchanges and sent the value of digital assets tumbling, but at least one group stands to gain: bankruptcy lawyers. High-profile bankruptcies involving crypto exchange FTX, hedge fund Three Arrows Capital and crypto lenders BlockFi, Celsius Network and Voyager Digital Ltd are generating new opportunities –

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Birmingham cousins killed in Somalia militant attack as tributes pour in for ‘pillars of the community’

Mohamed Hassan Elmi, left, and Abdulkadir Abdullahi Ahmed, right (Image: BirminghamLive) Birmingham Mail By Ben Perrin Two much-loved Birmingham cousins were tragically killed during a horrific militant attack in Somalia. Tributes have poured in for the pair who were highly respected pillars of the community in Small Heath. Community leaders Mohamed Hassan Elmi, 53, and

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Child labor in cocoa production ‘akin to slavery’

By Anadolu Agency Child labor in cocoa production is “akin to slavery,” with the agricultural sector the largest employer of child laborers. More than one in five children in the world’s poorest countries are engaged in child labor and sub-Saharan Africa has the largest proportion of child laborers aged between five and 17, according to

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Somali-Finland citizen arrested for tearing up Turkish lira

Credit to Photo/TikTok The security forces of Turkey have arrested a Somali, Finland citizen who posted the video on TikTok of tearing the country’s currency, which angered the Turkish government. The Somali citizen who holds the citizenship of Finland, the video he recorded has spread widely on social media, especially TikTok, and his action has

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U.S.-Russia intelligence services in touch on possible prisoner swap – Lavrov

By Reuters Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday that discussions with Washington about potential prisoner exchanges were being conducted by the two countries’ intelligence services, and that he hoped they would be successful. Elizabeth Rood, the U.S. chargée d’affaires in Moscow, told Russia’s state-owned RIA news agency in comments published on Monday that

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South Africa’s Ramaphosa under pressure over ‘cash and cushions’ scandal

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa: Credit to Photo/AFP By AFP It alleged that Ramaphosa had hidden a burglary at his farm at Phala Phala in northeastern South Africa from the authorities. Ramaphosa said $580,000 in cash was stolen from beneath sofa cushions at his ranch. South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa is facing renewed pressure after

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Unite for lasting peace, Uhuru Kenyatta urges DR Congo citizens

Former Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta who has implored on Congolese citizens meeting with him in Nairobi to embrace forgiveness as the search for lasting peace in the eastern parts of DRC continues By The East African Former Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta has implored on Congolese citizens meeting with him in Nairobi for the third Inter-Congolese

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Two entirely new minerals found in huge meteorite that fell on Somalia

Two new minerals were found in the meteorite. (Chris Herd) Yahoo By Rob Waugh Two new minerals which have never been seen in nature have been found in a 15-tonne meteorite in Somalia – which was the ninth-largest ever found. Professor Chris Herd, curator of the University of Alberta’s Meteorite Collection, analysed a thin slice

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