By Anadolu Agency Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu said on Tuesday that 87,000 of 300,000 mobilized people have already been sent to the combat zone in Ukraine. Speaking at a meeting with military chiefs in Moscow, Shoygu said conscripts, who reported to the military service under Russia’s biannual conscription campaign, will not take part in

The Somalia-based militant Al-Shabab terrorist group is showing signs of a resurgence, taking advantage of the government Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud. After almost five years Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo government without any major attack, the Al-Qaida-linked group on October 29 detonated two bombs near the ministry of education in Mogadishu at the Zobe junction, a busy market

By Reuters Saudi Arabian state oil producer Aramco on Tuesday posted a 39% jump in its third-quarter net income that beat analysts’ forecasts, boosted by higher crude oil prices and volumes sold. Aramco’s net income rose to $42.4 billion for the three months to Sept. 30 from $30.4 billion a year earlier, it said in

By The East African The increasing risk of debt distress, widening fiscal and current deficits and limited economic diversification plans in the economies of East Africa, have combined to weaken prospects for growth this year. The African Development Bank forecasts the region’s GDP at four per cent this year, before recovering to 4.7 per cent

New Afghan Army special forces members attend their graduation ceremony after a three-month training program at the Kabul Military Training Center (KMTC) in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, July 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File) By The Associated Press Afghan special forces soldiers who fought alongside American troops and then fled to Iran after the chaotic U.S.

By Anadolu Agency The president of Turkey on Monday strongly condemned a “heinous” terrorist attack with bomb-laden vehicles in Somalia. “No reason can be an excuse for killing innocent civilians, children going to school, people praying in mosques,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at a meeting with religious officials in the Turkish capital Ankara. “The perpetrators

A detainee gestures through a fence at an immigration processing centre in Manston, Britain, October 31, 2022. Photographer Hannah McKay By Reuters The British government came under increasing pressure on Monday to tackle deteriorating conditions at a migrant processing centre in southeast England a lawmaker said was “overwhelmed” by the numbers of people arriving across

Trafficking By The African Exponent Kenyan officials have warned citizens once more against falling prey to job scams in Southeast Asia. The warning came after it was discovered that dishonest agents were luring people with the promise of work and then ending up trafficking them. According to a statement released by the Ministry of Foreign

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula waves to supporters gathered on Paulista Av. after he defeated incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in a presidential run-off election to become the country’s next president, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. At right is running mate Geraldo Alckmin. (AP Photo/Andre Penner) By The Associated Press Brazilians delivered a

The former prime minister of Somalia, Mr. Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, spoke about the political situation in the country, especially the conference on the issue of the regional governments regarding the period of growth. Sharmarke, who issued a statement, revealed that the current plan of the Somali leaders to extend the two-year period, he said,