Somalia president Hassan Sheikh launched campaigning UN conference to get money from the international community

The President of Somalia, Mr. Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud, who is currently in the United States, attended the opening of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Corrupt president Hassan Sheikh launched campaigning UN conference to get money from the international community. This year’s conference will focus on issues such as

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48 Somalis living in Minnesota charged with stealing $250 million from child feeding program

Aimee Bock, the executive director of the nonprofit Feeding program . (Shari L. Gross/Star Tribune via AP) The United States government has announced charges against 48 Somalis who are accused of embezzling $250 million intended to feed needy children during the Corona Virus outbreak, according to The Associated Press reported. A statement from the US

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Turkish leader to United Nations: Be ‘much more influential’

By The Associated Press Turkey’s leader, overseeing a nation encircled by regional disputes, used his speech at the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday to shine a spotlight on Turkish maneuvering in conflicts that span from Syria to Ukraine. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s speech comes as Turkey is beset by staggeringly high inflation — officially at

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DP World wins another ruling in battle over Djibouti port

By The Associated Press Dubai-based shipping giant DP World said Tuesday it has won another ruling in a longstanding legal battle over the operation of a strategic port in the African nation of Djibouti. Dubai-based DP World said an appeals court in Hong Kong agreed with its request to keep its lawsuit against China Merchants

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EU’s silence on free transfer of Russian fertilizers to developing countries ‘height of cynicism:’ Putin

By Anadolu Agency The EU’s refusal to respond to Russia’s proposal to transfer 300,000 tons of fertilizers from the European ports to developing countries free of charge is the “height of cynicism,” the Russian president said on Tuesday. “It is clear that they do not want to let our companies earn. But we want to

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Africa set for fertiliser boom as food crisis remains critical

By The East African A fertiliser boom is breaking out across Africa as calls for food security gain momentum amidst a widespread continental food crisis. With an estimated 346 million people on the continent negatively impacted by a severe food crisis, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the use of fertilisers has become

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1.8 tons of cocaine seized, 5 arrested in Nigerian bust

Credit: Reuters Photographer Karen Toro/File Photo By The Associated Press Nigeria’s anti-drug agency seized a record 1.8 tons of cocaine valued at $278 million at a Lagos warehouse in what it described Monday as likely the country’s largest bust ever. Five people – the warehouse manager and four “drug barons” including one profiled as a

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Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto splash half a billion on travel in three months before polls

By Business Daily Africa President William Ruto and his predecessor Uhuru Kenyatta more than doubled the spending on local travel to Sh579 million in the three months to June as campaigns for the August elections picked up momentum. Although Dr Ruto was the incumbent Deputy President, Mr Kenyatta had thrown his weight behind opposition leader

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Biden: US would defend Taiwan against Chinese invasion

President Joe Biden speaks during the United We Stand Summit in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) By The Associated Press China’s government on Monday criticized President Joe Biden’s statement that American forces would defend Taiwan if Beijing tries to invade as a violation of U.S. commitments about the

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Britain and the world to lay Queen Elizabeth II to rest

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II smiles during a visit to open the Sainsbury Laboratory for Plant Sciences in the University of Cambridge Botanic Garden, in Cambridge, England, Britain, April 27, 2011. Reuters/Andrew Winning/File Photo By The Associated Press Britain and the world are laying Queen Elizabeth II to rest on Monday at a state funeral that

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