By The African Exponent The international community is a vague term to mask the West’s global imperialism, and Africa should assert its voice in international relations. Whenever the term ‘international community’ is mentioned, it always carries connotations of dominance and exclusion. By way of history, the usage of this term has always implied that there

By Reuters Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will meet during the U.N. General Assembly in New York, Lapid’s office said on Saturday. The meeting marks another milestone for the countries as they work to mend long-strained ties. Both governments expelled ambassadors in 2018 and have often traded barbs over the

Credit to Photo/Facebook Libyan forces affiliated with the Department for the Protection of Diplomatic Missions have evacuated the Somali embassy in Tripoli after Somali citizens stormed the building and refused to leave, according to The Libya Observer reported. The department said that in coordination with the Protocol Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni and Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan/AFP By AFP Uganda’s Parliament has lashed out at European lawmakers over a resolution condemning a massive East African oil project and calling for it to be delayed. France’s TotalEnergies and the China National Offshore Oil Corporation signed a $10-billion agreement earlier this year to develop

By Anadolu Agency Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in New York on Saturday after attending a two-day Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Erdogan will address the General Debate of the 77th UN General Assembly session on Sept. 20, which will run through Sept. 26. The session will be held under the theme,

The President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud, who held a meeting with the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, shared the effective measures taken to ensure the reform of the country’s financial system. Somalia president history of corruption first term elected president between 2012 to 2017. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud and

By Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday praised Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s efforts to end the war in Ukraine, but said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was not prepared to hold peace talks. Speaking at a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Uzbekistan, Putin said Erdogan was always proposing meetings with Zelenskiy although he had not

US Embassy to Somalia reject visas of the defence minister and presidential advisor, Somalia spy chief Mahad Salad who planned to travel with the Somalia president Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud but were denied visas. Among the members whose visas were denied and who were unable to accompany corrupt President Hassan Sheikh are his National Security Adviser

By Reuters The pound on Friday tumbled to a fresh 37-year low on the U.S. dollar, and a 17-month trough on the euro, after weaker-than-expected figures of retail sales added to worries about the health of Britain’s economy. The pound fell more than 1% against the dollar to 1.1351, its lowest since 1985, its fall

The facilities of the oil refinery on the industrial site of PCK-Raffinerie GmbH, jointly owned by Rosneft, are illuminated in the evening in Schwedt, Germany, (Patrick Pleul/dpa via AP, File) By The Associated Press Germany is taking control of three Russian-owned refineries in the country to ensure energy security before an embargo on oil from