Saudi woman gets 45 years in prison for social media use

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Reuters/Photographer Andrej Isakovic By The Associated Press A Saudi court has sentenced a woman to 45 years in prison for allegedly damaging the country through her social media activity, according to a court document obtained Wednesday. It was the second such sentence that has drawn scrutiny of the kingdom

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Swedish politician leaves party after prime minister’s ‘Somalitown’ remarks

Swedish Social Democratic Party by prime minister Magdalena Andersson. (Pontus Lundahl/TT via AP) By Anadolu Agency A Swedish-Somali politician has left the ruling Social Democrats party in protest over recent remarks by Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson, saying the party has become too xenophobic. Saida Hussein Moge criticized Andersson over comments she made last week where

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Mikhail Gorbachev, who steered Soviet breakup, dead at 91

Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev waves from the Red Square tribune during a Revolution Day celebration, in Moscow, Soviet Union, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 1989. Russian news agencies are reporting that former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has died at 91. The Tass, RIA Novosti and Interfax news agencies cited the Central Clinical Hospital. (AP Photo/Boris Yurchenko, File)

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Somalia corrupt president Hassan Sheikh fails to govern

Somalia corrupt President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud is facing a retreat from regional governments. Puntland, Jubaland, Galmudug and South West all their leaders are criticizing in different ways how the process started with the new system, Hassan Sheikh fails to govern. Hassan Sheikh returned to power as the regional authorities and Villa Somalia did not have

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Kenya’s top court to rule on hacking allegations, votes disparity in election dispute

Kenya’s Chief Justice Martha Koome By Reuters Kenya’s Supreme Court on Tuesday laid out eight questions it will answer when it rules on this month’s disputed presidential election result, including whether the commission’s website was hacked. Opposition leader Raila Odinga, who is seeking the presidency for the fifth time, is contesting the result of a

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18 die as Madagascar police shoot at albino kidnap protesters

Police arrive to disperse demonstrators in Antananarivo, Madagascar. Credit Photographer/AFP By AFP Eighteen people died Monday after police in Madagascar opened fire on what they called a lynch mob angered at the kidnapping of an albino child, a senior doctor told AFP. Dozens were wounded, some of them seriously. “At the moment, 18 people have

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Somalia state governors and Hassan Sheikh will meet in Garowe -sources say

Somalia Puntland is hosting a general meeting between the federal government and the regional governments, which will soon take place in the Garowe town, as confirmed according to sources. This matter was decided during the talks held by the President of Somalia Mr. Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud and the governor Puntland Said Deni in Garowe, although

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How borrowing rules will change for new President

President-Elect William Ruto By Business Daily Africa The new President will first have to get Parliament to approve borrowing limits for the next financial year before considering the budget, in changes aimed at forcing the government to leave within its means. This is after the outgoing National Assembly amended the Standing Orders to require parliament

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2 Air France pilots suspended after fighting in cockpit

By The Associated Press Fisticuffs in the cockpit, leaving a leaky engine running while cruising over Africa — Air France pilots are under scrutiny after recent incidents that have prompted French investigators to call for tougher safety protocols. Two Air France pilots were suspended after physically fighting in the cockpit on a Geneva-Paris flight in

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Iran says Israel failed to prevent its nuclear program

By Anadolu Agency Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi said Monday the country’s nuclear program has become indigenous and arch-foe Israel has been unable to prevent its progress through sabotage, assassinations, and threats. Raisi was addressing a news conference in Tehran, attended by local and foreign media, and coinciding with the first anniversary of his government that

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