Six Sudanese soldiers killed in Ethiopian attack – Sudan military

Six Sudanese soldiers were killed on Saturday in an attack by Ethiopian forces on a Sudanese army post near the border between the countries, Sudanese military sources told Reuters. According to Reuters reported. Sudan’s army said in an earlier statement on Facebook that “groups of the Ethiopian army and militias attacked its forces in Al-Fashaga

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UK, Germany and Italy detect Omicron variant cases, Israel closes borders

Digital display boards show cancelled flights to London – Heathrow at O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, November 26, 2021. REUTERS/ Sumaya Hisham/File Photo By Reuters Britain, Germany and Italy detected cases of the new Omicron coronavirus variant on Saturday and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced new steps to contain the virus,

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Somalia: Governor Said Deni is destroying PSF for political gain

Photo/Somali Times Officials with the Puntland Security Forces (PSF) have accused governor Said Abdullahi Deni plotting to disband their forces. At a press conference in Bosaso, PSF officials said the motive behind the Puntland presidency’s intervention was political, after former PSF director General Asad Osman Diano joined the political process. Officials point out that they

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World on alert as UK reports cases of omicron COVID variant

File – People queue to get on the Air France flight to Paris at OR Tambo’s airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, Nov. 26, 2021. As the world grapples with the emergence of the new highly transmissible variant of COVID-19, worried scientists in South Africa — where omicron was first identified — are scrambling to combat

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New Covid variant: Arab countries ban travel from southern African nations

Saudi passengers arrive at King Khaled International airport in the capital Riyadh on 17 May 2021 (AFP/file photo) By Middle East Eye Oman and Qatar on Saturday announced bans on travellers from several African nations after reports of a new Covid-19 variant first detected in southern Africa, following similar measures imposed on Friday by Egypt,

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Farmajo has more chance to be re-elected

Photo Somali Times/Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo. Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has more chance to be re-elected as Somalia’s President as Somali Times witnessed the majority of most recently elected MPs are Farmajo’s supporters will vote for him. According to our sources Somali officials told Somali Times Qatari government pay millions of dollars to

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As Europe virus cases surge, UK plows on with its new normal

File – Members of the public watch the Changing of the Guard ceremony at Buckingham Palace, London, Aug. 23, 2021, which is taking place for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. As countries across Europe reimpose lockdowns in response to surging COVID-19 cases and deaths, the UK – long one of

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‘Turkey, Italy will boost bilateral trade to $30B in 5 years’

Italian firms see Turkey as alternative to Chinese supply chains, says head of Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Bilateral trade between Turkey and Italy will exceed $20 billion this year and the two nations will increase it to above $30 billion within five years, the head of the Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

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European Parliament raps Somalia over press freedom, rights violations

Journalist Abdiaziz Guled, aka Afrika, who was killed in a targeted suicide bombing in Mogadishu. The European Parliament now describes Somalia’s media environment as restrictive and conducive for rogue elements to harass journalists By Daily Nation The European Parliament on Thursday raised the alarm over Somalia’s legal environment for the media, describing it as restrictive

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Countries in Europe and Asia, alarmed by new COVID variant, tighten borders

Passengers wearing protective face masks, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, walk at the Haneda airport, in Tokyo, Japan June 13, 2021. REUTERS/Androniki Christodoulou By Reuters European and Asian countries tightened travel restrictions on Friday after a new and possibly vaccine-resistant coronavirus variant was detected in South Africa, with the EU, Britain and India among

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