The headquarters of the African Development Bank (AfDB) are pictured in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, January 30, 2020. Photographer Luc Gnago By Reuters The African Development Bank will meet in Ivory Coast this week to pick a new president at a time when the continent’s biggest multilateral lender faces unprecedented challenges from funding cuts by the

By Anadolu Agency The 46th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit kicked off Monday in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur as leaders from the region converged to discuss key regional and global issues including US tariffs, the conflict in Myanmar and maritime disputes in the South China Sea. The event began with a traditional

File Photo/Somali Times The presidents of Puntland and Jubaland, who received an invitation from the UAE, met in Abu Dhabi  in the past few hours, where sensitive meetings on Somalia affairs are currently underway. Read: Exclusive: Somalia airspace revenue collected by Hassan Sheikh and his family Read: Somalia is the number 1 country for corruption

Chinese Premier Li Qiang addresses the Indonesia-China Business Reception 2025 in Jakarta, Indonesia, on May 24, 2025. Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto also attended the event. Photographer Li Xiang By Xinhua News Agency Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Saturday urged China and Indonesia to make the pie of cooperation bigger, strengthen industrial integration and safeguard free

File Photo/Somali Times Somalia Mogadishu has seen a strong political movement, led by opposition politicians who oppose the ambitions of President Hassan Sheikh. Read: Exclusive: Somalia airspace revenue collected by Hassan Sheikh and his family Read: Somalia is the number 1 country for corruption Read: Why is Somalia an unfortunate country Reports indicate that some

Sudan’s General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan arrives with his officials and guards in the military airport of Port Sudan, Sudan, August 27, 2023. Photographer Ibrahim Mohammed Ishak/File Photo By Reuters The United States will impose sanctions on Sudan after determining its government used chemical weapons in 2024 during the army’s conflict with the paramilitary Rapid Support

By Anadolu Agency Britain signed a deal handing over the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius on Thursday in exchange for securing a strategically important UK-US military base. Under the deal, the East African nation gains control of the Chagos Archipelago from the UK, allowing the US and UK to continue operating a strategically

By Xinhua News Agency As dawn breaks over Kenya’s savannah, a herd of giraffes ambles beneath the 7.5-meter-high arches of the Nairobi-Malaba Standard Gauge Railway bridge, purposefully engineered to accommodate their towering frames. About three km away, infrared cameras capture a mother rhino guiding her calf through a wildlife corridor adorned with Maasai tribal motifs,

By Anadolu Agency The US has obtained new intelligence indicating that Israel is preparing to strike Iranian nuclear facilities, even as negotiations continue between Tehran and Washington over Iran’s nuclear program, according to a report Tuesday. Such a move would mark a “brazen break” from President Donald Trump’s diplomatic push, US officials told CNN. While

By The African Exponent How long can a constitution last in Africa? While constitutional changes are part of the political landscape to be developed, some countries have managed to maintain the same founding documents for decades. These constitutions have directed nations through leadership change, civil war, and social changes, as a quiet witness to history.