Suspected suicide bombing at Indonesian church wounds 14 people

Photo: Credit AFP / DAENG MANSUR/ The powerful blast hit a church in Makassar city on Sulawesi island. By Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) – Two suspected suicide bombers attacked a Catholic church in the Indonesian city of Makassar on Sunday, wounding fourteen people on the first day of the Easter Holy

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No foreign holidays ‘until August,’ government sources warn

Foreign holidays are unlikely until at least August, government officials are warning / Pa By John Dunne International travel is unlikely to restart on May 17 Foreign holidays are unlikely to get the go-ahead until August, according to senior government figures. Officials have warned that the government’s review of foreign holidays, due on April 12,

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Myanmar protests continue a day after more than 100 killed

Anti-coup protesters run around their makeshift barricade they burn to make defense line during a demonstration in Yangon, Myanmar, Sunday, March 28, 2021. Protesters in Myanmar returned to the streets Sunday to press their demands for a return to democracy, just a day after security forces killed more than 100 people in the bloodiest day

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Kenya is deporting Somali business owners and following the footsteps of dictator Idi Amin deportation of Asian community in Uganda

Photo: Credit Business Daily Africa. Somali business owners living in Nairobi could be deported as Kenya repossessed properties in the coming days. Kenya continues to blackmail the Somali government’s relations between Somalia and Kenya, ending last December. Kenya wanted Somalia to donate part of the maritime boundary. The decision deporting Somali business owners, which is

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Africa in the news: Ethiopia, Republic of Congo, Kenya, and Somalia updates

File Photo/Somali Times By Christina Golubski, Leo Holtz, and Tamara White ETHIOPIA CONFIRMS PRESENCE OF ERITREAN TROOPS IN TIGRAY; INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE TO END CRISIS HEIGHTENS On Friday, March 26, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s office released a statement stating that Eritrea has agreed to withdraw its forces from the Tigray region. His statement comes just

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At least 50 killed in Myanmar’s bloodiest day

Most violent crackdown comes after ruling junta warned protesters of risk of being shot in the head and back Myanmar has seen the most violent crackdown on pro-democracy protesters on Saturday when the ruling military regime put on a show of its strength on its annual Armed Forces Day, killing at least 50 people. The

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China says they respect Somalia’s sovereignty

File Photo/Somali Times China supports the Federal Government of Somalia’s position that the Federal Republic of Somalia is an independent country that can never accept foreign interference. The Chinese government has stated that it respects the sovereignty and dignity of the Federal Republic of Somalia, and stands by the principle that Somalia belongs to the

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Puntland Finance Minister says Puntland can secede from Somalia

Photo/Somali Times Puntland State Minister of Finance Hassan Shire Abgal said a constitutional provision gives Puntland the right to secede from Somalia, in the absence of a federal Somali government. Speaking at a meeting on the outskirts of Garowe, Puntland Finance Minister Abgaal said Puntland would never accept anything less than a federal government of

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UK businesses may be forced to reveal ethnicity pay gap

The Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, set up by Boris Johnson last summer, is expected to report within days. Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo By Rajeev Syal Boris Johnson’s race equality advisers are expected to suggest change after study of employment market Companies could be ordered to disclose any pay gap between white employees and

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Canadian firm suspended from US stock trading over Sh139bn Kenya loan claim

Photo: Credit AFP/ US Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton, speaks during a House Committee on Financial Services hearing entitled “Capital Markets and Emergency Lending in the COVID-19 Era. America stocks market regulator has suspended a Canadian firm from trading in the United States for failing to shed light on disclosures indicating it signed

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