Photo: Credit Travel Plugged Forces of Ethiopia’s Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) have destroyed an airport in the town of Axum, state-affiliated Fana broadcaster said on Monday, after federal troops gave them a three-day deadline to surrender. TPLF leader Debretsion Gebremichael said the government ultimatum was a cover for its defeats on three fronts. Ethiopian

In this Nov. 9, 2020, file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits a new coronavirus lab at Ben-Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, Israel. Israeli media reported Monday, Nov. 23, 2020 that Netanyahu flew to Saudi Arabia for a clandestine meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, which would mark the first known encounter

Security forces dispatched to region and investigation launched At least five worshippers were killed and 40 others kidnapped when armed gunmen attacked a mosque in northwestern Nigeria, local media reported Sunday.”The attack by armed gangs occurred at a mosque in Zamfara state. The imam was among those reportedly abducted. Muhammed Shehu, a spokesperson for the

An abandoned water project in Kenya. The United States markets regulator has filed charges against an American who defrauded American investors $7.2 million (Sh788.3 million) for a fake desalination project in Kenya. Verley Lee “Rocky” Sembritzky, Jr. collected money from unsuspecting Americans and instead used part of the money to buy luxury cars, jewelry, and

In this Oct.29, 2020 file photo, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy attends a ceremony in Nice, southern France. Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy wants authorities to drop an investigation into alleged illegal financing of his 2007 campaign by the regime of late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. A French-Lebanese businessman this week backtracked on claims he

Tigray refugees who fled the conflict in the Ethiopia’s Tigray arrive on the banks of the Tekeze River on the Sudan-Ethiopia border, in Hamdayet, eastern Sudan, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020. The U.N. refugee agency says Ethiopia’s growing conflict has resulted in thousands fleeing from the Tigray region into Sudan as fighting spilled beyond Ethiopia’s borders

The Turkish leader on Sunday urged the EU to keep its promises to establish a closer cooperation together. “We call on the European Union to keep the promises made to our country from full membership to migration, so we can build a closer, more efficient cooperation,” President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told his ruling Justice and

Photo: Credit Facebook The richest man in Somalia Hormuud CEO Ahmed Nur Jimale. has been committing inhumane acts against underage girls for economic reasons. Somali Times found out that Ahmed Nur Jimale had married off 1000 girls of his daughters’ age and marries four girls each for three months under the age of 15 according

Ethiopian army forces preparing to cross the border into the Tigray region last week. Photograph: AP By Simon Tisdall As conflicts rapidly unfold in Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia and Yemen, the US, UK and European states are being sidelined The Ethiopian army’s assault on Tigray province marks a serious backwards step by the country’s prime minister,

Photo/Somali Times Former Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud said,“Fahad Yasin is the owner of this government. He ruined the office of the presidency when he became the chief of staff at Villa Somalia. He also poisoned the security sector by disbanding the soldiers and the intelligence community. Now, he is destroying our political systems. We