EU calls for security meeting over Kenya-Somalia tensions

President Uhuru Kenyatta and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed The European Union has asked Kenya and Ethiopia to organise a security summit on cross-border cooperation following tensions on the Kenya-Somalia border. Mandera County in Kenya, which is near the border, has been tense for more than a week now following clashes between Jubbaland forces and

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Israeli Arab party backs Netanyahu’s rival Gantz

A combination picture shows Benny Gantz, leader of Blue and White party, in Tel Aviv, Israel, November 23, 2019 and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Kiryat Malachi, Israel March 1, 2020. REUTERS/Corinna Kern, Amir Cohen/File Photo The main rival to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won support from Israel’s Arab party on Sunday to form

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Kikuyu, Luo, Kamba numbers down while Somalis, Maasai and Kalenjin up

Ethnicity relates to a shared understanding of culture, language, history or territorial origins of an ethnic group or community. • Between 1969 and 2019, obvious variations of share are noted within the big five — the Kikuyus (from 20.29% to 17.13%), the Luos (from 14.03% to 10.65%), the Luhyas (from 13.39% to 14.35%), the Kambas

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3 Somali nationals arrested for alleged bribery

The SAPS management had praised the officer for living up to his commitment to uphold the law and serve the community with integrity, Rwexana said. File picture: SAPS/Twitter Cape Town – An investigation by a South African Police Service (SAPS) detective in Joe Slovo Park in Milnerton, Cape Town, into an attempted murder on March

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Jordan Prince supports sister Princess Haya in battle against Dubai ruler

Jordanian Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein and Princess Haya [Twitter] Jordanian Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein, half-brother of Jordanian King Abdullah II, has voiced his support for his sister Princess Haya, wife of Dubai ruler Mohamed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum. On his Twitter account, the prince posted a picture of himself with the princess with the

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Multiple rockets hit Iraq’s Taji base for second time in a week

Unused Katyusha rockets found by the Iraqi Army are seen f Umm al-Izam, in this picture provided by Iraqi Media Security Cell, March 14, 2020. Iraqi Media Security Cell/Handout via REUTERS Several Iraqi air defense servicemen were critically wounded on Saturday as multiple rockets hit a military base which houses U.S.-led coalition troops, in the

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Europe is new epicenter of coronavirus pandemic, says WHO

Photograph: JIM URQUHART WHO chief says Europe has more coronavirus cases reported every day than were reported at height of its epidemic in China Europe has become the “new epicenter” of the coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) chief said Friday. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus addressed journalists from the WHO headquarters in a virtual press

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Saudis cancel flights as Gulf nations move to contain virus

Firefighters disinfect a street against the new coronavirus, in western Tehran, Iran, Friday, March 13, 2020. The new coronavirus outbreak has reached Iran’s top officials, with its senior vice president, Cabinet ministers, members of parliament, Revolutionary Guard members and Health Ministry officials among those infected. The vast majority of people recover from the new coronavirus.

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The Complex Skin Lightening Crisis In Africa – Will It End?

Humans have always been obsessed by tampering with their looks to improve and enhance their beauty among which is skin lighting. It is a phenomenon that has existed in the world for centuries. But in Africa, skin lightening comes with connotations of European standards of beauty, colorism, racist undertones, and low self-esteem. With skin-lightening comes

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Corruption: Dusty runway Barawe airport cost $5 million dollars

Photo/Somali Times The opening of the newly built Barawe Airport has been greeted with sharp criticism as Somalis online question the quality of the work, noting the $5 million project did not match the output. According to the Corrupt,Villa Somalia government the construction of the airport cost $ 5 million, but pictures showing a dusty

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