Smoke is seen following a fire at Aramco facility in the eastern city of Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia, September 14, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group on Saturday attacked two Saudi Aramco plants, including the world’s biggest oil processing facility, sparking fires in the latest flare up of violence in the Gulf. Saudi Arabia said it

A file photo of a production facility at Saudi Aramco’s Shaybah oilfield. Photograph: Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters Strikes spark huge fire at world’s largest oil processing facility Drones attacked the world’s largest oil processing facility in Saudi Arabia and a major oilfield operated by Saudi Aramco early on Saturday, the kingdom’s interior ministry said, sparking a huge

A Hyundai car. The South Korea car manufacturer has introduced eight models in Somaliland. South Korea car manufacturer Hyundai has entered into the Somaliland into the market. Hyundai has launched a series of models in Somaliland capital Hargeisa after partnering with Dahabshiil Motors to introduce the brand new vehicles in the Horn of Africa country.

Uganda Airlines has disputed claims that it had grounded one of its planes and failed to make scheduled flights to Somalia this week. Early this month the airline launched flights to Mogadishu, Somalia (four times weekly), but according to one disappointed customer, the airline failed to make the flight to Somalia yesterday, Thursday. The airline

Missing Dutch billionaire Tob Cohen. His body was found in a septic tank in his compound in Kitisuru, Nairobi, on September 13, 2019. Police have finally found the body of missing Dutch tycoon Tob Cohen in a water tank within his compound in Kitisuru, Nairobi. According to Director of Criminal Investigations boss George Kinoti, the

Kenya on Friday added the world’s first malaria vaccine to the routine immunization schedule for children under two, becoming the third country in Africa to roll out the vaccine for the disease that kills one child globally every two minutes. Malaria is a top killer of children under five in the East African nation, and

9 others injured when terrorists target vehicle carrying villagers, says interior minister At least seven civilians were killed and nine injured when PKK terrorists targeted a vehicle carrying forest workers in southeastern Turkey, Turkey’s interior minister said early Friday. “Our seven brothers were martyred by an improvised explosives blast while the vehicle was carrying them.

Photo/ Reuters Kenya has banned foreigners from adopting local children and will work toward a new policy governing the process, the presidency said on Thursday. The move follows that of neighboring Ethiopia, which also stopped adoption of children by foreigners in 2018, in an effort to curb trafficking. The government also asked the ministry of

Kikuyu MP Kimani Ichung’wa on Wednesday openly clashed with National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale over Tanga Tanga phrase. Duale was not impressed with the lawmaker after he uttered the phrase on the floor of the house. The members of parliament were discussing the Public Finance Management Amendment Bill when the lawmaker decided to mention

Photo/ AFP The overall death toll for the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) is probably in the range of 1,800 troops, says a new report by a US expert on the war against Al-Shabaab. The findings by scholar Paul Williams are based, he states, on five sources. The most comprehensive data comes from African