AU envoy: Sudan military, protesters to sign political deal

Sudanese people celebrate in the streets of Khartoum after ruling generals and protest leaders announced they have reached an agreement on the disputed issue of a new governing body on Friday, July 5, 2019. The deal raised hopes it will end a three-month political crisis that paralyzed the country and led to a violent crackdown

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Ugandan police officers stormed Sumba Island in Lake Victoria and confiscated boat engines and fishing nets from Kenyan Citizen.

Ugandan police officers stormed Sumba Island in Lake Victoria and confiscated boat engines and fishing nets from Kenyan Citizen.  The distraught fishermen said the Wednesday mid-morning operation caught them by surprise. The security officers were said to have been angered by the fishermen’s regular trips into Ugandan waters. Bunyala Sub-county Director of Fisheries Shadrack Kimani

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Somalia launches program to boost education opportunities in Somalia

Somalia and two international agencies on Thursday launched a program to boost education opportunities for children and youth impacted by ongoing crises in Somalia. The initiative backed by the government, Education Cannot Wait and Development Relief Agency in Somalia (ADRA) will improve access to safe, quality education for children and youth affected by the multiple

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This ex-Somali refugee hopes to become Labour Party’s candidate in the London Assembly elections

Faduma Hassan, who has been a massive supporter of politician and Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn. Somalis in the Diaspora have, over the years, chalked major successes in the political landscape of the various host countries that they have had to adjust to in the midst of challenges. In recent years, Ihan Omar made headlines

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Somali Foreign Minister meets State Minister for Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ahmed Isse Awad, met on Wednesday in London with the State Minister for Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom, Harriett Baldwin. During the meeting, they discussed bilateral relations and means of developing strategic cooperation in various fields and enhancing efforts aimed at establishing security and

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North Korean missile can reach anywhere in US: USFK

Hwasong-15 ICBM can strike any part of U.S. mainland, United States Forces Korea says in its first official assessment The United States Forces Korea (USFK) has admitted that North Korea’s Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) can reach anywhere in the continental U.S., South Korea’s state-run Yonhap News Agency reported Thursday. The Hwasong-15 has an estimated

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Iranian boats ‘harass’ British tanker in the Gulf: U.S. officials

Royal Navy Type 23 frigate HMS Montrose performs a series of tight turns during exercise Marstrike 05 off the coast of Oman March 22, 2005. POA(Phot) Mick Storey/Royal Navy/Handout via REUTERS Five boats believed to belong to Iranian Revolutionary Guards approached a British oil tanker in the Gulf on Wednesday and asked it to stop

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Senate Foreign Relations chairman offers Saudi rights bill

FILE PHOTO: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman attends a meeting with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan June 29, 2019. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s Republican chairman, Senator Jim Risch, introduced legislation on Wednesday punishing Saudi Arabia over human rights

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US missiles found in Libya compound belonged to France

In this Saturday, June 29, 2019 photo, U.S. made Javelin anti-tank missile is displayed in Tripoli, Libya, after being captured from the self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA). France’s Defense Ministry acknowledged that U.S.-made missiles captured from the self-styled Libyan National Army belonged to the French military. A statement Wednesday, July 10, 2019, said the missiles

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At least 24 killed in brutal Papua New Guinea tribal massacres

AFP/File / GORETHY KENNETH /Papua New Guinea’s prime minister, James Marape, warned the perpetrators ‘your time is up’ At least 24 people, including two pregnant women and their unborn children, were killed in a three-day spasm of tribal violence in Papua New Guinea’s lawless highlands, prompting the prime minister on Wednesday to promise swift justice.

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