Kenya, Ethiopia seek to burry hatchets with peace meet

Conference to seek ways of boosting dialogue between communities to achieve sustainable peace in Moyale border region Ethiopia – Officials from Kenya and Ethiopia convened Wednesday in a regional meeting to find and sustain a peace at the Moyale border area — a fragile stage to many deadly conflicts. The meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s

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First picture of TNT worker jailed for life for brutal murder of colleague in Birmingham street

Photo Birmingham Live By Ross McCarthy Bile Siyad died after Abdul Khaya delivered the blow in a street in Birmingham after row over £50 This is the TNT worker who killed a colleague by plunging a knife into his head following a dispute over £50. Bile Siyad collapsed immediately after Abdul Khaya delivered the blow

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Car bomb in Mogadishu kills 4 despite heavy security following Al-Shabaab attacks

Four people were killed and five injured when a car loaded with explosives detonated on a busy road in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, police said Wednesday, April 17.“So far we can confirm four dead and five wounded. We offer our condolences to the victims,” Somalia’s deputy police chief Zakia Hussein wrote on Twitter. Abdulkadir Abdirahman Adan,

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Toppled Bashir moved from residence to Khartoum’s Kobar prison: relatives

Photo Reuters Deposed ex-Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has been moved to Khartoum’s grim high-security Kobar prison from the presidential residence, family sources said on Wednesday, and transitional military rulers announced steps to crack down on corruption. Sudan’s military ousted Bashir after weeks of mass protests that climaxed in a sit-in outside the Defense Ministry compound.

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China’s Q1 GDP growth steady at 6.4%, beating forecast

China’s economy expanded by 6.4 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2019, enjoying a stable performance with growing positive factors, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Wednesday. The GDP stood up by 6.4 percent year-on-year at 21.34 trillion yuan (about 3.18 trillion U.S. dollars) in the first three months of the year,

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Uganda offers Sudan’s Bashir asylum

Uganda said Tuesday it is willing to offer asylum to deposed Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and his family should he request it.”If Bashir or members of his family apply for asylum, their applications can be considered by the president,” said Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Okello Oryem. He said Bashir worked a lot for

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Late night shelling in Tripoli as Europe, Gulf divided over Haftar’s push

Photo Reuters Shelling could be heard late on Tuesday in several parts of the Libyan capital Tripoli as Europe and the Gulf were divided over a push by eastern forces commander Khalifa Haftar to seize the city. Nearly two weeks into its assault, the veteran general’s eastern-based Libyan National Army (LNA) is stuck in the

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Puntland Governor Deni meets with DP-World Chairman and receives $ 5 Million US Dollar Bosaso port agreement

United Arab Emirates, Somali Times. Elderly clans Business people against, the Bosaso port agreement. Somalia government Ban DP-World to operate in Somalia even parliament they vote against DP-World, The Governor of the Puntland State of Somalia Mr Said Abdullahi Deni met with the Chairman of DP-World, led by Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem. The Governor was

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World stocks rise on hopes for growth; focus on earnings

Photo (AP) World stock markets advanced Tuesday on upbeat economic data for China and Germany and as investors keep an eye on U.S. corporate earnings reports, which have been mixed so far. Germany’s DAX rose 0.6% to 12,097 after a measure of investor confidence, the ZEW index, rose for a sixth month. The CAC 40

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Turkey in talks with US to boost bilateral trade to $75B, Albayrak says

Treasury and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak held talks Monday with his counterparts in Washington to increase the trade volume between the countries to $75 billion, up from the current $25 billion. Albayrak also met with U.S. President Donald Trump during his visit to the White House and talked about Turkey’s purchase of the Russian S-400

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