Kenyan, Ethiopian leaders in Asmara for tripartite summit

Ethiopian Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed and Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta arrived on separate flights in Asmara, Eritrea today. The two leaders were accorded warm welcome on arrival by President Isaias Afewerki at Asmara International Airport. The three leaders will discuss timely regional issues in a Tripartite Summit today while bilateral matters will also feature

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Nigeria: At least 29 killed in armed bandit attack

At least 29 people were killed in an attack by armed bandits in Nigeria’s northwest Zamfara state, police said in a statement released on Saturday. Victims were ambushed on Thursday night as they were on their way back from a market in Shinkafi district of Zamfara, said Mohamed Shehu, police spokesman for Zamfara which is

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Qatar-Somalia: Trusted partners

Since Siad Barre’s government was overthrown in 1991, Somalia has experienced a harsh situation and suffered from long civil war as conflict between various armed factions began struggling for raising their influence. So malis never gave up hopes despite measurable situation to pull out their country out of devastation and chaos and great progress has

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The Latest: Sanders says his campaign built to beat Trump

Photo (AP) The Latest on Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who is making a second run for the Democratic presidential nomination (all times local): 12:20 p.m. Bernie Sanders is launching his second presidential campaign with a call for Americans from all walks of life to join his fight for a political revolution, one he’s been waging

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Somalia Foreign Minister calls on the OIC Member States to support debt cancellation

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, H.E. Amb. Ahmed Isse Awad delivered a speech at a meeting of the 46th Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the OIC Member States, which opened on Friday in the UAE capital Abu Dhabi. In his speech, the minister stressed that Somalia is forever grateful

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Federer wins Dubai final to join Connors in century club

Photo (AP) Add a century of career titles to Roger Federer’s staggering list of tennis achievements. The 20-time Grand Slam champion became the second male player to win 100 tour-level tournaments in the professional era when he beat Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 6-4 in the final of the Dubai Championships on Saturday. Jimmy Connors is the

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Canada approves Huawei extradition proceedings, China seethes

Photo Reuters The Canadian government, as expected, on Friday approved extradition proceedings against the chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, prompting a furious reaction from China. Meng Wanzhou, the daughter of Huawei’s founder, was detained in Vancouver last December and is under house arrest. In late January the U.S. Justice Department charged Meng

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Computers may beat doctors at predicting heart failure

Heart failure is a disease that affects millions of people worldwide. Research led by a team at Imperial College London and the Medical Research Council is trying to use computers to predict the disease. Using a computer program called 4Dsurvival, they analyzed scans from people with pulmonary hypertension. By tracking the motion of the heart

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China welcomes U.S. decision of suspending China tariff hike

China welcomes the U.S. decision of suspending the tariff hike of goods imported from China, said the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council on Saturday. The Chinese tariff authority said it accepted the statement from U.S. Trade Representative Office, which states that Chinese goods that have been subject to tariffs since September 2018 will

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Kenya should let the ICJ settle its maritime dispute with Somalia

The last three weeks have witnessed a strange diplomatic spat between Kenya and Somalia. The Kenyan government summoned back its ambassador from Mogadishu and kicked out the Somali ambassador, claiming that Somali leadership had attempted to sell off parts of Kenyan territory. The two neighbours have been locked in a dispute over their maritime boundary,

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