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Finland shuts all passenger border crossings with Russia but one

Finnish Border Guards escort the migrants at the international border crossing at Salla, northern Finland, November 23, 2023. Lehtikuva/Jussi Nukari via Reuters By Reuters Finland has temporarily closed all but one of its eight passenger crossings to Russia in response to an unusually high inflow of migrants for which the Nordic country accuses Moscow. More

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China donates 140,000 USD to aid flood victims in Somalia

By Xinhua News Agency The Chinese Embassy in Somalia donated about 140,000 U.S. dollars on Wednesday to assist Somalis affected by the ongoing floods, which have displaced more than 1.7 million people across the nation. The funds will be used to provide humanitarian support to Somalis affected by the floods resulting from heavy rains pounding

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Turkish aid agency installs greenhouses to strengthen Somalia’s agricultural infrastructure

By Anadolu Agency The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) has installed two greenhouses in the National University in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu with an aim to strengthen agricultural infrastructure in the Horn of Africa country. “Somalia’s economy depends on agriculture and livestock breeding and therefore, activities in this field should be supported,” Ilhami Turus, TIKA’s

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8 African Leaders Who Are Agents of Neo-Colonialism

Paul Biya By The African Exponent In his 1965 publication titled “Neo-Colonialism, the Last Stage of imperialism,” former Ghanaian president and hero of African independence, Kwame Nkrumah, warned Africa of the implications of neocolonialism. Barely 60 years after independence, the evidence of neocolonialism and Imperialism are becoming more real than ever with each passing day.

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Turkey cannot accept Israel’s policy of depopulating Gaza: President Erdogan

By Anadolu Agency Turkey cannot accept Israel’s policy of depopulating the Gaza Strip, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday, reiterating that Israel is a “terror state.” “We cannot and will not tolerate the policy of the State of Israel, which has grown by constantly occupying, seizing land and massacring the oppressed, to render Gaza uninhabited,”

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Why Tanzania is hesitant of EAC single tourist visa plan

Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda said they are satisfied with the Single Tourist Visa Plan. Photo/Shutterstock By The East African Tanzania continues to dilly-dally on the operationalisation of the East African single tourist visa, which would make the region a single tourist destination. Dodoma is still reluctant to be part of the East African Community (EAC)

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BRICS countries to hold extraordinary joint meeting on situation in Gaza

By Anadolu Agency The BRICS group of nations will hold an Extraordinary Joint Meeting on Tuesday to discuss the situation in Gaza six weeks into the war between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. According to a statement, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will chair the virtual meeting, which will also be attended by the

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UN Security Council renewed the arms embargo on Somalia

The United Nations Security Council has extended the arms embargo on Somalia until the end of this year. The Security Council approved the extension of the arms embargo on Somalia, at its 9477th meeting, on November 15, 2023. Read: Why is Somalia an unfortunate country? Read: Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh history of corruption 2012-2017 Speaking

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Houthis seize ship in Red Sea with link to Israeli company

A view of the British-owned and Japanese-operated cargo ship Galaxy Leader, which was reported to have been captured by Houthis in the southern Red Sea, in this handout image taken near Queensland, Australia November 27, 2018. Owen Foley/Handout via Reuters/File Photo By Reuters Israel said on Sunday that Yemen’s Houthis had seized a British-owned and

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Somalia President in London is begging for food to sell on the black market

A photograph appear on the Internet Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud has arrived in London to co-host the Global Food Security Summit with UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, the United Arab Emirates, the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Read: Why is Somalia an unfortunate country? The summit, scheduled

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