By Anadolu Agency EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visited the Italian island of Lampedusa in the Mediterranean, which has been inundated with irregular migrants in recent days, and presented a 10-point action plan to support Italy. With approximately 11,000 irregular migrants arriving on the island of Lampedusa from Africa to Europe through the

Side view of hacker using computer with digital interface while sitting at desk of blurry interior. Photo/Shutterstock By The East African Kenya has experienced two major cyber-attacks in the last few months, with the latest one affecting the government’s online portal, paralysing services for days and raising questions over safety of cyber systems in the

File Photo-Comedian and presenter Russell Brand speaks during an anti-austerity rally in Parliament Square in London June 21, 2014. Reuters/Luke MacGregor/File Photo New York Post By Brooke Kato Russell Brand’s career could be over following bombshell sexual assault allegations made by four women in a new report published by The Times of London. But the

Visitors look at ammunition on display at the Defence and Security Equipment International trade show in London, Britain, September 12, 2017. Photographer Hannah McKay By Reuters As Russia’s Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un met this week to discuss what analysts believe will be a deal for an exchange of weapons, the West’s

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Credit Photo/AFP By The East African Ethiopian National Defence Forces (ENDF) are facing new allegations of atrocities in Amhara region, just a month after authorities in Addis Ababa imposed a state of emergency in the area to deal with a local rebellion. And the Amhara Association of America (AAA), a

Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan presents medium-term economic programme forecasts in Ankara, Turkey, September 6, 2023. Murat Cetinmuhurdar/PPO/Handout via Reuters/File Photo By Reuters Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that Ankara could part ways with the European Union if necessary when asked about the recent adoption of the European Parliament’s report on Turkey. Speaking to

A destroyed market area in al-Fasher, the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur state on September 1, 2023. By The East African The international community has developed fatigue over the Sudan conflict as the country veers towards a failed state, rights watchdogs say. A group of 50 human rights organisations led by theExecutive Director of Human

Chinese permanent representative to the United Nations Zhang Jun By Anadolu Agency The Chinese permanent representative to the United Nations said that seeking foreign support to get independence by Taiwan is a “dead end,” state-run media reported on Friday. In a statement, Zhang Jun strongly reacted to Taiwan’s move to submit a joint letter to

By The Associated Press Newly reelected Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa swore in a new Cabinet on Tuesday after appointing one of his sons and one of his nephews to deputy minister posts. Mnangagwa’s Cabinet was largely made up of loyalists from his ruling ZANU-PF party. The move to appoint his 34-year-old son David Kudakwashe Mnangagwa

Police detain Patsy Stevenson as people gather at a memorial site in London’s Clapham Common park following the kidnap-murder of Sarah Everard, in London, Britain, March 13, 2021. Photographer Hannah McKay/File Photo By Reuters London’s police force has apologised and paid “substantial damages” to two women detained at a vigil held in memory of Sarah