By Anadolu Agency Child labor in cocoa production is “akin to slavery,” with the agricultural sector the largest employer of child laborers. More than one in five children in the world’s poorest countries are engaged in child labor and sub-Saharan Africa has the largest proportion of child laborers aged between five and 17, according to

Credit to Photo/TikTok The security forces of Turkey have arrested a Somali, Finland citizen who posted the video on TikTok of tearing the country’s currency, which angered the Turkish government. The Somali citizen who holds the citizenship of Finland, the video he recorded has spread widely on social media, especially TikTok, and his action has

By Reuters Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday that discussions with Washington about potential prisoner exchanges were being conducted by the two countries’ intelligence services, and that he hoped they would be successful. Elizabeth Rood, the U.S. chargée d’affaires in Moscow, told Russia’s state-owned RIA news agency in comments published on Monday that

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa: Credit to Photo/AFP By AFP It alleged that Ramaphosa had hidden a burglary at his farm at Phala Phala in northeastern South Africa from the authorities. Ramaphosa said $580,000 in cash was stolen from beneath sofa cushions at his ranch. South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa is facing renewed pressure after

Former Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta who has implored on Congolese citizens meeting with him in Nairobi to embrace forgiveness as the search for lasting peace in the eastern parts of DRC continues By The East African Former Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta has implored on Congolese citizens meeting with him in Nairobi for the third Inter-Congolese

Two new minerals were found in the meteorite. (Chris Herd) Yahoo By Rob Waugh Two new minerals which have never been seen in nature have been found in a 15-tonne meteorite in Somalia – which was the ninth-largest ever found. Professor Chris Herd, curator of the University of Alberta’s Meteorite Collection, analysed a thin slice

Chinese President Xi Jinping looks on during a meeting with Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Bangkok, Thailand November 19, 2022. Photographer Athit Perawongmetha/Pool/File Photo By Reuters Saudi Arabia plans to host a Chinese-Arab summit on Dec. 9 attended by Chinese President Xi Jinping during

File Photo/Somali Times By ADF Magazine Somalia bolstered its plan to increase security along its 3,333-kilometer coastline in early October when it opened a newly built maritime training center in Mogadishu. Donated by the United States, the center will support training in a secure area that can be used by all levels of law enforcement

By Anadolu Agency NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Tuesday said the allies will not withdraw support for Ukraine as Russian strikes continue to target Ukrainian cities. “Our meeting here in Bucharest is sending a strong message of NATO unity and of sustained support for Ukraine. We will continue to support Ukraine, for as long

By Anadolu Agency Turkey is seeing high numbers in tourism sector despite the fallout from the global pandemic, said the nation’s president on Tuesday. “Although we paused during the global pandemic period, we are all experiencing the peak point of our country in terms of both the number of tourists and tourism revenues,” Recep Tayyip