Al-Shabab is a jihadi insurgent group active in Somalia and in recent years, increasingly in East African countries. The group developed in the early 2000s with the Union of Islamic Courts in the capital, Mogadishu, and installed themselves as Al-Shabab terrorist group in Mogadishu and much of Somalia in 2006. Al-Shabab comprised the young, radical

Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari By Reuters Pakistan’s foreign minister said on Saturday he had summoned the U.S. ambassador after President Joe Biden questioned the safety of Pakistan’s nuclear programme. In a speech on Thursday, Biden said Pakistan is “maybe one of the most dangerous nations in the world” as it has “nuclear weapons without

By Anadolu Agency The number of workers who were killed in a blast at a coal mine in northern Turkey increased to 40, according to the Turkish interior minister on Saturday. Suleyman Soylu said 11 wounded workers are under treatment in hospitals. “One of our injured has been discharged,” Soylu told reporters in the Amasra

By The East African Kenya’s President William Ruto has named former TV news anchor Hussein Mohamed as the new State House Spokesman, formalising a role he had played right from the time of campaigns. Mr Mohamed, a former Citizen TV news anchor known for hard-hitting questions during interviews, quit television two years ago before returning

Amnesty International Responding to news of the detention on 11 October of Abdalle Ahmed Mumin, Secretary General of the Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS), Amnesty International’s Director for East and Southern Africa, Muleya Mwananyanda, said: “Abdalle Ahmed Mumin is being arbitrarily held solely for defending the right to freedom of expression in Somalia and for raising

British Prime Minister Liz Truss, former Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng attend the annual Conservative Party conference in Birmingham, Britain, October 2, 2022. Photographer Hannah McKay/File Photo By Reuters British Prime Minister Liz Truss fired her finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng on Friday and scrapped parts of their economic package in a desperate bid to

Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng arrives in Downing Street after returning from the US, in London, Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. The British government says Prime Minister Liz Truss will hold a news conference Friday as she faces pressure to U-turn on an economic package that sparked market turmoil. The announcement comes after Treasury

By The Associated Press When Xi Jinping came to power in 2012, it wasn’t clear what kind of leader he would be. His low-key persona during a steady rise through the ranks of the long-ruling Communist Party gave no hint that he would evolve into one of modern China’s most dominant leaders, or that he

Rishi Sunak is the favourite to take over if Liz Truss is forced out CREDIT: Reuters/Jamie Lorriman for The Telegraph The Telegraph By Nick Gutteridge Tory MPs are “circulating a smorgasbord” of names for who could replace Liz Truss in No 10, a senior ally of hers has admitted. Nadine Dorries, a former culture secretary,

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman receives U.S. President Joe Biden at Al Salman Palace upon his arrival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia , July 15, 2022. Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court By Reuters Neither side is backing down in a battle of wills over oil between Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince and U.S. President Joe