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Why do the international community and the government of Somalia ignore the atrocities in Las Anod?

File Photo/Somali Times Why is the international community and Somali government lead by Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud and Hamza Abdi Barre silent on the bombing of Las Anod? The atrocities of Las Anod committed by warlords Muse Bihi and Mohamed Kahin must be held accountable. It is time to save women and children and people’s properties.

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Watch Idris Elba dressed as an African king at the Akwasidae festival in Ghana

Idris Elba at Akwasidae. Image via YouTube/Smart Ghana By Face2Face Africa British actor Idris Elba was in Ghana recently, calling on the country’s president Nana Akufo-Addo and highlighting the need for the construction of a film studio in Ghana and across West Africa. What, however, caught everyone’s attention was his visit to the Manhyia Palace

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Andrea Cozzolino detained as part of European Parliament corruption investigation: Report

By Anadolu Agency Italian member of European Parliament (MEP) Andrea Cozzolino detained on Friday night as part of the ongoing EP corruption investigation, Italian news agency ANSA reported on Saturday. The detention took place in Naples at the request of the Belgian authorities after the Italian police could not locate Cozzolino in his residence, the

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America won’t defend Europe, so Britain has to

Volodymyr Zelensky and Rishi Sunak inspecting tank crews from Ukraine’s armed forces being trained in the UK to use a Challenger 2 tanks Credit: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg The Telegraph By Elbridge Colby The British military is in trouble. Running low on ammunition and no longer, according to an unnamed U.S. general officer, a “tier one force”,

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Protest outside UK asylum-seeker hotel ends in 15 arrests

Police in riot gear gather, after a demonstration outside the Suites Hotel in Knowsley, Merseyside. (Peter Powell/PA via AP) By The Associated Press An anti-migration protest outside a hotel housing asylum-seekers in northwest England turned violent and resulted in the arrests of 15 people, local police said Saturday. The Merseyside Police department said a police

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Russia hits targets across Ukraine with missiles, drones

People gather in a subway station being used as a bomb shelter during a Russian rocket attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) By The Associated Press Russia used strategic bombers, cruise missiles and killer drones in a wave of attacks across Ukraine early Friday, while Moscow’s military push that Kyiv

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Turkey extends mandate of naval forces’ mission in Gulf of Aden

By Anadolu Agency Turkey’s Parliament approved a motion on the extension of the mandate of the Turkish Armed Forces naval elements in the Gulf of Aden, offshore and off the coast of Somalia, the Arabian Sea and adjacent regions for one more year as of Friday. The motion recalled that UN Security Council resolutions were

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Why the only Black designer in Italy’s esteemed fashion chamber has dropped out of Milan Fashion Week

Stella Jean. Photo: Credit/AP By Face2Face Africa Black Italian fashion designer Stella Jean has dropped out of Milan Fashion Week, claiming that organizers have failed to support diversity and inclusion. Italian-Haitian Jean, who is the only Black designer belonging to Italy’s fashion chamber, withdrew Wednesday from the event scheduled to begin on February 21. Five

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Eritrean leader dismisses as ‘fantasy’ alleged Tigray abuses

Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki, left, is welcomed by Kenya’s President William Ruto, right, as they arrive to speak to the media at State House in Nairobi, Kenya Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi) By The Associated Press Eritrea’s president in rare public comments has dismissed as “a fantasy” allegations that his country’s forces carried

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Djibouti’s opposition says dictator Ismail Omar Guelle of giving military support to SNM militia

Credit to Photo Associated Press/ Djibouti’s dictator Ismail Omar Guelle The Democratic Party of Djibouti, an opposition party based in Djibouti, said it has learned that the Hargeisa SNM militia has arrived in Djibouti. A press release opposition said that the officials who went to Djibouti were carrying a message from SNM militia leader Muse

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