United Arab Emirates’ President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan attends the opening session of the thirteenth Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit at Bayan Palace in Kuwait City December 14, 2009. Reuters/Stephanie McGehee By Reuters United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, a pro-Western moderniser who had aligned the Gulf Arab state closer

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Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga has vowed to strengthen bilateral ties between Kenya and Somalia to boost Kenya’s economy if elected. Speaking in the Eastleigh Chamber of Commerce in Nairobi, Kenya’s presidential candidate, Mr Odinga reiterated his commitment to tackling the huge tax burden on businesses. Kenya Lawmaker Yusuf Hassan from Eastleigh, and Fatuma Gedi

The guided missile cruiser USS Port Royal sails through the Pacific Ocean on December 13, 2005. Reuters/Zack Baddorf/U.S. Navy photo/Handout ( United States). By Reuters China’s military said on Wednesday that it had monitored and warned a U.S. warship that had sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait, a mission that happened shortly after China carried

File – Presidential hopeful, former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., the son of the late dictator, gestures as he greets the crowd during a campaign rally in Quezon City, Philippines on April 13, 2022. Marcos Jr.’s apparent landslide victory in the Philippine presidential election is giving rise to immediate concerns about a further erosion of

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File Photo/Somali Times Ahmed Madobe is in Mogadishu for separate meetings with Jubaland parliamentarians and other segments of society. The purpose of Ahmed Madobe’s visit to Mogadishu is to discuss the upcoming presidential election in Somalia and to build on who he sees fit in the interests of Jubbaland, with the exception of President Mohamed

Philippine presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., son of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, delivers a speech during a campaign rally in Lipa, Batangas province, Philippines, April 20, 2022. Reuters)/Eloisa Lopez/File Photo By Reuters Ferdinand Marcos Jr, the son and namesake of the Philippines dictator deposed in a 1986 popular uprising, won a presidential election by