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

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

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

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

By Anadolu Agency At least 12,873 people were killed and 62,937 others were injured by two strong earthquakes which jolted southern Turkey on Monday, the country’s disaster agency said on Thursday. The magnitude 7.7 and 7.6 earthquakes, centered in the Kahramanmaras province, were felt by 13 million people across 10 provinces, including Adana, Adiyaman, Diyarbakir,

A Photograph appears on the Internet /Volker Türk The United Nations Human Rights Committee has urged the Somali government to investigate the killing spree committed by Hargeisa SNM militia in the SSC area Las Anod Somalia. Volker Türk, the chairman of the committee, suggested that the Somali government investigate and bring to justice the people

A number of prime office space landlords in Nairobi are now setting rent prices in dollars/Shutterstock By Business Daily Africa A number of prime office space landlords in Nairobi are now setting rent prices in dollars, joining a growing number of businesses that are pegging daily sales prices on the movement of the greenback in

By Anadolu Agency Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Tuesday a state of emergency for three months in 10 provinces hit by Monday’s massive earthquakes in the country’s south. “Based on the authority given to us by Article 119 of the Constitution, we decided to declare a state of emergency,” Erdogan said at the State

People look amid rubble as the search for survivors continues following an earthquake in Hatay, Turkey, February 7, 2023. Photographer Umit Bektas By Reuters Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay said on Tuesday that the death toll from the earthquakes centred in southeastern Turkey rose to 3,419, bringing the total including those killed in Syria to

By Anadolu Agency At least 1,014 people were killed and 7,003 others injured in 10 provinces after strong earthquakes jolted southern Türkiye on Monday, the country’s disaster agency’s head Yunus Sezer said. Early Monday morning, a strong 7.7 earthquake, centered in the Pazarcik district, jolted Kahramanmaras and heavily affected several provinces including Gaziantep, Sanliurfa, Diyarbakir,