African heads of state pose for a group photo together with Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations during the opening of the 36th Ordinary session of the Assembly of the Africa Union at the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia February 18, 2023. Photographer Tiksa Negeri By Reuters A senior Israeli diplomat

Soccer Football – Christian Atsu during his stint with Newcastle United, Photographrer Scott Heppell/Reuters By Reuters Ghanaian footballer Christian Atsu has been found dead under the building where he lived in southern Turkey after last week’s massive earthquake, the ex-Chelsea winger’s Turkish agent said. “Atsu’s lifeless body was found under the rubble,” Murat Uzunmehmet told

File Photo/Somali Times President Ismail Omar Guelleh of Djibouti is the biggest threat to the Horn of Africa’s security and stability at this moment. Regional leaders must closely monitor activities of dictator Guelleh. The president Guelleh is a corrupt, ruthless, brutal business maniac without any moral scruples. It is well known Ismail Omar Guelleh was

This undated photo issued by the Metropolitan Police on Tuesday Feb. 14, 2023, shows David Ballantyne Smith, during his meeting with a undercover security service member. A former security guard at the British embassy in Berlin was sentenced Friday Feb. 17, 2023 to more than 13 years in prison for putting U.K. diplomats at “maximum

By Anadolu Agency At least 38,044 people were killed by two strong earthquakes that jolted southern Turkey on Feb. 6, the country’s disaster agency said early Friday. The magnitude 7.7 and 7.6 quakes were centered in Kahramanmaras and struck 10 other provinces – Adana, Adiyaman, Diyarbakir, Hatay, Gaziantep, Malatya, Kilis, Osmaniye, Elazig and Sanliurfa. More

File – Fuses for 155 mm shells ultimately bound for Ukraine are prepared to be loaded on a C-17 flight, April 29, 2022, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. As the war rages on in Ukraine, the United States is doing more than supporting an ally. It’s learning lessons — with an eye toward a

Mohammed Al Amoudi. Photo credit: olatorera.com By Face2Face Africa Ethiopia‘s richest man Mohammed Al Amoudi has added $111 million to his net worth since the beginning of the year. His net worth is now estimated at $5.57 billion from $5.46 billion on January 1. In 2022, his net worth dropped by $1.25-billion. According to Bloomberg

Gunman Payton Gendron reads an apology to the court at sentencing for charges, including murder and domestic terrorism motivated by hate, before Erie County Court Judge Susan Eagan, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023, in Buffalo, N.Y. Gendron, a white supremacist who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket has been sentenced to life in prison

The Grayzone By Ann Garrison As Somalia struggled to hold its first real national elections since the country collapsed in 1991, the US and its allies pushed separatism and undermined democracy so as to plunder the country’s rich resources. An armed conflict is underway between secessionists and unionists in the city of Lasanod, where Somaliland

Mahmut Serdar Alakus/Anadolu Agency By Anadolu Agency At least 35,418 people were killed by two strong earthquakes that jolted southern Turkey on Feb. 6, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday. The magnitude 7.7 and 7.6 tremors last week were centered in Kahramanmaras and struck nine other provinces – Hatay, Gaziantep, Adiyaman, Malatya, Adana, Diyarbakir,