Ahmed Jama (left) and Munira Ahmed were two of about 40 students in the St. Cloud school district who took a yearlong Somali language course for native speakers in 2021. The two Tech High School students said they hoped to improve their Somali reading and writing skills, and learn more about their cultural identity. Courtesy

By Anadolu Agency Pakistan’s top naval official said the inclusion of Turkish-made state-of-the-art MILGEM-class ships will be a “huge boost to our defense” and will keep the country’s enemies at bay. “Weakness invites aggression, but strength keeps your enemy at bay. So, the inclusion of the MILGEM-class ships will significantly strengthen the Pakistan Navy in

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen announces to resign as Democratic Progressive Party chair to take responsibility for the party’s performance in the local elections in Taipei, Taiwan, November 26, 2022. Photographer Ann Wang By Reuters Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen resigned as head of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on Saturday after her strategy to frame

Amina Mohamed. She was former President Uhuru Kenyatta’s first Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary By Daily Nation Kenya’s former Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed will lead a Commonwealth election observer mission to the Dominica, the organisation’s secretariat announced on Saturday. A statement said Ms Mohamed, who was President Uhuru Kenyatta’s first Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary,

Rescuers stand next to a bus carried away after heavy rainfall triggered landslides that collapsed buildings and left as many as 12 people missing, in Casamicciola, on the southern Italian island of Ischia, Italy, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022. Firefighters are working on rescue efforts as reinforcements are being sent from nearby Naples, but are encountering

By The African Exponent A 30-year-old Botswana woman – caught smuggling heroin into Bangladesh faces execution today, (25 November 2022). Molapisi’s goose was cooked when she arrived at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Bangladesh, on a Qatar Airways flight from South Africa, which came via Doha. Dressed in white and wearing a medical mask,

By Anadolu Agency Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson told the media Friday that Ankara’s security concerns will be addressed as part of a tripartite memorandum between Finland, Sweden and Turkey for NATO membership of the Nordic nations. Kristersson underlined that Turkey’s security concerns will be addressed as part of the memorandum between Finland, Sweden and

Malawi Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima: Credit to Photo/Facebook By Reuters Malawi’s Anti-Corruption Bureau has arrested the country’s Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima over graft allegations, it said on Friday. Chilima would be taken to court where he was expected to be charged with three counts of corrupt practices by a public officer, among other

Troubled cop Ahmed Rashid and the late Jamal Mohamed and Mohamed Dahir Kheri/File By Daily Nation It was supposed to be a brief encounter between two suspected criminals and the then powerful crime buster, Ahmed Rashid. Mr Rashid was an officer at the Pangani Police Station. But the events of Friday, March 31, 2017, changed

Nurses react as they treat a COVID-19 patient in the ICU (Intensive Care Unit) at Milton Keynes University Hospital, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, Milton Keynes, Britain, January 20, 2021. Photographer Toby Melville By Reuters Chukwudubem Ifeajuna, a nurse in the south of England, loves his job, but next month will