Young recruits wearing blue tracksuits and with their heads shaven are seen at a military camp before they were transferred to Mogadishu’s Damanyo barracks By Middle East Eye In the heart of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, a secret initiative is being carried out by the UAE and Egypt to recruit and train nearly 3,000 young Somali

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. Photographer Umit Bektas/File Photo By Reuters Russia is concerned about its security and the obstacles it faces exporting fertiliser and grains, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlu Cavusoglu said on Wednesday, days after Moscow suspended its participation in a U.N.-brokered export deal. Ankara, in talks with Kyiv and Moscow to fully resume

By Anadolu Agency North Korea on Wednesday fired at least 10 ballistic missiles in a single day apparently in retaliation to the ongoing combined air drills by South Korea and the US. According to the South Korean military, Pyongyang also fired its first missile into an area close to the South’s territorial waters since the

Ultra-Orthodox Jews watch their Rabbi Israel Hager votes during Israel elections in Bnei Brak, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022. Israel is holding its fifth election in less than four years. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) Associated Press By Tia Goldenberg Jerusalem (AP) — Exit polls in Israel indicated Tuesday that former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies

By Anadolu Agency Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu said on Tuesday that 87,000 of 300,000 mobilized people have already been sent to the combat zone in Ukraine. Speaking at a meeting with military chiefs in Moscow, Shoygu said conscripts, who reported to the military service under Russia’s biannual conscription campaign, will not take part in

By The East African The increasing risk of debt distress, widening fiscal and current deficits and limited economic diversification plans in the economies of East Africa, have combined to weaken prospects for growth this year. The African Development Bank forecasts the region’s GDP at four per cent this year, before recovering to 4.7 per cent

New Afghan Army special forces members attend their graduation ceremony after a three-month training program at the Kabul Military Training Center (KMTC) in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, July 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File) By The Associated Press Afghan special forces soldiers who fought alongside American troops and then fled to Iran after the chaotic U.S.

By Anadolu Agency The president of Turkey on Monday strongly condemned a “heinous” terrorist attack with bomb-laden vehicles in Somalia. “No reason can be an excuse for killing innocent civilians, children going to school, people praying in mosques,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at a meeting with religious officials in the Turkish capital Ankara. “The perpetrators

A detainee gestures through a fence at an immigration processing centre in Manston, Britain, October 31, 2022. Photographer Hannah McKay By Reuters The British government came under increasing pressure on Monday to tackle deteriorating conditions at a migrant processing centre in southeast England a lawmaker said was “overwhelmed” by the numbers of people arriving across

Trafficking By The African Exponent Kenyan officials have warned citizens once more against falling prey to job scams in Southeast Asia. The warning came after it was discovered that dishonest agents were luring people with the promise of work and then ending up trafficking them. According to a statement released by the Ministry of Foreign