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Somalia’s Security And The Future Of East Africa – Analysis

Eurasia Review By Dr. Theodore Karasik Somalia’s greater incorporation into East Africa is a major undertaking by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud whose election in May 2022 was notable for a policy program that views integration as the key to security in the Horn of Africa. The Somali president has traveled the region in a push

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U.S. House Speaker Pelosi begins Asia tour, no mention of Taiwan

U.S. House Speaker (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) By Reuters U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi starts a tour of four Asian countries on Sunday, her office said, without mentioning Taiwan amid intense speculation she might visit the self-ruled island claimed by China. “Speaker Nancy Pelosi is leading a Congressional delegation to the Indo-Pacific region,

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Ethiopia Somali region leader says the forces killed 600 Al-Shabab terrorists

The president of the Somali regional government, Mustafa Muhumed Omar, said that 600 Al-Shabab soldiers were killed including top leaders in the latest fighting on the Somali border. The president of the local government said this while speaking to the Somali regional parliament, who were asking questions about the loss of the war. President Mustafa

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Raila, Ruto shift focus to voter turnout a week to titanic battle

By Nation Africa With a week to the August 9 polls, both Deputy President William Ruto and Azimio candidate Raila Odinga have changed their campaign messaging to focus on voter turn-out on election day. Unlike when official campaign period for the 2022 General Election began on May 30, Kenya Kwanza Alliance (KKA) of Dr Ruto

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Mozambican ex-minister gets 16 years jail for graft

Former minister Maria Helena Taipo By AFP Mozambique on Thursday sentenced a former minister to 16 years imprisonment for corruption, a striking sentence for the country that is still dealing with the fallout of a separate embezzlement scandal. Maria Helena Taipo, 60, a member of the ruling FRELIMO party who led the Labour ministry from

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Top US, Russian diplomats hold 1st call since start of Ukraine war

By Anadolu Agency US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he spoke with his Russian counterpart on Friday for the first time in nearly six months to press Moscow to accept a US proposal for the release of two Americans detained in Russia. Blinken declined to outline Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s response to the “significant

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Ethiopia says it killed Al-Shabab terrorist leaders Fu’ad Shongole, Abu Musab and Ubeyda

A photograph appear on the Internet: Al-Shabab terrorist leader Fu’ad Shongole The Ethiopian government has announced that three senior leaders of Al-Shabab terrorist group have been killed in the war in Western Somalia. Somali people are celebrating the death of the three terrorists who committed atrocities, killing thousands of innocent civilians and raping many young

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Somalia spy chief, president and Al-Shabab terrorists attack on a Somali town bordering Ethiopia

A Photograph appear on the Internet Somalia spy chief Mahad Salad is a member of Al-Shabab terrorist group and Somalia president Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud, according to sources Somali officials told Somali Times Egypt, UAE and Kenya government they are behind all this supporting Al-Shabab terrorist group attacking neighbouring Ethiopia. The battle came after Al-Shabab terrorists

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Russia destroys 359 air defense missile systems in Ukraine-official say

By Anadolu Agency Defense ministry spokesman says Ukrainian army has suffered ‘significant’ losses The Russian Defense Ministry said Thursday that since the beginning of its “military operation” against Ukraine, it has destroyed 359 air defense missile systems belonging to its neighbor. Spokesman Igor Konashenkov claimed that the Ukrainian army has suffered “significant” losses and an

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China’s Xi warns Biden over Taiwan, calls for cooperation

By The Associated Press President Xi JInping warned against meddling in China’s dealings with Taiwan during a phone call with his U.S. counterpart, Joe Biden, that gave no indication of progress on trade, technology or other irritants, including Beijing’s opposition to a top American lawmaker’s possible visit to the island democracy, which the mainland claims

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