A plane taxing for take-off at Wilson Airport. Harun Aydin, the Turkish national who was among the team scheduled to accompany Deputy President William Ruto to Uganda, was on Saturday detained at the Wilson Airport after landing from Uganda. This comes after DP Ruto was on Monday dramatically blocked from boarding a flight to Uganda

Ethiopian soldiers rest in front of the entrance to the 5th Battalion of the Northern Command of the Ethiopian Army in Dansha, Ethiopia, on November 25, 2020. Eduardo Soteras AFP By AFP Ethiopia warned Friday it could deploy its “entire defensive capability” after advances by Tigrayan rebels into neighbouring regions. The government “is being pushed

Rescuers carry an injured passenger on stretcher at Soshigaya Okura Station after stabbing on a commuter train, in Tokyo Friday night, Aug. 6, 2021. A man with a knife attacked 10 passengers on a commuter train in Tokyo on Friday and was arrested by police after fleeing, fire department officials and news reports said. (Kyodo

Parliament Speaker Rached Ghannouchi’s phone was targeted by someone in Saudi Arabia in 2019 (Reuters) By Daniel Hilton, Frank Andrews Rached Ghannouchi, the speaker of Tunisia’s parliament and head of the Ennahda party, was targeted by Saudi Arabia for surveillance using the NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware, Middle East Eye can reveal. Ghannouchi is one of

A general view of green zone in Kabul, Afghanistan March 13, 2019. Picture taken March 13, 2019. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani/File Photo KABUL (Reuters) – Taliban insurgents captured an Afghan provincial capital and killed the government’s senior media officer in Kabul on Friday amid a deteriorating security situation as U.S. and other foreign troops withdraw. A police

South African former President Jacob Zuma speaks to supporters after appearing at the High Court in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, May 17, 2021. REUTERS/Rogan Ward/File Photo South Africa’s jailed former president, Jacob Zuma, was admitted to hospital for medical observation on Friday, the government’s Correctional Services department said. Zuma has been held at Estcourt prison in

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison delivers his statement on the Closing the Gap Implementation Report at Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021. Australia’s government on Thursday pledged 1.1 billion Australian dollars ($813 million) to address Indigenous disadvantage including compensation to thousands of mixed-race children who were taken from their families over decades. (Lukas

Irish Coast Guard Director Chris Reynolds at his desk in Somalia By Afloat Director of the Irish Coast Guard Chris Reynolds, on assignment as Head of Mission Eucap Somalia, is not returning to the Coastguard in Ireland. In a post on social media, Reynolds says: “With a heavy heart I will not be returning, but

Farhiya Del helped write the curriculum and lesson plans for the new Somali Heritage Language Program launching Friday in Minneapolis Public Schools. Jaida Grey Eagle Sahan Journal By Hana Ikramuddin When Farhiya Del arrived in the United States nearly 30 years ago, she felt the pressure to fit in. Beyond learning about a new country,

Nairobi City skyline By BRIAN NGUGI UAE-based business intelligence and investment firm Investera has launched operations in Kenya, which will see it guide foreign investors seeking to invest locally and link the local firms to foreign opportunities. The portal, which seeks to offer a one-stop network for companies, high-net-worth individuals, philanthropists, young and established entrepreneurs,