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UN court ruling shrinks Kenya’s fishing grounds

By SeafoodSource Uncertainty has gripped the coastal fishing communities in Kenya after a ruling by the United Nations International Court of Justice (ICJ) and largely agreed with Somalia’s claim of ownership of a huge chunk of offshore area that served as a key fishing ground for the past 35 years. The 100,000-square-kilometer offshore area has

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What the US envoy says about the Somalia’s elections?

Photo/Somali Times The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mohamed Abdirizak Mohamoud, held a private meeting in Mogadishu with the US envoy of the United States Embassy in Somalia, Ms. Colleen Crenwelge. The Somalia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and US envoy discussed strengthening bilateral relations and co-operation, as well as security and political developments.

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Somalia, Kenya discusses strengthening ties following ICJ ruling

Photo/Somali Times Somalia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Mohamed Abdirizak Mohamoud met with Kenya’s Ambassador to Somalia Lucas Tumbo in Mogadishu to discuss strengthening ties between the two countries. The two officials also discussed the arrangements for a meeting of the Joint Commission for Somalia-Kenya Cooperation, which was part of the outcome of

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Dictatorship in Egypt is more dangerous than carbon emissions

Credit to photo/Anadolu Agency Middle East Monitor By Osama Gaweesh British Prime Minister Boris Johnson called Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi a couple of weeks ago regarding the latter’s invitation to attend the 26th Climate Change Conference being held in Glasgow over the next couple of weeks. Johnson also expressed his happiness about Egypt’s nomination to host

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13 hurt after 2 passenger trains crash in southern England

The scene of a crash involving two trains near the Fisherton Tunnel between Andover and Salisbury in Wiltshire, England early Monday, Nov. 1, 2021. Two passenger trains crashed after one of them derailed in the southern English city of Salisbury, and several people were injured, authorities said Sunday. (Steve Parsons/PA via AP) By Associated Press

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Saudi weapons trainer breaks mould in male-dominated field

Saudi female firearm trainer Mona Al Khurais teaches a Saudi woman on safe usage of weapons at the Top-Gun shooting range in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, October 28, 2021. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri By Reuters Mona Al-Khurais has loved guns ever since as a young girl her father took her on hunting trips in Saudi Arabia and taught

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Ethiopia’s PM defiant as rival Tigray forces make advances

Captured Ethiopian government soldiers and allied militia members are paraded by Tigray forces through the streets in open-top trucks, center, as they arrived to be taken to a detention center in Mekele, the capital of the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia Friday, Oct. 22, 2021. Ethiopian military airstrikes on Friday forced a United Nations humanitarian

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Three people shot dead during huge protests against Sudan coup, doctors say

Sudanese demonstrators march and chant during a protest against the military takeover, in Atbara, Sudan. Ebaid Ahmed via REUTERS By Reuters Security forces shot dead three people during nationwide protests in Sudan on Saturday, a doctors committee said, as hundreds of thousands of people demanded the restoration of a civilian-led government after a military coup,

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G-20 leaders turn to climate change on last day of summit

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and U.S. President Joe Biden, from left, pose for the media prior to a meeting at the La Nuvola conference center for the G20 summit in Rome, Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021. The two-day Group of 20 summit is the first in-person gathering

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Climate, COVID and the economy top G20 agenda at Rome summit

World leaders gather for the official family photograph on day one of the G20 leaders summit at the convention center of La Nuvola, in Rome, October 30, 2021. Ludovic Marin/Pool via REUTERS By Reuters The heads of the world’s 20 biggest economies kicked off two days of talks on Saturday where they were set to

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