Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan attends a news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel (not pictured) at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, June 12, 2019. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke By Reuters Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has spoken by phone with the UAE’s de facto ruler, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al

Taliban officials are interviewed by journalists inside the Hamid Karzai International Airport after the U.S. withdrawal in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021. The Taliban were in full control of Kabul’s international airport on Tuesday, after the last U.S. plane left its runway, marking the end of America’s longest war. (AP Photo/Kathy Gannon) The Associated

A U.S military aircraft takes off from the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Wali Sabawoon) The Associated Press By KATHY GANNON, TAMEEM AKHGAR and JOSEPH KRAUSS KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban fighters watched the last U.S. planes disappear into the sky over Afghanistan around midnight Monday and then

European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium May 5, 2021. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo Reuters By Robin Emmott European Union states are determined to prevent uncontrolled migration from Afghanistan following the takeover of the country by the Taliban, a draft statement prepared for a meeting on Tuesday says. EU governments are

Paul Kagame By The African Exponent But Rwanda’s disposition is more than what meets the eye. Rwanda is often touted as a “success story” in international media coverage, with the architect of such “success” being its president Paul Kagame. But little is said about Kagame’s ideological standpoint, one that has widened income inequalities in Rwanda.

Credit: Facebook Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya Justin Muturi. Justin Bedan Njoka Muturi is the seventh Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya, in office since 2013. He is the first Speaker to serve following the reestablishment of a bicameral Parliament, as mandated by the 2010 Constitution. On 28 March 2013, Muturi won

Henry Wasswa Lumanyika (C) in the dock According to The Observer Uganda reported, Ugandan journalist Henry Wasswa Lumanyika is detained at Entebbe police station on charges of criminal trespass, after allegedly lodging and interviewing Afghan evacuees. Wasswa, a senior correspondent with Deutsche Press Agentur (DPA), the German Press Agency was arrested on Thursday by security

Taliban fighters patrol in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Khwaja Tawfiq Sediqi) The Associated Press By SAYED ZIARMAL HASHEMI, RAHIM FAIEZ, JILL LAWLESS and ELLEN KNICKMEYER KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban forces sealed off Kabul’s airport on Saturday to most Afghans hoping for evacuation, as the U.S. and its allies wound down a

President Joe Biden listens as he meets with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) The Associated Press By LOLITA C. BALDOR and ROBERT BURNS WASHINGTON (AP) — Acting swiftly on President Joe Biden’s promise to retaliate for the deadly

Hamza Mohammed. By The Citizen Dar es Salaam. The man who was behind the deadly shootings in Dar es Salaam on Wednesday was born and raised as a good boy in the city’s Upanga suburb, his neighbours said yesterday. On Wednesday at the junction of Kenyatta Drive and Kinondoni Road, Hamza Mohammed abruptly ended the