Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah By Anadolu Agency Namibia has elected its first female leader, with ruling SWAPO party candidate and Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah announced Tuesday as the winner of last week’s presidential polls. With Nandi-Ndaitwah, 72, now president-elect, the South West Africa People’s Organization (SWAPO) has extended its rule in the southern African nation. She garnered

Civil Society By Chongyang Zhang A UK-based international development organisation has renamed itself after signing an agreement with the largest charity in the east African country of Somalia. British charity the Somali Relief and Development Forum (SRDF), established in 2011, signed a partnership agreement with the Zamzam Foundation last year and will now be known

Joe Biden, Hunter Biden and Beau Jr., Nantucket, Massachusetts, November 29, 2024. Photographer Craig Hudson By Reuters U.S. President Joe Biden said on Sunday he had pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, a reversal after pledging to stay out of legal proceedings against the younger Biden who pleaded guilty to tax violations and was convicted on

By Anadolu Agency Rescue workers have yet to find nearly 200 people who are missing one day after a boat capsized in Kogi State in Nigeria, an official told Anadolu on Saturday. Suleiman Makana, a spokesperson for the National Inland Waterway Authority, said rescue and emergency workers deployed to the Dambo-Ebuchi stretch of the River

File Photo/Somali Times Corrupt Hassan Sheikh and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed are set to hold a face-to-face meeting and discuss Somalia sovereignty, territory integrity, but will be accompanied by some other regional leaders. Read: Jubaland issues arrest warrant for corrupt Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Read: Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh history of corruption 2012-2017 Kenyan

As a designer, Girmay focuses on crafting leather products, creating patterns and sketches for her brand, Shamrock Leather. Photo credit: Ruth Girmay By Face2Face Africa Ethiopian designer Ruth Girmay’s designs serve as her form of activism. As a designer, Girmay focuses on crafting leather products, creating patterns and sketches for her brand, Shamrock Leather. In

Hundreds of members of an elite Somali commando unit on Friday graduated from a training program in Turkey under a bilateral pact on strengthening the Somali Armed Forces, according to Anadolu Agency reported. The elite soldiers of the Gorgor unit trained on how to respond to security challenges in the Horn of Africa nation posed

Members of Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS) team work in collaboration with local authorities and community members after a landslide triggered by heavy rains, in Bulambuli District, Uganda, November 28, 2024. Uganda Red Cross Society/Handout via Reuters By Reuters Fifteen people have died and at least 100 more are missing after a landslide triggered by

By Anadolu Agency In a milestone decision, Australia’s Senate on Thursday passed laws to ban children and teenagers from using social media, in the first such decision by any government across the globe. The laws, passed on the last day of the ongoing Senate session, are set to come into force at the end of

Guests and students attend the opening ceremony of the Chinese language training program for Ethiopian professional tour guides in Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia, on Nov. 26, 2024. Photographer Liu Fangqiang By Xinhua News Agency The Ethiopian Ministry of Tourism and the Chinese Embassy in Ethiopia have launched a Chinese language training program for Ethiopian