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EU calls for security meeting over Kenya-Somalia tensions

President Uhuru Kenyatta and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed The European Union has asked Kenya and Ethiopia to organise a security summit on cross-border cooperation following tensions on the Kenya-Somalia border. Mandera County in Kenya, which is near the border, has been tense for more than a week now following clashes between Jubbaland forces and

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Israeli Arab party backs Netanyahu’s rival Gantz

A combination picture shows Benny Gantz, leader of Blue and White party, in Tel Aviv, Israel, November 23, 2019 and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Kiryat Malachi, Israel March 1, 2020. REUTERS/Corinna Kern, Amir Cohen/File Photo The main rival to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won support from Israel’s Arab party on Sunday to form

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Kikuyu, Luo, Kamba numbers down while Somalis, Maasai and Kalenjin up

Ethnicity relates to a shared understanding of culture, language, history or territorial origins of an ethnic group or community. • Between 1969 and 2019, obvious variations of share are noted within the big five — the Kikuyus (from 20.29% to 17.13%), the Luos (from 14.03% to 10.65%), the Luhyas (from 13.39% to 14.35%), the Kambas

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3 Somali nationals arrested for alleged bribery

The SAPS management had praised the officer for living up to his commitment to uphold the law and serve the community with integrity, Rwexana said. File picture: SAPS/Twitter Cape Town – An investigation by a South African Police Service (SAPS) detective in Joe Slovo Park in Milnerton, Cape Town, into an attempted murder on March

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Jordan Prince supports sister Princess Haya in battle against Dubai ruler

Jordanian Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein and Princess Haya [Twitter] Jordanian Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein, half-brother of Jordanian King Abdullah II, has voiced his support for his sister Princess Haya, wife of Dubai ruler Mohamed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum. On his Twitter account, the prince posted a picture of himself with the princess with the

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Multiple rockets hit Iraq’s Taji base for second time in a week

Unused Katyusha rockets found by the Iraqi Army are seen f Umm al-Izam, in this picture provided by Iraqi Media Security Cell, March 14, 2020. Iraqi Media Security Cell/Handout via REUTERS Several Iraqi air defense servicemen were critically wounded on Saturday as multiple rockets hit a military base which houses U.S.-led coalition troops, in the

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Dubai’s missing princesses

UK lawyers believe the fate of UAE princesses has remarkable parallels to slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi UK lawyers believe the fate of UAE princesses has remarkable parallels to slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi On the night of March 4-5, 2018, a U.S.-flagged luxury yacht was intercepted by gunboats in international waters, 50 nautical miles (92 kilometers)

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Iraq army says US strikes kill 5 security forces, 1 civilian

Destroyed buildings are seen at an airport complex under construction in Karbala, Iraq, Friday, March 13, 2020. Iraq’s military said five security force members and a civilian were killed early Friday in a barrage of U.S. airstrikes, which were launched hours after a rocket attack killed and wounded American and British servicemen at a base

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Six Shabaab militants killed, one captured

Six suspected Al Shabaab militants have been killed in Jirole, Garissa County early on Friday. Confirming the incident, North-Eastern Regional Commissioner Nicholas Ndalana said the special forces managed to kill six militants and capture one alive. “The special forces managed to capture one, who is injured. But he is undergoing treatment and he will help

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Trump authorizes U.S. military to respond after Iran-backed militia kills troops

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about the U.S response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic during an address to the nation from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., March 11, 2020. Doug Mills/Pool via REUTERS Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Army General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, stopped

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