DP Ruto William at a past function. [Source/Dr William Samoei Ruto PhD/Twitter] Former Presidential candidate Abduba Dida has weighed in on the perceived fallout between President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy William Ruto. In a tweet on Sunday, Dida said that the president has the freedom to ask the second in command to resign if

Oman’s newly sworn-in Sultan Haitham bin Tariq al-Said receives condolences from Britain’s Prince Charles in Muscat, Oman January 12, 2020. Oman News Agency/Handout via REUTERS World and regional leaders, many at odds with one another, met Oman’s new ruler on Sunday to offer condolences for the death of Sultan Qaboos whose quiet diplomacy during five

Men comfort each other as they mourn the death of a relative who was killed in a bomb blast in a mosque, at a hospital morgue in Quetta, Pakistan January 10, 2020. REUTERS/Naseer Ahmed A blast at a mosque in Quetta in southwestern Pakistan on Friday killed at least 13 people, including a senior police

By Joshua Meservey In the early hours of Jan. 5, the al Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group al-Shabaab attacked a joint Kenyan-American military base in Manda Bay, Kenya, where several hundred American troops and military contractors live and work. The U.S. confirmed that three Americans—one serviceman and two contractors—were killed, several injured, and a number of aircraft

Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office A Somali national who serves as an Islamic religious leader in Houston, Texas, has been accused of sexually assaulting four children in the United States since 2013. Mohamed Omar Ali, a 59-year-old Somali national, was arrested last week by the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office and charged with three counts

A Ukraine airliner that crashed in Iran, killing all 176 people aboard, was most likely brought down accidentally by Iranian air defenses, U.S. officials said on Thursday, and President Donald Trump said he did not believe the crash was due to a mechanical issue. Citing an extensive review of satellite data, one U.S. official said

Photo Credit Reuters Ethiopia’s parliament passed legislation on Thursday aimed at curbing gun ownership after a surge in regional ethnic violence blamed on a proliferation of small arms in private hands. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government said last April that it had seized 21 machine guns, more than 33,000 handguns, 275 rifles and 300,000 bullets

Photo Credit Daily Nation Some of the desert locusts which have invaded Gurar in Wajir North. The insects have been spotted in Meru and Isiolo. Desert locusts that have ravaged north-eastern Kenya have made their way to Meru and Isiolo counties even as government officials downplayed their threat. On Tuesday evening, residents of Ndumuru in

‘Iran appears to be standing down, which is a good thing for all parties concerned,’ says US president Iran “appears to be standing down” after it launched a barrage of missiles at Iraqi facilities that host U.S. and coalition forces, President Donald Trump said Wednesday. Trump said the U.S. sustained no military casualties when Iran’s

Residents look at a crater caused by a missile launched by Iran on U.S.-led coalition forces on the outskirts of Duhok ,Iraq, January 8, 2020. REUTERS/Ari Jalal Iran launched missiles at U.S.-led forces in Iraq early on Wednesday, retaliating for the U.S. drone strike on an Iranian commander whose killing last week stoked fears of