Safiya Khalid speaks at a candidates forum at Geiger Elementary School in Lewiston, Maine. Lewiston, a city in Maine that is home to thousands of African newcomers, elected Khalid, a Somali American to its city council after she soundly defeated a fellow Democrat on Tuesday. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal via AP) The second-largest city in Maine,

Thai forensic experts examine the site where village defence volunteers were killed by suspected separatist insurgents in Yala province, south Thailand, November 6, 2019. REUTERS/Surapan Boonthanom Suspected separatist insurgents stormed a security checkpoint in Thailand’s Muslim-majority south and killed at least 15 people, including a police officer and many village defense volunteers, security officials said

Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan (L), Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (C) and Yemen’s President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi (R) are seen during a signing ceremony of a saudi-brokered deal between Yemen’s government and southern separatists to end a power struggle in the southern port of Aden in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during press conference in Tehran, Iran, October 14, 2019. Official Presidential website/Handout via REUTERS Iran will take a new step in reducing commitments to a landmark 2015 nuclear deal on Wednesday by injecting gas into 1,044 centrifuges at its Fordow plant, President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday in a speech

President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed of Somalia (left) and Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta.Their countries are in a row over territory. Daniel Irungu/EPA A dispute over maritime territory in the Indian Ocean between Kenya and Somalia has resulted in major western countries lining up on either side, depending on which of the two African nations best serves

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed speaks during a session with the Members of the Parliament in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, October 22, 2019. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Sunday the death toll from protests last month had risen to 86 and urged citizens to resist forces threatening to impede the country’s progress.

US army delegation at Defense Headquarters. Photo/KDF/Twitter] United States Special Operations Commander General Richard Clarke on Friday visited the country where he was hosted by Defense Secretary Raychelle Omamo. General Clarke’s visit comes amid increased Al-Shabaab threat in the country, compounded by attacks targeting security forces especially at the North Eastern Kenya. Details about the

Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu speaks during a news conference for foreign media correspondents in Istanbul, Turkey, August 21, 2019. Ahmet Bolat/Pool via REUTERS Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said on Saturday Turkey would send captured Islamic State members back to their home countries, and he complained about European inaction on the matter. “That is not

Photo/Daily Nation/President Uhuru Kenyatta (right) and his deputy William Ruto prepare to welcome Botswana President Eric Masisi at State House, Nairobi, on July 23, 2019. They are waging a supremacy battle in Parliament. The supremacy battle between President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto has now shifted to Parliament, with both men working separately

Plans are underway to deploy more police officers in Somalia to help build capacity for the budding Somali police. Mr Grace Turyagumanawe, the police director of Peace Support, who is on a visit to Mogadishu to assess the status of the policing vehicles and welfare of about 160 police officers in Somalia, said there are