By Kenyan foreign policy Leading human rights organizations have expressed concern over Kenya’s worsening score in civic freedoms under President William Ruto’s administration. The December report by Civicus, a global alliance of civil society organizations, highlights an alarming decline in civic freedoms across Sub-Saharan Africa. According to the People Power Under Attack 2024 report, Kenya’s

Credit Photo/Facebook By Anadolu Agency Syria’s deposed President Bashar al-Assad, and his family on Sunday arrived in Moscow, where Russia offered them asylum, Russian state news agency reported. “Assad and his family members arrived in Moscow. Being guided by humanitarian considerations, Russia has granted asylum for them,” TASS said, citing a Kremlin source. Read: Syrian

Sixty-one years of Baath Party rule in Syria collapsed on Sunday when the capital Damascus fell out of the hands of regime control. The Arab Socialist Baath Party had come to power in Syria in 1963, in a coup. In 1970, Hafez al-Assad – the father of Bashar al-Assad, Syria’s newly deposed ruler – seized

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu watch servicemen passing by as they visit the Hmeymim air base in Latakia Province, Syria December 11, 2017. Photographer Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik via Reuters/File Photo By Reuters Two strategically-important Russian military facilities in Syria and Moscow’s very presence in the Middle East are under serious threat

Lieutenant General Hassan Abdul Ghani, a member of the opposition’s military operations department, announced on Telegram today that “the forces are now less than 20 kilometers from the southern gate of the capital Damascus.” Abdul Ghani said on Telegram: “Our forces have entered the city of Al-Sanameyn, north of Daraa, and announced that they have

By Anadolu Agency Romania’s Constitutional Court annulled the presidential run-off scheduled for Dec. 8, and the results of the 1st round of the Nov. 24 election, local media reported on Friday. The electoral process will be resumed in its entirety, with the government setting a new date for the election of the president, said the

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, meets representatives when inspecting the information support force of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) on Dec. 4, 2024. Photographer Li Gang By Xinhua News Agency Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for

This photo taken on Dec. 3, 2024 shows the 100,000th China-Europe freight train at Duisburg Intermodal Terminal (DIT) in Duisburg, Germany Europe. Photographer Du Zheyu By Xinhua News Agency The 100,000th China-Europe freight train arrived in Duisburg, Germany on Tuesday morning, marking a historic milestone for this rail link. The train, X8083, which had departed

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