Passengers sit on a train at the Nagad railway station along the Ethiopia-Djibouti railway in Djibouti, Sept. 19, 2022. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui) By Xinhua News Agency China’s diverse cooperation with Africa, particularly in infrastructure, is transforming the continent with projects like roads, railways, bridges, ports, schools, hospitals, and power stations, fostering connectivity and promising a brighter

File Photo: An Israeli soldier walks near military vehicles, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, near Israel’s border with Gaza in southern Israel, May 29, 2024. Reuters/Ronen Zvulun/File Photo By Reuters The Biden administration has sent to Israel large numbers of munitions, including more than 10,000 highly destructive 2,000-pound

By Anadolu Agency International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said Thursday that the US Federal Reserve should hold interest rates unchanged until late this year. Given important upside risks, she said the Fed should keep its policy rates at current levels “until at least late 2024.” Georgieva said the American economy was supported

Kenya President William Ruto. Credit Photo/Twitter X Kenyans are demanding President William Ruto resign immediately, listing many problems that have hurt the nation. Even though he recently withdrew a finance bill that would have raised taxes to help with Kenya’s debt, the public is still very angry, according to IOL reported. In an official statement

A member of the military police walks amid tear gas as Bolivia’s President Luis Arce “denounced the irregular mobilization” of some units of the country’s army, in La Paz, Bolivia June 26, 2024. Photographer Claudia Morales By Reuters Bolivian armed forces pulled back from the presidential palace in La Paz on Wednesday evening and a

By Anadolu Agency The White House “absolutely” condemned on Wednesday the use of violence against protesters in Kenya after nearly two dozen people were shot dead when demonstrators sought to storm parliament. National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby offered Washington’s “deepest condolences” to the families of those killed and injured, and urged “restraint so that

By Reuters Kenyan protesters vowed on Wednesday to keep up their demonstrations against new tax hikes, a day after police opened fire on crowds trying to storm parliament, leaving at least eight people dead and scores wounded. As heavily armed officers patrolled the streets of the capital Nairobi, supporters of the week-old protest movement took

Dai Bing, China’s deputy permanent representative to the UN/Photo By Xinhua News Agency A Chinese envoy on Monday called on all parties in Somalia to prioritize the interests of the country and its people, and resolve differences through dialogue and consultation. “The international community should adhere to the Somali-led and Somali-owned principle and avoid external

By Xinhua News Agency A UN official on Monday highlighted the ongoing terrorist threats and dire humanitarian needs in Somalia, urging global partners to provide funding to help improve the situation there. Read: Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh history of corruption 2012-2017 Read: Somalia Hassan Sheikh’s government is facing a widespread financial crisis and the causes

By Anadolu Agency Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is expected to plead guilty to a felony US crime as part of a deal that will see him return to his native Australia, according to court documents filed Monday evening. Assange was released from a UK maximum security prison earlier Monday and boarded a plane to depart