By The East African As the African Union force in Somalia prepares to drawdown 2,000 troops at the end of June, the Somalia National Army faces its first major test when it assumes security responsibilities, with significant vast territory to defend as it takes up seven forward operating bases (FOBs) that the departing foreign forces

By Anadolu Agency Russian President Vladimir Putin met an African peace delegation Saturday that is looking to end the Russia-Ukraine war. The delegation, which met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, met Putin at the Constantine Palace in St. Petersburg. The delegation included the head of the African Union

Atomic symbol and USA and Iranian flags are seen in this illustration taken, September 8, 2022. Reuters/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo By Reuters Israel could find acceptable an understanding between its arch-foe Iran and the United States if it includes rigorous supervision of Tehran’s nuclear programme, a senior lawmaker said in comments aired on Saturday. According to

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, right, and his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan shake hands prior to their meeting in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, June 17, 2023. Saudi Arabia’s top diplomat has arrived in the Iranian capital,Tehran, the latest step in the restoration of diplomatic ties between the two Mideast rivals, Iranian state media reported.

By Anadolu Agency The US has not seen any indication that Russia is preparing to use nuclear weapons, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday. Blinken said the US will “continue to monitor the situation very closely and very carefully,” but currently has “no reason to adjust our own nuclear posture.” “We don’t see any

Police cordon off a crime scene in Uganda’s capital Kampala By Daily Monitor At least 25 students were killed by armed gunmen who attacked a secondary school in western Uganda on Friday night, authorities in the country said. Police said they suspect Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a rebel militia with links to the Islamic State

Mohammed Adam (left) murdered Fuaad Xuseen Birmingham Mail By Carl Jackson  A man who murdered a ‘treasured’ father-of-eight outside a Birmingham shisha bar has been sentenced to life and jailed for a minimum of 23 years. Mohammed Adam stabbed to death complete stranger Fuaad Xuseen on September 26 last year. The 45-year-old victim was just

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Naledi Pandor, South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin and President of the Union of Comoros Azali Assoumani visit a church at a site of a mass grave, in the town of Bucha, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, outside of Kyiv, Ukraine June 16,

Kenya President William Ruto when he met Sudan army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan special envoy Malik Agar Nganyoufa (left) on May 29, 2023, and, right, the paramilitary RSF Mohamed Hamdani Daglo ‘HemedtI’s political advisor Youssef Ezzat on June 3, 2023/Twitter By The East African Sudan has rejected the appointment of Kenyan President William Ruto as

By Anadolu Agency The US Senate confirmed along party lines on Thursday Nusrat Jahan Choudhury to serve as the first Muslim woman and the first Bangladeshi American to serve as a federal judge. The Senate narrowly approved Choudhury’s nomination in a 50-49 vote with Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin siding with all Republicans in voting in