Latest NewsBus crash in Kenya kills 22 near the site of a previous fatal accident
By The Associated Press A bus collided with a truck on Kenya’s main highway on Sunday, killing at least 22 people, police said. The crash came three weeks after 17 people died in another accident
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By The African Exponent 5 Key Facts Algeria is Africa’s biggest military spender by a huge margin. It spent $25.4 billion in 2025, which is more than the other nine countries on this list
Read MoreEuro set for weekly drop, yen eyes biggest gain since early September
Japanese 10,000 yen and 1,000 yen banknotes are displayed in this illustration taken October 20, 2026. Photographer Kim Kyung-Hoon/Illustration By Reuters The euro headed for a moderate weekly
Read MoreWhat to know about the Ebola outbreak that has spread from Congo to 4 other countries
By The Associated Press Ebola disease from the fast-moving outbreak in Congo has now spread to four other countries, including two where it’s active. It has spread farther across Africa than any
Read MoreFighting in Yemen continues as Britain plans to help defend Saudi Arabia
By Xinhua News Agency Fighting between Yemen’s Houthis and government forces continued on Tuesday, while the Saudi-led coalition and the Houthis traded fresh strikes and Britain announced
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Bus crash in Kenya kills 22 near the site of a previous fatal accident
By The Associated Press A bus collided with a truck on Kenya’s main highway on Sunday, killing at least 22 people, police said. The crash came three weeks after 17 people died in another accident
Read MoreTop 10 biggest defense budgets in Africa in 2026
By The African Exponent 5 Key Facts Algeria is Africa’s biggest military spender by a huge margin. It spent $25.4 billion in 2025, which is more than the other nine countries on this list
Read MoreEuro set for weekly drop, yen eyes biggest gain since early September
Japanese 10,000 yen and 1,000 yen banknotes are displayed in this illustration taken October 20, 2026. Photographer Kim Kyung-Hoon/Illustration By Reuters The euro headed for a moderate weekly
Read MoreWhat to know about the Ebola outbreak that has spread from Congo to 4 other countries
By The Associated Press Ebola disease from the fast-moving outbreak in Congo has now spread to four other countries, including two where it’s active. It has spread farther across Africa than any
Read MoreFighting in Yemen continues as Britain plans to help defend Saudi Arabia
By Xinhua News Agency Fighting between Yemen’s Houthis and government forces continued on Tuesday, while the Saudi-led coalition and the Houthis traded fresh strikes and Britain announced
Read More
Featured ArticlesBus crash in Kenya kills 22 near the site of a previous fatal accident
By The Associated Press A bus collided with a truck on Kenya’s main highway on Sunday, killing at least 22 people, police said. The crash came three weeks after 17 people died in another accident
Bus crash in Kenya kills 22 near the site of a previous fatal accident
By The Associated Press A bus collided with a truck on Kenya’s main highway on Sunday, killing at least 22 people, police said. The crash came three weeks after 17 people died in another accident
EDITOR’S PIC OF THE WEEKUS says new airstrike in Somalia kills 8 al-Shabab fighters
The U.S. military says it has killed eight members of the al-Shabab extremist group with an airstrike south of Somalia’s capital. The U.S. Africa Command statement says the airstrike occurred on
Read MoreRishi Sunak: economic recovery will be ‘swifter and more sustained’
Credit PA Media Victoria Jones Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak outside 11 Downing Street, London, before heading to the House of Commons to deliver his Budget. Picture date: Wednesday
Read MoreSomali militants kill 12 soldiers in attack on base, say officials
Photo/ Somali Times Islamist al Shabaab militants killed at least 12 Somali soldiers and briefly captured a military base southwest of the capital on Wednesday, officials said, underscoring the
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US says new airstrike in Somalia kills 8 al-Shabab fighters
The U.S. military says it has killed eight members of the al-Shabab extremist group with an airstrike south of Somalia’s capital. The U.S. Africa Command statement says the airstrike occurred on
Read MoreRishi Sunak: economic recovery will be ‘swifter and more sustained’
Credit PA Media Victoria Jones Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak outside 11 Downing Street, London, before heading to the House of Commons to deliver his Budget. Picture date: Wednesday
Read MoreSomali militants kill 12 soldiers in attack on base, say officials
Photo/ Somali Times Islamist al Shabaab militants killed at least 12 Somali soldiers and briefly captured a military base southwest of the capital on Wednesday, officials said, underscoring the
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Blog PostsExclusive: Iran’s supreme leader taken to secure location, sources say
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting in Tehran, Iran, September 25, 2024. Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via
Israeli military says it has killed Hezbollah chief Nasrallah
Smoke billows following Israeli strikes over Beirut’s southern suburbs, amid ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Sin El Fil, Lebanon, September 28, 2024.
Netanyahu insists on carrying out attacks in Lebanon, threatens Iran
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech during the General Debate of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the UN headquarters in New York, on
UK rethinking tax raid on foreign wealth, media reports say
UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer holds a bilateral meeting with Crown Prince of Kuwait Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah (not seen) at the United Nations on September 26, 2024 in New York, U.S. Leon
Somali Foreign Minister says there is no hope of direct negotiations with Ethiopia
The government has announced that there is no hope that Somalia and Ethiopia will meet face to face to discuss the maritime crisis. Read: Somalia Foreign Minister Fiqi says Ethiopia PM Abiy Ahmed
Somalia Foreign Minister Fiqi says Ethiopia PM Abiy Ahmed has killed one million of his own people
Questioned whether Abiy will recover from his mistake at a time when the tension is getting worse The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Somalia, Mr Ahmed Fiqi , who gave a special interview to
Russian president says share of payments in rubles for export approached 40%
By Anadolu Agency Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that the share of the ruble in export payments increased almost threefold to 39% from 2021 to 2023. He said at a meeting of the
China bond market opening offers no panacea to debt-laden African states
China’s President Xi Jinping and Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo review the Chinese People’s Liberation Army honour guard during the welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People
Can Tensions Between Somalia, Ethiopia, and Egypt be Tempered?
Photo illustration by John Lyman International Policy Digest By Nick Kimble In recent months, tensions have flared dramatically across the Horn of Africa, with the arrival of Egyptian troops in
US sending additional troops to Middle East as Israel ramps up attacks across Lebanon
By Anadolu Agency The US announced Monday that it is sending a “small number” of additional forces to the Middle East as Israel dramatically increased airstrikes across Lebanon
Exclusive: Iran’s supreme leader taken to secure location, sources say
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting in Tehran, Iran, September 25, 2024. Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via
Israeli military says it has killed Hezbollah chief Nasrallah
Smoke billows following Israeli strikes over Beirut’s southern suburbs, amid ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Sin El Fil, Lebanon, September 28, 2024.
Netanyahu insists on carrying out attacks in Lebanon, threatens Iran
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech during the General Debate of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the UN headquarters in New York, on
UK rethinking tax raid on foreign wealth, media reports say
UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer holds a bilateral meeting with Crown Prince of Kuwait Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah (not seen) at the United Nations on September 26, 2024 in New York, U.S. Leon
Somali Foreign Minister says there is no hope of direct negotiations with Ethiopia
The government has announced that there is no hope that Somalia and Ethiopia will meet face to face to discuss the maritime crisis. Read: Somalia Foreign Minister Fiqi says Ethiopia PM Abiy Ahmed
Somalia Foreign Minister Fiqi says Ethiopia PM Abiy Ahmed has killed one million of his own people
Questioned whether Abiy will recover from his mistake at a time when the tension is getting worse The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Somalia, Mr Ahmed Fiqi , who gave a special interview to
Russian president says share of payments in rubles for export approached 40%
By Anadolu Agency Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that the share of the ruble in export payments increased almost threefold to 39% from 2021 to 2023. He said at a meeting of the
China bond market opening offers no panacea to debt-laden African states
China’s President Xi Jinping and Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo review the Chinese People’s Liberation Army honour guard during the welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People
Can Tensions Between Somalia, Ethiopia, and Egypt be Tempered?
Photo illustration by John Lyman International Policy Digest By Nick Kimble In recent months, tensions have flared dramatically across the Horn of Africa, with the arrival of Egyptian troops in
US sending additional troops to Middle East as Israel ramps up attacks across Lebanon
By Anadolu Agency The US announced Monday that it is sending a “small number” of additional forces to the Middle East as Israel dramatically increased airstrikes across Lebanon