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  • Chinese Gravity-1 rocket launches new satellites from sea

    A Gravity-1 Y3 carrier rocket carrying nine satellites blasts off from waters off the coast of Shanghai in east China on Sept. 16, 2026. The launch mission was carried out by the Taiyuan

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  • $260M of cocaine shipped from Ghana seized by French customs at Dunkirk

    Credit Photo: DEA By Face2Face Africa The French organized crime ​prosecutor’s office announced that French customs on September 10 seized almost 3.9 metric tons of ​cocaine at the port of

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  • Africa’s biggest oil refinery opens to public ownership, sparking excitement among retail investors

    Nigerian multinational industrial conglomerate Dangote Group’s CEO Aliko Dangote during the seventh “Choose France Summit”, aiming to attract foreign investors to the country, at the Chateau de

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  • Eritrea reveals UAE’s alarming plans for Somalia

    File Photo/Somali Times The Eritrean government has reveals the United Arab Emirates of pursuing what it describes as “port colonialism” in Africa, questioning the motives behind Abu

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  • UK student visa applicants to explain large bank deposits and education gaps

    The British High Commission office in the UK. Photo Govt.UK By Kenyans Foreigners, including Kenyans, applying for United Kingdom Student visas will henceforth be required to explain large or

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Chinese Gravity-1 rocket launches new satellites from sea

A Gravity-1 Y3 carrier rocket carrying nine satellites blasts off from waters off the coast of Shanghai in east China on Sept. 16, 2026. The launch mission was carried out by the Taiyuan

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Kenyans from UK begin arriving home, India and China next

Kenyans who were caught up in Covid-19 lockdowns around the world have started arriving home. Some 84 citizens landed at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport aboard a Kenya Airways plane from

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Somali popular singer Farhia Fiska based in the UK says her husband tortured and abused her

Photo Farhia Fiska and husband Mubarik Yusuf Popular Somali singer Farhia Ahmed Adawe, known as Farhia Fiska, has accused her husband of severely torturing her, saying he beat her and locked her

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Debt, pending bills batter Africa economies in 2024

File Photo/Somali Times By The East African Several African countries reeling under the weight of economic and political problems are banking on rescue interventions from the World Bank and the

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