Latest NewsWhat Lula’s reelection means for Brazil, Latin America
By Xinhua News Agency Brazilian incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (C), candidate of the ruling Workers’ Party, delivers a speech following his victory in the presidential runoff
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Read MoreBus 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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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
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What Lula’s reelection means for Brazil, Latin America
By Xinhua News Agency Brazilian incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (C), candidate of the ruling Workers’ Party, delivers a speech following his victory in the presidential runoff
Read MoreFormer Somalia spy chief says i met leaders of Puntland, Jubaland, and Somaliland in the UAE
File Photo/Somali Times Read: Eritrea reveals UAE’s alarming plans for Somalia The former Somalia spy chief of the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), Abdullahi Mohamed Ali
Read MoreBus 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
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Featured ArticlesWhat Lula’s reelection means for Brazil, Latin America
By Xinhua News Agency Brazilian incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (C), candidate of the ruling Workers’ Party, delivers a speech following his victory in the presidential runoff
What Lula’s reelection means for Brazil, Latin America
By Xinhua News Agency Brazilian incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (C), candidate of the ruling Workers’ Party, delivers a speech following his victory in the presidential runoff
EDITOR’S PIC OF THE WEEKKenya seeking a near $1 billion loan from World Bank
Kenya is in advanced talks with the World Bank for “a fairly priced” loan of up to 100 billion shillings ($991.57 million), nearly half of its required external funding this fiscal year, a senior
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By Reuters Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will meet during the U.N. General Assembly in New York, Lapid’s office said on Saturday. The meeting marks
Read MoreUganda has excess cane, but govt says it’s not selling to Kenya
Uganda has blocked a request to export excess sugar cane from outgrowers in Busoga region to Kenya. Farmers say they have an overproduction of some 500,000 tones of sugar that processors are
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Kenya seeking a near $1 billion loan from World Bank
Kenya is in advanced talks with the World Bank for “a fairly priced” loan of up to 100 billion shillings ($991.57 million), nearly half of its required external funding this fiscal year, a senior
Read MoreIsraeli, Turkish leaders to meet at United Nations -Israeli PM
By Reuters Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will meet during the U.N. General Assembly in New York, Lapid’s office said on Saturday. The meeting marks
Read MoreUganda has excess cane, but govt says it’s not selling to Kenya
Uganda has blocked a request to export excess sugar cane from outgrowers in Busoga region to Kenya. Farmers say they have an overproduction of some 500,000 tones of sugar that processors are
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Blog PostsSomalia Puntland opposition politicians say Deni has failed the democratic system
File Photo/Somali Times The forum of Puntland politicians, united by the opposition politicians, accused President Said Deni of failing to lead Puntland to a solid governance system. In a press
African Union says its second phase of troop withdrawal from Somalia has started
African Union Force Commander Lt. Gen. Sam Okiding shakes hands with Commander of the US Army Special Operations Command and Rear Admiral Jamie Sands at Atmis force headquarters in the Somali
EU Commission chief unveils 10-point plan to help Italy amid Lampedusa migrant crisis
By Anadolu Agency EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visited the Italian island of Lampedusa in the Mediterranean, which has been inundated with irregular migrants in recent days, and
Cybersecurity: Rise of the enemy within
Side view of hacker using computer with digital interface while sitting at desk of blurry interior. Photo/Shutterstock By The East African Kenya has experienced two major cyber-attacks in the
Russell Brand’s net worth revealed amid sickening sex assault claims
File Photo-Comedian and presenter Russell Brand speaks during an anti-austerity rally in Parliament Square in London June 21, 2014. Reuters/Luke MacGregor/File Photo New York Post By Brooke Kato
At London arms fair, global war fears are good for business
Visitors look at ammunition on display at the Defence and Security Equipment International trade show in London, Britain, September 12, 2017. Photographer Hannah McKay By Reuters As
Somalia Puntland governor Said Deni is planning to request an extension from parliament
File Photo/Somali Times The President of Puntland Said Abdullahi Deni is about to get an extension from the members of the House of Representatives, before the elections scheduled for January
Ethiopia faces new charge of atrocities in Amhara
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Credit Photo/AFP By The East African Ethiopian National Defence Forces (ENDF) are facing new allegations of atrocities in Amhara region, just a month after
Turkey could part ways with EU if necessary, Erdogan says
Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan presents medium-term economic programme forecasts in Ankara, Turkey, September 6, 2023. Murat Cetinmuhurdar/PPO/Handout via Reuters/File Photo By Reuters
International community ignoring Sudan massacres, rights watchdogs say
A destroyed market area in al-Fasher, the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur state on September 1, 2023. By The East African The international community has developed fatigue over the Sudan
Somalia Puntland opposition politicians say Deni has failed the democratic system
File Photo/Somali Times The forum of Puntland politicians, united by the opposition politicians, accused President Said Deni of failing to lead Puntland to a solid governance system. In a press
African Union says its second phase of troop withdrawal from Somalia has started
African Union Force Commander Lt. Gen. Sam Okiding shakes hands with Commander of the US Army Special Operations Command and Rear Admiral Jamie Sands at Atmis force headquarters in the Somali
EU Commission chief unveils 10-point plan to help Italy amid Lampedusa migrant crisis
By Anadolu Agency EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visited the Italian island of Lampedusa in the Mediterranean, which has been inundated with irregular migrants in recent days, and
Cybersecurity: Rise of the enemy within
Side view of hacker using computer with digital interface while sitting at desk of blurry interior. Photo/Shutterstock By The East African Kenya has experienced two major cyber-attacks in the
Russell Brand’s net worth revealed amid sickening sex assault claims
File Photo-Comedian and presenter Russell Brand speaks during an anti-austerity rally in Parliament Square in London June 21, 2014. Reuters/Luke MacGregor/File Photo New York Post By Brooke Kato
At London arms fair, global war fears are good for business
Visitors look at ammunition on display at the Defence and Security Equipment International trade show in London, Britain, September 12, 2017. Photographer Hannah McKay By Reuters As
Somalia Puntland governor Said Deni is planning to request an extension from parliament
File Photo/Somali Times The President of Puntland Said Abdullahi Deni is about to get an extension from the members of the House of Representatives, before the elections scheduled for January
Ethiopia faces new charge of atrocities in Amhara
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Credit Photo/AFP By The East African Ethiopian National Defence Forces (ENDF) are facing new allegations of atrocities in Amhara region, just a month after
Turkey could part ways with EU if necessary, Erdogan says
Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan presents medium-term economic programme forecasts in Ankara, Turkey, September 6, 2023. Murat Cetinmuhurdar/PPO/Handout via Reuters/File Photo By Reuters
International community ignoring Sudan massacres, rights watchdogs say
A destroyed market area in al-Fasher, the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur state on September 1, 2023. By The East African The international community has developed fatigue over the Sudan