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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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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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 WEEKSomali lawmaker Abdirahman Abdishakur criticizes Hassan Sheikh’s plan to amend the constitution
File Photo/Somali Times Somali lawmaker Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame, one of the members of the People’s Assembly of the Federal Parliament of Somalia, has criticized President Hassan
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Read MoreAmnesty accuses Eritrea of targeting diaspora activists in Kenya
Photo /AFP Eritrean officials are systematically harassing diaspora activists in Kenya, with apparent collusion on the part of Kenyan intelligence agents, Amnesty International said in a briefing
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Somali lawmaker Abdirahman Abdishakur criticizes Hassan Sheikh’s plan to amend the constitution
File Photo/Somali Times Somali lawmaker Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame, one of the members of the People’s Assembly of the Federal Parliament of Somalia, has criticized President Hassan
Read MoreDirty politics: Jubilee Party war gets nasty
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Photo /AFP Eritrean officials are systematically harassing diaspora activists in Kenya, with apparent collusion on the part of Kenyan intelligence agents, Amnesty International said in a briefing
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Blog PostsMorocco earthquake kills over 1,000 people, rescuers dig for survivors
Rescuers carry a search operation following a powerful earthquake, in Amizmiz, in Morocco, September 9, 2023. Photographer Abdelhak Balhaki By Reuters A powerful earthquake in Morocco has killed
East African economies hit by fresh round of fuel price hikes as global crude supply shrinks
By The East African East African economies are going through a fresh spike in fuel prices after Saudi Arabia and Russia agreed to extend by three months the removal of 1.3 million barrels of
US offers $10mn bounty for leads on Al-Shabab leader Ahmed Diriye
Ahmed Diriye/U.S. Department of State’s Rewards for Justice Program By Capital FM Kenya The United States government has issued a bounty of up to 10 million dollars for information on the
New flaw in Apple devices led to spyware infection, researchers say
The Apple Inc. logo. Reuters/Mike Segar/File Photo By Reuters Researchers at digital watchdog group Citizen Lab said on Thursday they found spyware they linked to Israeli firm NSO that exploited
US pressuring South Asia in order to promote its own interests: Lavrov
By Anadolu Agency The US and its allies are pressuring South Asian countries in the name of a so-called Indo-Pacific Strategy to promote their own interests in the region, Russian Foreign
Al-Shabab terrorists attack army base in Somalia
Multiple casualties are feared after Al-Shabab terrorists launched an attack targeting a Somali national army base in the country’s south-central province of the Middle Shabelle region on
Zambia’s former first lady Esther Lungu arrested and charged with motor vehicle theft
Esther Lungu charged. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Chalo Chatu By Face2Face Africa The police in Zambia have arrested the wife of former President Edgar Lungu on three charges, including theft of a
UK house prices fall by most since 2009 as rate rises bite
A man looks at houses for sale in the window of an estate agents in Manchester, Britain, June 22, 2023. Photographer Phil Noble By Reuters British house prices have fallen at the fastest pace
Al-Shabab presented Ugandan soldier and sent a demand to Museveni
A photograph appear on the Internet A soldier from the African Union’s ATMIS operation appeared for the first time in a video released by Al-Shabab terrorist group, who is one of the live
Gabon’s deposed president ‘free to move’ abroad
By Anadolu Agency Gabon’s former President Ali Bongo, who was ousted by the military last week, is free to travel out of the country if he wishes after the transitional president allowed
Morocco earthquake kills over 1,000 people, rescuers dig for survivors
Rescuers carry a search operation following a powerful earthquake, in Amizmiz, in Morocco, September 9, 2023. Photographer Abdelhak Balhaki By Reuters A powerful earthquake in Morocco has killed
East African economies hit by fresh round of fuel price hikes as global crude supply shrinks
By The East African East African economies are going through a fresh spike in fuel prices after Saudi Arabia and Russia agreed to extend by three months the removal of 1.3 million barrels of
US offers $10mn bounty for leads on Al-Shabab leader Ahmed Diriye
Ahmed Diriye/U.S. Department of State’s Rewards for Justice Program By Capital FM Kenya The United States government has issued a bounty of up to 10 million dollars for information on the
New flaw in Apple devices led to spyware infection, researchers say
The Apple Inc. logo. Reuters/Mike Segar/File Photo By Reuters Researchers at digital watchdog group Citizen Lab said on Thursday they found spyware they linked to Israeli firm NSO that exploited
US pressuring South Asia in order to promote its own interests: Lavrov
By Anadolu Agency The US and its allies are pressuring South Asian countries in the name of a so-called Indo-Pacific Strategy to promote their own interests in the region, Russian Foreign
Al-Shabab terrorists attack army base in Somalia
Multiple casualties are feared after Al-Shabab terrorists launched an attack targeting a Somali national army base in the country’s south-central province of the Middle Shabelle region on
Zambia’s former first lady Esther Lungu arrested and charged with motor vehicle theft
Esther Lungu charged. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Chalo Chatu By Face2Face Africa The police in Zambia have arrested the wife of former President Edgar Lungu on three charges, including theft of a
UK house prices fall by most since 2009 as rate rises bite
A man looks at houses for sale in the window of an estate agents in Manchester, Britain, June 22, 2023. Photographer Phil Noble By Reuters British house prices have fallen at the fastest pace
Al-Shabab presented Ugandan soldier and sent a demand to Museveni
A photograph appear on the Internet A soldier from the African Union’s ATMIS operation appeared for the first time in a video released by Al-Shabab terrorist group, who is one of the live
Gabon’s deposed president ‘free to move’ abroad
By Anadolu Agency Gabon’s former President Ali Bongo, who was ousted by the military last week, is free to travel out of the country if he wishes after the transitional president allowed