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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
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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
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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 WEEKCounter-terrorism police probe New Year’s Eve stabbings in Manchester
Police officers stand at the end of a tram platform following a stabbing at Victoria Station in Manchester, Britain, January 1, 2019. REUTERS/Phil Noble British counter-terrorism police are
Read MoreGerman, French, Italian leaders ride into Kyiv with ‘message of unity’
France’s President Emmanuel Macron, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis visit Irpin, Ukraine June 16, 2022. Ludovic
Read MoreSomaliland seeks recognition by hosting naval bases
The self-declared republic of Somaliland has expressed an interest in hosting British and Russian naval bases, which would add to an already active military presence along the coast of the Red
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Counter-terrorism police probe New Year’s Eve stabbings in Manchester
Police officers stand at the end of a tram platform following a stabbing at Victoria Station in Manchester, Britain, January 1, 2019. REUTERS/Phil Noble British counter-terrorism police are
Read MoreGerman, French, Italian leaders ride into Kyiv with ‘message of unity’
France’s President Emmanuel Macron, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis visit Irpin, Ukraine June 16, 2022. Ludovic
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Blog PostsEU examines its training of African armies as another coup rocks the continent
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, centre, sits with Spain’s acting Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares, left and European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell at the start of
Rwanda, Cameroon announce major changes in their security forces
By Anadolu Agency Rwanda and Cameroon announced major changes in their security forces Wednesday affecting high-ranking military personnel. In Rwanda, President Paul Kagame retired hundreds of
North Korea stages nuclear strike drill to protest allied exercises
North Korean leader Kim Jong visits the training center of the General Staff Department of the Korean People’s Army (KPA) in an undisclosed location in North Korea in this picture released
Kenya refunds for KDF troops in Somalia up 93pc to Sh6.9bn
Defence Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale By Business Daily Africa Kenya received Sh6.98 billion in reimbursement for its troops fighting Al-Shabaab militia in Somalia in the financial year that ended
Egypt plans to drill 35 new gas wells to increase production
A view of a gas plant seen from the desert road of Suez outside Cairo, Egypt. Credit Reuters By Xinhua News Agency Egypt is planning to drill 35 new natural gas wells in the Mediterranean Sea and
Gabon army officers say they have seized power after election in oil-rich country
Gabon Military Officers. Credit Photo/AFP By Reuters A group of senior military officers in Gabon claimed they had seized power in the early hours of Wednesday, minutes after the Central African
93 suspected child, infant graves found at former Canadian residential school
By Anadolu Agency Ground penetrating radar has unearthed 79 potential children’s graves and those that may be of 14 infants at the former Beauval Indian Residential School in the Canadian
Why US give $92.6 million corrupt Somali government?
The government of Somalia has signed a $92.6 million development agreement with the United States government to promote resilience, stability, economic growth, and governance. The minister of
Somalia urged to protect hard-won security gains amid transition
By Xinhua News Agency The African Union and United Nations officials have called on Somalia to ensure that the hard-won security gains thus far are not jeopardized as the AU forces continue with
Turkey’s Erdogan to visit Russia ‘soon’ to discuss grain deal
By Reuters Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will visit Russia soon to discuss the collapsed United Nations deal that had allowed Black Sea exports of Ukrainian grain, a spokesperson for
EU examines its training of African armies as another coup rocks the continent
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, centre, sits with Spain’s acting Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares, left and European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell at the start of
Rwanda, Cameroon announce major changes in their security forces
By Anadolu Agency Rwanda and Cameroon announced major changes in their security forces Wednesday affecting high-ranking military personnel. In Rwanda, President Paul Kagame retired hundreds of
North Korea stages nuclear strike drill to protest allied exercises
North Korean leader Kim Jong visits the training center of the General Staff Department of the Korean People’s Army (KPA) in an undisclosed location in North Korea in this picture released
Kenya refunds for KDF troops in Somalia up 93pc to Sh6.9bn
Defence Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale By Business Daily Africa Kenya received Sh6.98 billion in reimbursement for its troops fighting Al-Shabaab militia in Somalia in the financial year that ended
Egypt plans to drill 35 new gas wells to increase production
A view of a gas plant seen from the desert road of Suez outside Cairo, Egypt. Credit Reuters By Xinhua News Agency Egypt is planning to drill 35 new natural gas wells in the Mediterranean Sea and
Gabon army officers say they have seized power after election in oil-rich country
Gabon Military Officers. Credit Photo/AFP By Reuters A group of senior military officers in Gabon claimed they had seized power in the early hours of Wednesday, minutes after the Central African
93 suspected child, infant graves found at former Canadian residential school
By Anadolu Agency Ground penetrating radar has unearthed 79 potential children’s graves and those that may be of 14 infants at the former Beauval Indian Residential School in the Canadian
Why US give $92.6 million corrupt Somali government?
The government of Somalia has signed a $92.6 million development agreement with the United States government to promote resilience, stability, economic growth, and governance. The minister of
Somalia urged to protect hard-won security gains amid transition
By Xinhua News Agency The African Union and United Nations officials have called on Somalia to ensure that the hard-won security gains thus far are not jeopardized as the AU forces continue with
Turkey’s Erdogan to visit Russia ‘soon’ to discuss grain deal
By Reuters Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will visit Russia soon to discuss the collapsed United Nations deal that had allowed Black Sea exports of Ukrainian grain, a spokesperson for