Latest NewsKeir Starmer announces he’ll resign as UK prime minister, launching contest for successor
Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces his resignation to the media outside 10 Downing Street in London, Monday, June 22, 2026. Photographer Kin Cheung By The Associated Press British
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Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed elected himself, has won a landslide victory in the country’s general election, with his party retaining a majority in parliament. The election was
Read MoreIsrael plans to deploy submarines Berbera northern Somalia
A new report from Germany says Israel is seeking a naval and military presence in the Somaliland port of Berbera, a move that could give the Israeli navy a strategic access to the Gulf of Aden
Read MoreSomalia: Puntland forces plan to arrest Gen Jimale
File Photo/Somali Times There is currently a sense of security tension and conflicting military activities in the regions of Puntland, which are based on the political conflict between the
Read MoreTop 10 African Universities shaping the strongest talent pipelines in 2026
By The African Exponent According to the 2026–2027 Best Global Universities rankings by U.S. News & World Report, Africa’s top 10 universities are concentrated within a narrow set of higher
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Keir Starmer announces he’ll resign as UK prime minister, launching contest for successor
Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces his resignation to the media outside 10 Downing Street in London, Monday, June 22, 2026. Photographer Kin Cheung By The Associated Press British
Read MoreEthiopia election: Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed elected himself
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed elected himself, has won a landslide victory in the country’s general election, with his party retaining a majority in parliament. The election was
Read MoreIsrael plans to deploy submarines Berbera northern Somalia
A new report from Germany says Israel is seeking a naval and military presence in the Somaliland port of Berbera, a move that could give the Israeli navy a strategic access to the Gulf of Aden
Read MoreSomalia: Puntland forces plan to arrest Gen Jimale
File Photo/Somali Times There is currently a sense of security tension and conflicting military activities in the regions of Puntland, which are based on the political conflict between the
Read MoreTop 10 African Universities shaping the strongest talent pipelines in 2026
By The African Exponent According to the 2026–2027 Best Global Universities rankings by U.S. News & World Report, Africa’s top 10 universities are concentrated within a narrow set of higher
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Featured ArticlesKeir Starmer announces he’ll resign as UK prime minister, launching contest for successor
Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces his resignation to the media outside 10 Downing Street in London, Monday, June 22, 2026. Photographer Kin Cheung By The Associated Press British
Keir Starmer announces he’ll resign as UK prime minister, launching contest for successor
Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces his resignation to the media outside 10 Downing Street in London, Monday, June 22, 2026. Photographer Kin Cheung By The Associated Press British
EDITOR’S PIC OF THE WEEKThe Security Council in a 22 June videoconference meeting extended the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) until 31 August.
Unanimously adopting resolution 2527 (2020), the 15-member Council decided UNSOM’s mandate would continue as set out in paragraph 1 of resolution 2158 (2014), which had expanded the Mission’s
Read MoreMandera County Assembly Majority Leader on alert over foreign militia group
Mandera MCAs have raised concerns over alleged presence of a foreign militia group and an increase of Somalia soldiers at the border. In a statement yesterday, the lawmakers described the state
Read MoreKenya cult death toll hits 200, with more than 600 reported missing
Preacher Paul Mackenzie, center, who was arrested two weeks ago for asking his followers to starve to death in order to meet Jesus, appears at a court in Malindi. (AP Photo) By The Associated
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The Security Council in a 22 June videoconference meeting extended the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) until 31 August.
Unanimously adopting resolution 2527 (2020), the 15-member Council decided UNSOM’s mandate would continue as set out in paragraph 1 of resolution 2158 (2014), which had expanded the Mission’s
Read MoreMandera County Assembly Majority Leader on alert over foreign militia group
Mandera MCAs have raised concerns over alleged presence of a foreign militia group and an increase of Somalia soldiers at the border. In a statement yesterday, the lawmakers described the state
Read MoreKenya cult death toll hits 200, with more than 600 reported missing
Preacher Paul Mackenzie, center, who was arrested two weeks ago for asking his followers to starve to death in order to meet Jesus, appears at a court in Malindi. (AP Photo) By The Associated
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Blog PostsHigh-level participation from 78 countries at Turkish President Erdogan’s inauguration ceremony
By Anadolu Agency High-level officials from 78 countries will attend Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s swearing-in ceremony Saturday. The inauguration ceremony at the Presidential Complex
Tanks, F-16 jets part of long-term aid for Ukraine, won’t be ready for upcoming offensive, US says
File – Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley listens during an event at the Memorial Amphitheater of Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Memorial Day, on May
Deadly protests rock Senegal as opposition leader sentenced to jail
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US reopens embassy in Seychelles after 27-year absence
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken disembarks from the airplane at the Helsinki-Vantaa airport in Vantaa, Finland, Thursday, June 1, 2023. US Secretary of State Blinken will meet with Finnish
Oil prices rise after US decision to raise debt limit
By Anadolu Agency Oil prices increased on Thursday after the US passed a bill that is anticipated to lift the US debt ceiling and limit government spending in an effort to reduce the federal
Zimbabwe passes law to punish ‘unpatriotic’ citizens
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa/AFP By The East African Zimbabwe’s Parliament has passed a controversial law that seeks to punish “unpatriotic” citizens, yet another legislative move
Kenya reveals plan to extend SGR to Uganda and Congo
By Business Daily Africa Kenya has opened talks with Uganda, DR Congo and the Republic of the Congo to build a modern railway connecting the Indian Ocean to the Atlantic in what appears to be a
Somalia takes over the seat of the Permanent Monitoring Committee of African Union at the United Nations
Somalia has taken over the rotating chairmanship of the Office of the Superintendent of the African Union Mission to the United Nations. The Ambassador to Somalia at the United Nations, Amb.
UK has bigger inflation problem than US or euro zone, Bank of England’s Mann says
A shopper looks at food items in a shop. Reuters/Kevin Coombs/File Photo By Reuters Britain has a bigger inflation problem than the United States or the euro zone, with both large headline price
Exclusive: Qatar prime minister, Taliban chief hold secret Afghan talks
Qatar’s then deputy prime minister and foreign minister, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, speaks during a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in Washington, U.S. February
High-level participation from 78 countries at Turkish President Erdogan’s inauguration ceremony
By Anadolu Agency High-level officials from 78 countries will attend Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s swearing-in ceremony Saturday. The inauguration ceremony at the Presidential Complex
Tanks, F-16 jets part of long-term aid for Ukraine, won’t be ready for upcoming offensive, US says
File – Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley listens during an event at the Memorial Amphitheater of Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Memorial Day, on May
Deadly protests rock Senegal as opposition leader sentenced to jail
Senegal presidential aspirant Sonko sentenced to prison/Reuters By Reuters Nine people were killed in Senegal on Thursday in clashes between riot police and supporters of opposition leader
US reopens embassy in Seychelles after 27-year absence
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken disembarks from the airplane at the Helsinki-Vantaa airport in Vantaa, Finland, Thursday, June 1, 2023. US Secretary of State Blinken will meet with Finnish
Oil prices rise after US decision to raise debt limit
By Anadolu Agency Oil prices increased on Thursday after the US passed a bill that is anticipated to lift the US debt ceiling and limit government spending in an effort to reduce the federal
Zimbabwe passes law to punish ‘unpatriotic’ citizens
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa/AFP By The East African Zimbabwe’s Parliament has passed a controversial law that seeks to punish “unpatriotic” citizens, yet another legislative move
Kenya reveals plan to extend SGR to Uganda and Congo
By Business Daily Africa Kenya has opened talks with Uganda, DR Congo and the Republic of the Congo to build a modern railway connecting the Indian Ocean to the Atlantic in what appears to be a
Somalia takes over the seat of the Permanent Monitoring Committee of African Union at the United Nations
Somalia has taken over the rotating chairmanship of the Office of the Superintendent of the African Union Mission to the United Nations. The Ambassador to Somalia at the United Nations, Amb.
UK has bigger inflation problem than US or euro zone, Bank of England’s Mann says
A shopper looks at food items in a shop. Reuters/Kevin Coombs/File Photo By Reuters Britain has a bigger inflation problem than the United States or the euro zone, with both large headline price
Exclusive: Qatar prime minister, Taliban chief hold secret Afghan talks
Qatar’s then deputy prime minister and foreign minister, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, speaks during a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in Washington, U.S. February