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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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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
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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
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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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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
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African Union President and President of Congo Democratic Republic Felix Tshisekedi speaks during a joint news conference at the end of the Summit on the Financing of African Economies in Paris,
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From left, President Emmanuel Macron, US President Joe Biden, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau leave after posing for a group
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Congo president says Kinshasa hospitals ‘overwhelmed’ by coronavirus
African Union President and President of Congo Democratic Republic Felix Tshisekedi speaks during a joint news conference at the end of the Summit on the Financing of African Economies in Paris,
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Photographer Somali Times/Inside Somali Parliament Abdirahman Abdishakur Abdirahman Abdishakur said, “We are not doing anything for Somalia to start a extension period this morning. It is
The oldest African dictators
Credit to Photo Associated Press/Dictator Ismali Omar Gulleh has ruled over Djibouti since 1999. He succeeded his uncle, Hassan Gouled Aptidon African leaders have continued to consolidate their
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
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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.
Abdirahman Abdishakur opposes extension for Somalia president’s term in office
Photographer Somali Times/Inside Somali Parliament Abdirahman Abdishakur Abdirahman Abdishakur said, “We are not doing anything for Somalia to start a extension period this morning. It is
The oldest African dictators
Credit to Photo Associated Press/Dictator Ismali Omar Gulleh has ruled over Djibouti since 1999. He succeeded his uncle, Hassan Gouled Aptidon African leaders have continued to consolidate their
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.