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  • South West State of Somalia claims victory in battle against Hassan Sheikh and militia

    File Photo/Somali Times South West State of Somalia claims victory in battle against Hassan Sheikh and militia Read: Somalia is the number 1 country for corruption Read: Why is Somalia an

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  • Somalia: UN issues statement on Hassan Sheikh and Southwest State tensions

    File Photo/Somali Times The United Nations has expressed deep concern over the escalating tensions in the Southwest State administration, calling on Hassan Sheikh and the regional states to

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  • Ethiopia’s flagship investment forum secures over $13 billion in deals

    By Xinhua News Agency Ethiopia’s flagship investment forum, dubbed “Invest in Ethiopia,” concluded on Friday with the signing of investment agreements worth over 13 billion U.S.

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  • Pentagon considering diverting military aid from Ukraine to Middle East: Report

    By Anadolu Agency The Pentagon is considering a plan to divert weapons from Ukraine to the Middle East, as the US war with Iran reaches the one-month mark, according to a Wall Street Journal

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  • Kenya says it has finalised trade deal negotiations with China

    Chinese President Xi Jinping and Kenyan President William Ruto shake hands during a signing ceremony at The Great Hall of The People on April 24, 2025 in Beijing, China By Reuters Kenya has

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South West State of Somalia claims victory in battle against Hassan Sheikh and militia

File Photo/Somali Times South West State of Somalia claims victory in battle against Hassan Sheikh and militia Read: Somalia is the number 1 country for corruption Read: Why is Somalia an

Somalia: UN issues statement on Hassan Sheikh and Southwest State tensions

Ethiopia’s flagship investment forum secures over $13 billion in deals

Pentagon considering diverting military aid from Ukraine to Middle East: Report

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Oil prices hit 10-month high as Saudi, Russia extend supply cuts

By Reuters Oil prices surged about 2% on Tuesday to their highest since November, after Saudi Arabia and Russia extended their voluntary supply cuts to the end of the year, worrying investors

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Biden, Saudi king discuss energy supplies, Iran and Yemen

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Mozambique’s Nyusi vows to restore peace in gas-rich Cabo Delgado

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Turkey says F-16 jets and Finland, Sweden’s NATO bids ‘not related’

By Anadolu Agency Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Wednesday that Turkey’s request for F-16 fighter jets and Sweden and Finland’s NATO bids are “not related.” Speaking

New Zealand’s Ardern, an icon to many, to step down

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern grimaces as she announces her resignation at a press conference in Napier, New Zealand. Fighting back tears, Ardern told reporters that Feb. 7 will be

MSDF, French aircraft carrier conduct joint drills off Somali coast

Courtesy of the Defense Ministry Joint Staff. MSDF destroyer Suzutsuki, foreground, is seen during a drill with French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle. Japan News By Yomiuri Shimbun A Maritime

Nearly half of HR practitioners are operating without a licence

Institute of Human Resource Management executive director, Queresha Abdullahi By Business Daily Africa Nearly half of the human resource practitioners in Kenya are operating without a licence,

Inflation, Drought Push Djibouti To Suspend Loan Payments To China

Credit to Photo The Associated Press/Dictator Ismaïl Omar Guelleh By ADF Magazine As it struggles with rising inflation and continuing drought, Djibouti has become the latest country to suspend

Turkey’s Baykar to deliver drones to Kuwait in $370 million deal

A Bayraktar Akinci unmanned combat drone is pictured at SAHA EXPO Defence & Aerospace Exhibition in Istanbul, Turkey, October 27, 2022. Photographer Umit Bektas/File Photo By Reuters Turkey

World’s oldest known person, French nun, dies at 118

Sister Andre poses for a portrait at the Sainte Catherine Laboure care home in Toulon, southern France, Wednesday, April 27, 2022. The French nun who was believed to be the world’s oldest

Ukraine helicopter crash kills 18, including 3 children, interior minister

By Anadolu Agency A helicopter crash in the Brovary city of Ukraine’s Kyiv region on Wednesday killed at least 18 people, including 3 children, the country’s interior minister, first deputy

Son of Equatorial Guinea’s President held for selling plane

Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo/AFP By AFP One of the sons of Equatorial Guinea’s veteran ruler has been arrested on suspicion of illegally selling a plane

Sweden, Finland must send up to 130 “terrorists” to Turkey for NATO bid, Erdogan says

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attends a ceremony to mark an increase in capacity at a natural gas storage facility in Silivri near Istanbul, Turkey, December 16, 2022. Photographer Umit