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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday urged the UN Security Council not to support unauthorized military operations in the Middle East, warning that continued conflict could lead to
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China desire UN Security Council to avoid backing unauthorized military operations in Middle East
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday urged the UN Security Council not to support unauthorized military operations in the Middle East, warning that continued conflict could lead to
Read MoreDjibouti dictator Ismail Omar Guelleh campaigning for re-election
Ismail Omar Guelleh, is well-known to Djiboutians. He has, after all, been in power since May 1999, the year he succeeded his uncle, Hassan Gouled Aptidon, for whom he was in charge of national
Read MoreTrump says US may exit Iran war soon as new attacks hit Gulf states and Iran
Members of the Iranian Red Crescent Society work at the site of a reported strike amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, near Hosseinieh Azam Zanjan Mosque in Zanjan, Iran, in this screen grab
Read MoreRwanda’s open door-is the visa policy paying off?
Photo by Tobias Doering / Unsplash By The African Exponent According to the Africa Visa Openness Index 2025, Rwanda is ranked the most visa‑open country in Africa, maintaining this position since
Read MoreNew Beijing-Helsinki direct route launched to boost China-Finland ties
Zeng Yongchao, executive vice president of China Southern Air Holding Company, speaks at a promotion event hosted by China Southern Airlines for the new Beijing-Helsinki direct route in Helsinki,
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Featured ArticlesChina desire UN Security Council to avoid backing unauthorized military operations in Middle East
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday urged the UN Security Council not to support unauthorized military operations in the Middle East, warning that continued conflict could lead to
China desire UN Security Council to avoid backing unauthorized military operations in Middle East
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday urged the UN Security Council not to support unauthorized military operations in the Middle East, warning that continued conflict could lead to
EDITOR’S PIC OF THE WEEKKenya Can Still Access $1.5 Billion Precautionary Loan, IMF Now Says
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Kenya Can Still Access $1.5 Billion Precautionary Loan, IMF Now Says
Nairobi — The International Monetary Fund IMF has refuted claims that Kenya lost access to its $1.5 billion standby loan in June clarifying that the precautionary financing remains in place until
Read MoreKenya seeks G20 Sh32bn debt holiday extension
National Treasury building. By OTIATO GUGUYU Kenya may receive additional debt relief from the Paris Club of international creditors to help ease Covid-19 related financial distresses. The
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Blog PostsSomalia: Heavy fighting breaks out on the outskirts of Las Anod
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Somalia claims Al-Shabab extremists seek talks for 1st time
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Journalists detained over footage appearing to show South Sudan president wet himself
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir. Photographer Jok Solomun By Reuters Six journalists in South Sudan have been detained over the circulation of footage showing President Salva Kiir
UK leader calls crisis meeting over struggling health system
File- Ambulances wait outside the Royal London Hospital in east London, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak gathered government ministers, medics and health service
McCarthy elected US House speaker on 15th round of voting
By Anadolu Agency Overcoming holdouts from his own ranks, Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was elected as speaker of the US House of Representatives on a historic 15th round of voting early
General Mahad Ambashe has threatened to slaughter his own people of Las Anod
The commander of the Hargeisa military forces in the Sool region, Brigadier General Mahad Ambashe has threatened to slaughter his own people of Las Anod and sent a warning to people who he said
U.S. airstrikes in Somalia increased in 2022, killing more than 100
Marine Corps Times By Zamone Perez U.S. Africa Command conducted more than a dozen airstrikes in Somalia in 2022 in its counterterrorism operations against al-Shabab and aiding the Somali
Hargeisa has deployed troops on the outskirts of Las Anod and intends to conquer Dhulbahante
Officials from the Hargeisa military and police who recently left the city of Las Anod have started organizing a war on the outskirts of that city to retake the city. The Hargeisa forces left the
Gianluca Vialli, former Italy striker, dies at 58
By The Associated Press Gianluca Vialli, the former Italy striker who helped both Sampdoria and Juventus win Serie A and European trophies before becoming a player-manager at Chelsea, has died.
US offers $10m for Manda Bay attack mastermind
By The East African The United States has offered a financial reward of up to $10 million for information leading to the arrest of Maalim Ayman, the mastermind of the January 2020 Al Shabaab
Somalia: Heavy fighting breaks out on the outskirts of Las Anod
The situation in the city of Las Anod, the capital of the Sool region, is still tense, and it is reported that heavy fighting took place last night in the outskirts of the city, which caused
Somalia claims Al-Shabab extremists seek talks for 1st time
Photographer Somali Times/Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud By The Associated Press Somalia’s government claimed Saturday that the al-Shabab extremist group has for the first time asked
Journalists detained over footage appearing to show South Sudan president wet himself
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir. Photographer Jok Solomun By Reuters Six journalists in South Sudan have been detained over the circulation of footage showing President Salva Kiir
UK leader calls crisis meeting over struggling health system
File- Ambulances wait outside the Royal London Hospital in east London, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak gathered government ministers, medics and health service
McCarthy elected US House speaker on 15th round of voting
By Anadolu Agency Overcoming holdouts from his own ranks, Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was elected as speaker of the US House of Representatives on a historic 15th round of voting early
General Mahad Ambashe has threatened to slaughter his own people of Las Anod
The commander of the Hargeisa military forces in the Sool region, Brigadier General Mahad Ambashe has threatened to slaughter his own people of Las Anod and sent a warning to people who he said
U.S. airstrikes in Somalia increased in 2022, killing more than 100
Marine Corps Times By Zamone Perez U.S. Africa Command conducted more than a dozen airstrikes in Somalia in 2022 in its counterterrorism operations against al-Shabab and aiding the Somali
Hargeisa has deployed troops on the outskirts of Las Anod and intends to conquer Dhulbahante
Officials from the Hargeisa military and police who recently left the city of Las Anod have started organizing a war on the outskirts of that city to retake the city. The Hargeisa forces left the
Gianluca Vialli, former Italy striker, dies at 58
By The Associated Press Gianluca Vialli, the former Italy striker who helped both Sampdoria and Juventus win Serie A and European trophies before becoming a player-manager at Chelsea, has died.
US offers $10m for Manda Bay attack mastermind
By The East African The United States has offered a financial reward of up to $10 million for information leading to the arrest of Maalim Ayman, the mastermind of the January 2020 Al Shabaab