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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

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  • Djibouti 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

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  • Trump 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

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  • Rwanda’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

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  • New 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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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

Djibouti dictator Ismail Omar Guelleh campaigning for re-election

Trump says US may exit Iran war soon as new attacks hit Gulf states and Iran

Rwanda’s open door-is the visa policy paying off?

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UK gears up for huge vaccination plan watched by the world

Nurses at the Royal Free Hospital, London, simulate the administration of the Pfizer vaccine to support staff training ahead of the rollout, in London, Friday Dec. 4, 2020. (Yui Mok/Pool Photo

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Jamal Khashoggi: Saudi crown prince ‘served with lawsuit’ accusing him of kidnap and assassination

Photo: : Credit/Associated Press Amr Nabil/Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. By Andrew Buncombe Lawyers for the fiancee of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi say they have served the

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China announces new military drills

By Anadolu Agency China announced Sunday that it will conduct live-fire military exercises on the Yellow and Bohai seas. The drill on the Bohai Sea will be held Aug. 8 to Sept. 8, while another

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Oil rises on tight U.S. stocks as winter blast hits

By Reuters Oil prices climbed for a fourth straight day on Thursday with U.S. crude, heating oil and jet fuel stocks growing tighter just as a wintry blast hits the United States and travel is

U.S. couple detained in Uganda gets fresh charge that carries death penalty

American couple Nicholas Spencer and his wife, Mackenzie Leigh Mathias Spencer, both 32, stand in the dock at Buganda road court, where they were charged with torturing a ten year old John Kayima

Biden tells Zelenskyy: ‘It’s an honor to be by your side’

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks after giving President Joe Biden a gift as they meet in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022, in Washington. (AP

Inside Africa’s quest for visa-free travel

By Daily Nation Africa is moving toward greater integration as more states make progress in their freedom of travel policies, the latest edition of the African Visa Openness Index (AVOI) reveals.

Austria contributes €14.9 million to International Monetary Fund’s in support of Somalia and Sudan Debt Relief

By International Monetary Fund United States of America, December 20, 2022/APO Group/ — On December 16, 2022, Austria disbursed a €14.9 million grant (about US$15.8 million) for the

Germany hands over 20 looted Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

Germany’s Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Nigerian Culture Minister Lai Mohammed pose after signing a declaration to transfer the ownership of the Benin bronzes in Berlin, Germany

Putin urges intelligence services to stay vigilant to foil foreign spy agencies

By Anadolu Agency Russian President Vladimir Putin called on the country’s intelligence services to be vigilant and “put a firm stop” to activities of foreign espionage

In biased Somalia report, Washington Post serves military’s interests only

U.S. Army Brigadier General Damian T. Donahoe, deputy commanding general, Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa, center, talks with service members during a battlefield circulation on

British nurses walk out again, threaten further strikes in pay dispute

NHS nurses cast shadows as they strike, amid a dispute with the government over pay, outside St Thomas’ Hospital in London, Britain December 15, 2022. Photographer Henry Nicholls/Files By

France openly accuses Rwanda of supporting DRC’s M23 rebels

Military troops deployed in eastern DR Congo to prevent ongoing clashes between Congolese army and M23 rebels in Goma. France on Monday joined the US in accusing Rwanda of supporting M23 rebels/