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Burkina Faso’s tourism revenue hits record $165 million despite security challenges
Monument to National Heroes in Burkina Faso honors the iconic figures and martyrs of Burkinabè history. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/The black photographer By Face2Face Africa Despite security
Read MoreDjibouti dictator Ismail Omar Guelleh elected himself sixth term as president
File Photo/Somali Times 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
Read MoreUN chief’s personal envoy meets with Iranian officials
Iranian Red Crescent Society, Pir Hossein Kolivand (L), talks with Jean Arnault, the UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy for the Middle East Conflict and its Consequences, in Tehran,
Read MoreTurkish president, Qatari emir discuss Iran cease-fire, regional turmoil
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Featured ArticlesBurkina Faso’s tourism revenue hits record $165 million despite security challenges
Monument to National Heroes in Burkina Faso honors the iconic figures and martyrs of Burkinabè history. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/The black photographer By Face2Face Africa Despite security
Burkina Faso’s tourism revenue hits record $165 million despite security challenges
Monument to National Heroes in Burkina Faso honors the iconic figures and martyrs of Burkinabè history. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/The black photographer By Face2Face Africa Despite security
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Farmajo’s election crew puts forward Minister Mohamed Abdirizak on behalf of Mudug
File Photo/Somali Times Somalia’s foreign affairs minister, Mohamed Abdirizak Mohamud, who is currently in the northern city of Galkayo in the Mudug region, is running for a seat in the
EU cuts cash for Kenya Defence Forces in Somalia by half
Treasury Principal Secretary Julius Muia. By EDWIN MUTAI The European Union (EU) and its partners cut by half the budget for troops fighting Al-Shabaab militia in Somalia after a secret partial
Farmajo and Fahad Yasin paid hackers to hack news websites
File Photo/Somali Times According to reliable sources from outgoing president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo’s advisors told Somali Times Farmajo and Fahad Yasin are paying foreign hackers to
Biden, Iraqi PM to announce end of US combat mission in Iraq
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi poses in his office during an interview with The Associated Press in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, July 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed) By AAMER MADHANI,
UAE royal linked to failed Russian Covid jab in Kenya
Russian coronavirus vaccine developed by the Gamaleya Scientific Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology. By BRIAN NGUGI A member of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) royal family has
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People walk past a bank’s electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index at Hong Kong Stock Exchange Monday, July 26, 2021. Asian shares opened mixed on Monday after stocks rallied to
Tunisian democracy in crisis after president ousts government
Crowds gather on the street after Tunisia’s president suspended parliament, in La Marsa, near Tunis, Tunisia July 26, 2021, in this still image obtained from a social media video. Layli
Putin says Russian navy can carry out ‘unpreventable strike’ if needed
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu attend the Navy Day parade in Saint Petersburg, Russia July 25, 2021. Sputnik/Aleksey Nikolskyi/Kremlin via REUTERS By
Podcast celebrates Barry’s Welsh political icon who fought Apartheid
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Foreign Office is ‘complicit in British man’s Somalia torture’
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