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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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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
By Anadolu Agency Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a phone call with Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on Wednesday to discuss the Iran cease-fire and recent regional
Read MoreTrump announces a two-week ceasefire with Iran
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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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First batch of Uganda oil imports near Mombasa port, ends Kenya monopoly
By The East African Two tankers carrying the maiden consignment of petroleum products directly imported by Uganda will dock at the Mombasa port next week, marking an end to the monopoly long
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Photo/Somali Times When Somali Finance Minister Abdirahman Duale Beileh visited Washington for the annual meeting of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund earlier this fall, he was all
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Eritrea blames US support for Tigray’s leaders for the war
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UN says Somali youths trained in Eritrea take part fighting in Tigray
File Photo Somali Times A report released by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says that Somali troops undergoing military training in Eritrea have taken part
British police officer admits kidnapping, raping woman
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Staff burnout in health and social care putting safety at risk, say MPs
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Four dead after Muslim family run down by vehicle in Canada
Family ‘targeted because of their Muslim faith’ by truck driver in Ontario, say police Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expressed his sorrow Monday for the four members of a Muslim
Train barrels into another in Pakistan, killing at least 45
Railway workers rebuild the track at the track at the site of a train collision in the Ghotki district, southern Pakistan, Monday, June 7, 2021. An express train barreled into another that had
EU report: Illicit drug sales moved online during lockdowns
Packets containing cocaine which was hidden in boxes of bananas are seen at Malta Freeport, an international transshipment hub on Malta’s southeastern tip, after it was seized by Customs Malta,
Covid contract for firm run by Cummings friends was unlawful, judge rules
Public First is run by husband and wife policy specialists James Frayne and Rachel Wolf, both of whom previously worked with Dominic Cummings and the Cabinet Office minister, Michael Gove.
Prime Minister Roble appoints new Electoral Commission
File Photo/Somali Times Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble has appointed a high-level technical committee to oversee the country’s elections. The nominated committee consists of
Wealthiest Americans including Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos ‘paid no income tax’
Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk / AP By Sean Morrison Amazon founder Jeff Bezos paid no income tax in 2007 and 2011, while Tesla founder Elon Musk’s income tax bill was zero in
Eritrea blames US support for Tigray’s leaders for the war
File- In this Feb. 17, 2014, file photo, Eritrean Foreign Minister Osman Saleh listens to his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov during their news conference in Moscow, Russia. Saleh blamed U.S.
UN says Somali youths trained in Eritrea take part fighting in Tigray
File Photo Somali Times A report released by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says that Somali troops undergoing military training in Eritrea have taken part
British police officer admits kidnapping, raping woman
Sarah Everard went missing as she walked home from a friend’s house in Clapham, south London, on 3 March. Photograph: Family Handout/PA LONDON (AP) — A British police officer has pleaded guilty
Staff burnout in health and social care putting safety at risk, say MPs
NHS staff are 50% more likely than the general working population to experience high levels of work-related stress, research has found. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA By Denis Campbell Staff
Four dead after Muslim family run down by vehicle in Canada
Family ‘targeted because of their Muslim faith’ by truck driver in Ontario, say police Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expressed his sorrow Monday for the four members of a Muslim
Train barrels into another in Pakistan, killing at least 45
Railway workers rebuild the track at the track at the site of a train collision in the Ghotki district, southern Pakistan, Monday, June 7, 2021. An express train barreled into another that had