Latest NewsTop 10 African countries by diaspora remittances in 2026
Credit Photo Atlantic Money/Unsplash By The African Exponent 5 Key Facts Egypt is Africa’s top remittance destination by a wide margin. Egypt received $41.5 billion in 2025, according to
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This photo taken on Oct. 28, 2026 shows various mineral specimens displayed at Afghanistan’s first specialized mining exhibition in Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghanistan marked a strategic
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By The Associated Press U.S. officials have told several Middle East countries and regional allies to be prepared for potential renewed military action against Iran after next week’s midterm
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Top 10 African countries by diaspora remittances in 2026
Credit Photo Atlantic Money/Unsplash By The African Exponent 5 Key Facts Egypt is Africa’s top remittance destination by a wide margin. Egypt received $41.5 billion in 2025, according to
Read MoreCongo’s Ebola deaths top 5,000 as fear of continent-wide spread mounts
By The Associated Press Deaths in Congo’s Ebola outbreak have topped 5,000 as the country grapples with the relentless spread of the disease and cases are recorded in other African countries, the
Read MoreAfghanistan’s 1st mining expo aims to attract investment, tap mineral wealth
This photo taken on Oct. 28, 2026 shows various mineral specimens displayed at Afghanistan’s first specialized mining exhibition in Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghanistan marked a strategic
Read MoreUS warns allies to prepare for possible Iran strikes, retaliation after elections, AP sources say
By The Associated Press U.S. officials have told several Middle East countries and regional allies to be prepared for potential renewed military action against Iran after next week’s midterm
Read MoreIsraeli opposition leader says Netanyahu’s political career is over
By Anadolu Agency Israeli opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to retire from politics, saying voters had rejected his continued leadership and warning him
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Featured ArticlesTop 10 African countries by diaspora remittances in 2026
Credit Photo Atlantic Money/Unsplash By The African Exponent 5 Key Facts Egypt is Africa’s top remittance destination by a wide margin. Egypt received $41.5 billion in 2025, according to
Top 10 African countries by diaspora remittances in 2026
Credit Photo Atlantic Money/Unsplash By The African Exponent 5 Key Facts Egypt is Africa’s top remittance destination by a wide margin. Egypt received $41.5 billion in 2025, according to
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File Photo/Somali Times The European Union approved $74.4 million for the cost of transferring the security responsibility of the African Union forces that will leave Somalia at the end of this
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The crude oil tanker Pink Stars is moored to a single point mooring (SPM) at the Caspian Pipeline Consortium’s Marine Terminal in Yuzhnaya Ozereevka near the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk,
Read MoreSomalia’s Finance Minister launches job creation for youth
Mogadishu – Federal Government of Somalia today in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia.Project marked a for job creation process can internal development and the role of acres participate
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EU approved $116.9m to improve security in Somalia
File Photo/Somali Times The European Union approved $74.4 million for the cost of transferring the security responsibility of the African Union forces that will leave Somalia at the end of this
Read MoreOil retreats as US-China trade war escalates
The crude oil tanker Pink Stars is moored to a single point mooring (SPM) at the Caspian Pipeline Consortium’s Marine Terminal in Yuzhnaya Ozereevka near the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk,
Read MoreSomalia’s Finance Minister launches job creation for youth
Mogadishu – Federal Government of Somalia today in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia.Project marked a for job creation process can internal development and the role of acres participate
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UK’s Sunak says world is watching as G7 debates tax reform
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Property developers freeze fresh investments on low gains, occupancy
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Somalis are using a different route to reach Kenya
Photo: Credit Wikipedia Ethiopian Airlines. Travellers between Somalia and Kenya has been disrupted since the Kenyan government imposed a ban on flights between the two countries. Kenya’s
Theresa May joins Tory rebellion over overseas aid cuts
Theresa May in the House of Commons in February. Photograph: PA By Patrick Wintour Former PM among 30 Tory MPs backing amendment aiming to reverse cuts to aid spending The former prime minister
Somalia announces funding for 2021 elections
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Italians cite Uhuru, Ruto feuds in botched Kimwarer, Arror projects
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This photo provided by Sri Lankan Air Force shows the sinking MV X-Press Pearl at Kapungoda where it is anchored off Colombo port, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, June 2, 2021. Salvage experts were
Qatar releases Kenyan rights activist after three weeks in solitary confinement
Bidali’s mother fears for his safety and mental health after he was held in solitary confinement for nearly three weeks (Supplied) By Areeb Ullah Malcolm Bidali was charged by Qatar last
EU officially closes its airspace to Belarusian carriers
Belarusian aircraft banned to overfly, land over EU territory The European Union officially banned on Friday Belarusian carriers from its airspace. The Council of the EU decided to prohibit the
UK’s Sunak says world is watching as G7 debates tax reform
Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak meets with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, in London, Britain June 3, 2021. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/Pool By David Milliken Britain said
The latest: Somali special forces killed 75 Al-Shabab terrorists
Photo/Somali Times Colonel Ali Hashi, a spokesman for the Somali National Army, said in an interview with outlet media that they had killed more than 75 Al-Shabab militants and that they achieved
Property developers freeze fresh investments on low gains, occupancy
Britam Group managing director Tavaziva Madzinga. By ELIZABETH KIVUVA A growing number of property developers have frozen investments in the construction of residential houses and commercial
Somalis are using a different route to reach Kenya
Photo: Credit Wikipedia Ethiopian Airlines. Travellers between Somalia and Kenya has been disrupted since the Kenyan government imposed a ban on flights between the two countries. Kenya’s
Theresa May joins Tory rebellion over overseas aid cuts
Theresa May in the House of Commons in February. Photograph: PA By Patrick Wintour Former PM among 30 Tory MPs backing amendment aiming to reverse cuts to aid spending The former prime minister
Somalia announces funding for 2021 elections
File Photo/Somali Times Somalia has for the first time detailed the source of funding elections, and the elections’ contract. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Abdirizak Mohamoud,
Italians cite Uhuru, Ruto feuds in botched Kimwarer, Arror projects
President Uhuru Kenyatta. By SAM KIPLAGAT Three Italian firms at the centre of the Sh63 billion Kimwarer and Arror dams scandal have claimed that power struggles between President Uhuru Kenyatta
Sri Lanka braces for environmental disaster as ship sinks
This photo provided by Sri Lankan Air Force shows the sinking MV X-Press Pearl at Kapungoda where it is anchored off Colombo port, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, June 2, 2021. Salvage experts were
Qatar releases Kenyan rights activist after three weeks in solitary confinement
Bidali’s mother fears for his safety and mental health after he was held in solitary confinement for nearly three weeks (Supplied) By Areeb Ullah Malcolm Bidali was charged by Qatar last