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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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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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Kenya Seeks to Postpone Hearing of Somalia Maritime-Border Case
Kenya is seeking to delay a highly anticipated hearing of a territorial dispute with Somalia, less than a week before it’s scheduled to begin.“Due to exceptional circumstances occasioned by the
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In this image taken from video, Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson makes a televised address to the nation from 10 Downing Street, London, Monday Jan. 4, 2021, setting out new emergency
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Photo/Somali Times The Somali government has opposed the international community’s decision to extend the term of President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo and his government. Somali Minister of
Somalia’s Ministry of Defense says the African Union summit outcome is a colony tactic.
Photo/Somali Times Somalia’s Ministry of Defense has denied reports that Amisom troops are monitoring the activities of Somali government forces amid political tensions that threaten the
Indonesian rescuers recover debris believed to be from missing submarine – official
Indonesian Navy’s KRI Singa-651 leaves the Tanjung Wangi port as the search continues for the missing KRI Nanggala-402 submarine in Banyuwangi, East Java Province Indonesia, April 24, 2021.
HIV drugs run short in Kenya as people say lives at risk
Protesters hold placards during a demonstration over shortages of anti-retroviral (ARV) medicines, organized by people living with HIV or AIDS, sex-workers, members of the LGBT community, and
Biden tells Erdogan he will recognise Armenian genocide: Turkish official
Then-US Vice President Joe Biden (L) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a 2016 meeting (AFP/Turkish presidency handout) By Ragip Soylu, Ali Harb Saturday’s expected US
Is Somalia a colony or independent?
Photo: Credit Xinhua News Agency//Ding Haitao) (lr) The African Union Peace and Security Council has condemned the April 12 parliamentary resolution – passed by Somalia’s House of the
‘Black Sea region is our common home’
Turkey’s foreign minister urges Black Sea region to be kept away from tensions Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said the Black Sea region “is our common home”, noting
Prime Minister Roble meets with security officials
Photo/Somali Times Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia Mohamed Hussein Roble today addressed a joint press conference in Mogadishu. The Prime Minister has listened to reports on the
Somali 60th Division Commander visits demining training troops
Photo/Somali Times Commander of the 60th Division of the Somali National Army Brigadier General Mohamed Sheikh Abdullahi inspected a number of troops undergoing demining training at the UK
Explainer: Who are the rebels threatening to take Chad’s capital?
A Chad army tank is seen on the street, as fighters from the rebel Front for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT) appeared to be moving toward the capital according to the United States, in
Somali Minister of Information Osman Dubbe says the international community has forgotten Somalia is an independent country
Photo/Somali Times The Somali government has opposed the international community’s decision to extend the term of President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo and his government. Somali Minister of
Somalia’s Ministry of Defense says the African Union summit outcome is a colony tactic.
Photo/Somali Times Somalia’s Ministry of Defense has denied reports that Amisom troops are monitoring the activities of Somali government forces amid political tensions that threaten the
Indonesian rescuers recover debris believed to be from missing submarine – official
Indonesian Navy’s KRI Singa-651 leaves the Tanjung Wangi port as the search continues for the missing KRI Nanggala-402 submarine in Banyuwangi, East Java Province Indonesia, April 24, 2021.
HIV drugs run short in Kenya as people say lives at risk
Protesters hold placards during a demonstration over shortages of anti-retroviral (ARV) medicines, organized by people living with HIV or AIDS, sex-workers, members of the LGBT community, and
Biden tells Erdogan he will recognise Armenian genocide: Turkish official
Then-US Vice President Joe Biden (L) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a 2016 meeting (AFP/Turkish presidency handout) By Ragip Soylu, Ali Harb Saturday’s expected US
Is Somalia a colony or independent?
Photo: Credit Xinhua News Agency//Ding Haitao) (lr) The African Union Peace and Security Council has condemned the April 12 parliamentary resolution – passed by Somalia’s House of the
‘Black Sea region is our common home’
Turkey’s foreign minister urges Black Sea region to be kept away from tensions Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said the Black Sea region “is our common home”, noting
Prime Minister Roble meets with security officials
Photo/Somali Times Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia Mohamed Hussein Roble today addressed a joint press conference in Mogadishu. The Prime Minister has listened to reports on the
Somali 60th Division Commander visits demining training troops
Photo/Somali Times Commander of the 60th Division of the Somali National Army Brigadier General Mohamed Sheikh Abdullahi inspected a number of troops undergoing demining training at the UK
Explainer: Who are the rebels threatening to take Chad’s capital?
A Chad army tank is seen on the street, as fighters from the rebel Front for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT) appeared to be moving toward the capital according to the United States, in