Latest NewsWhite House seeks 1.5 trillion USD in defence spending in 2027 budget proposal
The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier arrives in Split, Croatia, on March 28, 2026. Photographer Zvonimir Barisin By Xinhua News Agency The White House Office of Management and Budget on Friday
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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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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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White House seeks 1.5 trillion USD in defence spending in 2027 budget proposal
The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier arrives in Split, Croatia, on March 28, 2026. Photographer Zvonimir Barisin By Xinhua News Agency The White House Office of Management and Budget on Friday
Read MoreChina 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
Read MoreDjibouti 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
Read MoreTrump 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
Read MoreRwanda’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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Featured ArticlesWhite House seeks 1.5 trillion USD in defence spending in 2027 budget proposal
The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier arrives in Split, Croatia, on March 28, 2026. Photographer Zvonimir Barisin By Xinhua News Agency The White House Office of Management and Budget on Friday
White House seeks 1.5 trillion USD in defence spending in 2027 budget proposal
The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier arrives in Split, Croatia, on March 28, 2026. Photographer Zvonimir Barisin By Xinhua News Agency The White House Office of Management and Budget on Friday
EDITOR’S PIC OF THE WEEKSomalia reopens Nairobi embassy closed during war
Photo/Somali Times Somalia has reopened its Nairobi embassy premises, 10 years after Mogadishu won a court case against a private Kenyan businessman who had bought it illegally during the civil
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The United Nations congratulates the government and the Somali citizens of Somalia’s membership in the United Nations Security Council at 2025-2026. Read: Somalia’s corruption is widespread
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Photo/Somali Times An explosion from a car bomb meant for a senior Somali army official has left eight people dead in central Somalia, local police said. The car bomb went off on Saturday evening
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Somalia reopens Nairobi embassy closed during war
Photo/Somali Times Somalia has reopened its Nairobi embassy premises, 10 years after Mogadishu won a court case against a private Kenyan businessman who had bought it illegally during the civil
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The United Nations congratulates the government and the Somali citizens of Somalia’s membership in the United Nations Security Council at 2025-2026. Read: Somalia’s corruption is widespread
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Ronaldo turns down multi-million Saudi advertising deal
Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo reacts during the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Moscow in Russia on 20 June 2018 [Sefa Karacan/Anadolu Agency] Portuguese and Juventus striker Cristiano Ronaldo has
Biden presidency: Relief for Africa, or less than it seems?
While US President Joe Biden has brought relief to ordinary Africans by lifting the harmful travel ban affecting Muslim and African countries, experts on the continent are skeptical over whether
‘Egypt working to destabilize Ethiopia, East Africa’
Photo/Somali Times The Egyptian government has been stepping up its long-standing policy of destabilizing and weakening Ethiopia by “providing full support to anti-peace elements” and pitting
UK doctors seek review of 12-week gap between vaccine doses
A medical staff member prepares the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Tudor Ranch in Mecca, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) By JILL LAWLESS LONDON (AP) — A major British
Saudi Arabia has ‘common’ interests in Yemen, foreign minister says
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan Bin Abdullah divulged on Thursday that the kingdom and Washington have “common interests” in Yemen, news agencies reported. The foreign
US: Schiff asks spy chief to publicize Khashoggi report
Congressman Adam Schiff, ( Samuel Corum – Anadolu Agency ) Murder of Jamal Khashoggi was ‘brutal,’ ‘premeditated,’ says House Intelligence chair Adam Schiff US House of
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UK chief scientist says new virus variant may be more deadly
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a coronavirus press conference at 10 Downing Street in London, Friday Jan. 22, 2021. Johnson announced that the new variant of COVID-19,
Borrowing tops £1bn a day and double-dip recession looms
Sunak: ponders tax rises / REUTERS By Simon English The government is borrowing more than £1 billion a day to keep the UK economy afloat, the latest “eye-wateringly large” official figures show.
Somali Minister of Petroleum disputes with the dismissal of six officials
A bitter feud is brewing within the Petroleum Department of the government headed by Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble following a surprise move by Minister Abdirashid Ahmed Mohamed. The
Ronaldo turns down multi-million Saudi advertising deal
Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo reacts during the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Moscow in Russia on 20 June 2018 [Sefa Karacan/Anadolu Agency] Portuguese and Juventus striker Cristiano Ronaldo has
Biden presidency: Relief for Africa, or less than it seems?
While US President Joe Biden has brought relief to ordinary Africans by lifting the harmful travel ban affecting Muslim and African countries, experts on the continent are skeptical over whether
‘Egypt working to destabilize Ethiopia, East Africa’
Photo/Somali Times The Egyptian government has been stepping up its long-standing policy of destabilizing and weakening Ethiopia by “providing full support to anti-peace elements” and pitting
UK doctors seek review of 12-week gap between vaccine doses
A medical staff member prepares the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Tudor Ranch in Mecca, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) By JILL LAWLESS LONDON (AP) — A major British
Saudi Arabia has ‘common’ interests in Yemen, foreign minister says
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan Bin Abdullah divulged on Thursday that the kingdom and Washington have “common interests” in Yemen, news agencies reported. The foreign
US: Schiff asks spy chief to publicize Khashoggi report
Congressman Adam Schiff, ( Samuel Corum – Anadolu Agency ) Murder of Jamal Khashoggi was ‘brutal,’ ‘premeditated,’ says House Intelligence chair Adam Schiff US House of
How do I protect myself from Hepatitis B?
By Dr Vincent Karuhanga I am Hepatitis B negative but recently found out my wife is positive. How do we engage in sexual intercourse since we need to start a family? Aaron Dear Aaron, People
UK chief scientist says new virus variant may be more deadly
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a coronavirus press conference at 10 Downing Street in London, Friday Jan. 22, 2021. Johnson announced that the new variant of COVID-19,
Borrowing tops £1bn a day and double-dip recession looms
Sunak: ponders tax rises / REUTERS By Simon English The government is borrowing more than £1 billion a day to keep the UK economy afloat, the latest “eye-wateringly large” official figures show.