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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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China 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
Read MoreNew Beijing-Helsinki direct route launched to boost China-Finland ties
Zeng Yongchao, executive vice president of China Southern Air Holding Company, speaks at a promotion event hosted by China Southern Airlines for the new Beijing-Helsinki direct route in Helsinki,
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Featured ArticlesChina 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
China 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
EDITOR’S PIC OF THE WEEKUK urged to end arms sales to Saudi Arabia following Khashoggi report
Royal Saudi Air Force Eurofighter Typhoons. Calls have been made for the UK to follow the US in halting Yemen-related arms sales to Saudi Arabia. Photograph: Alamy By Dan Sabbagh Britain faced
Read MoreGlobal airlines body says Chinese aircraft to boost aviation sector
Zhao Chunling, chief designer of China’s homegrown wide-body C929 aircraft at Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd, is pictured at a research institute of COMAC in Shanghai, east
Read MoreDFL endorses State Rep. Ilhan Omar for U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison’s congressional seat
State Rep. Ilhan Omar won the DFL Party endorsement on Sunday in the crowded race to fill U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison’s seat in Congress.Omar, a first-term state lawmaker from Minneapolis who
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UK urged to end arms sales to Saudi Arabia following Khashoggi report
Royal Saudi Air Force Eurofighter Typhoons. Calls have been made for the UK to follow the US in halting Yemen-related arms sales to Saudi Arabia. Photograph: Alamy By Dan Sabbagh Britain faced
Read MoreGlobal airlines body says Chinese aircraft to boost aviation sector
Zhao Chunling, chief designer of China’s homegrown wide-body C929 aircraft at Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd, is pictured at a research institute of COMAC in Shanghai, east
Read MoreDFL endorses State Rep. Ilhan Omar for U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison’s congressional seat
State Rep. Ilhan Omar won the DFL Party endorsement on Sunday in the crowded race to fill U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison’s seat in Congress.Omar, a first-term state lawmaker from Minneapolis who
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Blog PostsUganda’s leader Yoweri Museveni is last dictator in Africa now
From left to right Opposition candidates for Ugandan Election, Alliance for National transformation flag bearer Gen Mugisha Muntu, Forum for Democratic Change party flag bearer Patrick Amuriat
Uganda’s leader says social media shut down ahead of polls
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni shows the ink mark on the thumb after he voted in Kiruhura district which is Museveni’s home area, Uganda, Deadly violence and repressive measures
Roadside blast kills 7 Kenyan soldiers in Somalia
At least seven Kenyan military personnel serving under African Union peacekeeping mission forces in Somalia (AMISOM) were killed when a bomb targeted military vehicles in southern Somalia on
Mandera County Governor Ali Roba says Mandera is on the verge falling under Al-Shabaab control
Mandera County Governor Ali Roba has said the town of Mandera in Kenya is on the verge falling into the hands of Al-Shabaab. In an interview with The Standard in Nairobi, the governor said
Farmajo wants to start with eight cities in the election
File Photo/Somali Times As the dispute over Somalia’s 2021 elections continues, information is emerging about eight cities that President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo intends to launch in the
Uganda’s opposition cites ‘untold violence’ before election
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Opposition figures in Uganda are criticizing widespread violence by security forces ahead of Thursday’s presidential election, while main challenger Bobi
Lafta-Gareen Upper House elections begin in Baidoa
Photo/Somali Times The President of the South West State of Somalia, Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Lafta-Gareen has today returned to Baidoa, after attending meetings in Mogadishu. Reports said that
First Saudi plane arrives in Qatar after reconciliation deal
Saudi Arabia’s flag carrier landed at Qatar’s Hamad International Airport late Monday for the first time since 2017 after the two neighbors signed a reconciliation deal. “Following the
Uganda accuses Facebook of ‘interfering’ in tense polls
FILE – In this Friday, March 27, 2020 file photo, Ugandan musician, lawmaker and presidential aspirant Bobi Wine, whose real name is Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, speaks to The Associated Press in
Pfizer’s Scandal in Nigeria – How An Experimental Vaccine Killed 11 Children in 1996
Vaccine By Takudzwa Hillary Chiwanza. Western medical and scientific companies have always used Africa as their testing ground for new medicines, and in the process, they have decimated innocent
Uganda’s leader Yoweri Museveni is last dictator in Africa now
From left to right Opposition candidates for Ugandan Election, Alliance for National transformation flag bearer Gen Mugisha Muntu, Forum for Democratic Change party flag bearer Patrick Amuriat
Uganda’s leader says social media shut down ahead of polls
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni shows the ink mark on the thumb after he voted in Kiruhura district which is Museveni’s home area, Uganda, Deadly violence and repressive measures
Roadside blast kills 7 Kenyan soldiers in Somalia
At least seven Kenyan military personnel serving under African Union peacekeeping mission forces in Somalia (AMISOM) were killed when a bomb targeted military vehicles in southern Somalia on
Mandera County Governor Ali Roba says Mandera is on the verge falling under Al-Shabaab control
Mandera County Governor Ali Roba has said the town of Mandera in Kenya is on the verge falling into the hands of Al-Shabaab. In an interview with The Standard in Nairobi, the governor said
Farmajo wants to start with eight cities in the election
File Photo/Somali Times As the dispute over Somalia’s 2021 elections continues, information is emerging about eight cities that President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo intends to launch in the
Uganda’s opposition cites ‘untold violence’ before election
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Opposition figures in Uganda are criticizing widespread violence by security forces ahead of Thursday’s presidential election, while main challenger Bobi
Lafta-Gareen Upper House elections begin in Baidoa
Photo/Somali Times The President of the South West State of Somalia, Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Lafta-Gareen has today returned to Baidoa, after attending meetings in Mogadishu. Reports said that
First Saudi plane arrives in Qatar after reconciliation deal
Saudi Arabia’s flag carrier landed at Qatar’s Hamad International Airport late Monday for the first time since 2017 after the two neighbors signed a reconciliation deal. “Following the
Uganda accuses Facebook of ‘interfering’ in tense polls
FILE – In this Friday, March 27, 2020 file photo, Ugandan musician, lawmaker and presidential aspirant Bobi Wine, whose real name is Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, speaks to The Associated Press in
Pfizer’s Scandal in Nigeria – How An Experimental Vaccine Killed 11 Children in 1996
Vaccine By Takudzwa Hillary Chiwanza. Western medical and scientific companies have always used Africa as their testing ground for new medicines, and in the process, they have decimated innocent