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
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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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
EDITOR’S PIC OF THE WEEKKenya becomes third African nation to use new malaria vaccine
Kenya on Friday added the world’s first malaria vaccine to the routine immunization schedule for children under two, becoming the third country in Africa to roll out the vaccine for the disease
Read MoreUN warns that millions are at risk of displacement as Ethiopia approaches possible civil war
By Jasmine Norden The United Nations (UN) has said escalating fighting in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region could displace 9 million people. The conflict has closed roads and communications with
Read MoreUS Defense Secretary Optimistic About Improving Somalia Accountability
US. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis said Friday that he was optimistic about improving Somali accountability concerning the distribution of American aid to Somali armed forces, much of which was
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Kenya becomes third African nation to use new malaria vaccine
Kenya on Friday added the world’s first malaria vaccine to the routine immunization schedule for children under two, becoming the third country in Africa to roll out the vaccine for the disease
Read MoreUN warns that millions are at risk of displacement as Ethiopia approaches possible civil war
By Jasmine Norden The United Nations (UN) has said escalating fighting in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region could displace 9 million people. The conflict has closed roads and communications with
Read MoreUS Defense Secretary Optimistic About Improving Somalia Accountability
US. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis said Friday that he was optimistic about improving Somali accountability concerning the distribution of American aid to Somali armed forces, much of which was
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Blog PostsEl Chapo’s wife goes from obscurity to celebrity to arrest
FILE – In this Jan. 17, 2019 file photo, Emma Coronel Aispuro, center, leaves a Brooklyn federal court in New York after attending the trial of her husband Joaquin “El Chapo”
CIA nominee pledges to provide ‘unvarnished’ intelligence
William Burns testifies before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on his nomination to be director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Somalia’s Prime Minister Roble meets members of the international community
Photo/Somali Times The Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mohamed Hussein Roble, today met in Mogadishu with friends in the international community interested in Somalia. Prime
Biden to call Saudi Arabia’s King Salman about Khashoggi report
The call scheduled on Wednesday would be the first conversation between Biden, as US president, and King Salman [File: Fahad Shadeed/Reuters] Report warns the imminent release of ‘explosive’ US
Hyundai Motor to replace battery systems in $900 million electric car recall
By Heekyong Yang, Joyce Lee Hyundai Motor Co will replace battery systems in some 82,000 electric vehicles globally due to fire risks – a costly $900 million recall that lays bare the
Tiger Woods seriously injured in crash on steep LA-area road
A law enforcement officer looks over a damaged vehicle following a rollover accident involving golfer Tiger Woods, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, in the Rancho Palos Verdes suburb of Los Angeles. Woods
Somalia’s second journalist is arrested in Puntland
Ahmed Botan Arab According to International Federation of Journalists report Freelance journalist Ahmed Botan Arab was arrested on February 21 in Bosaso, in the northeast region of Puntland,
Somali Foreign Minister Mohamed Abdirizak is positive of Covid-19
File Photo/Somali Times Somalia’s Foreign Affairs Minister Mohamed Abdirizak Mohamud has announced that he has been quarantined in Burundi for eight days after being diagnosed with
British products get 25-year tax free entry in Kenya pact
Ministry of Industrialization, Trade and Enterprise Development Cabinet Secretary Betty C. Maina speaking at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, JKIA on Monday, January 18, 2021. Kenya’s trade pact with UK
Somalia suicide bombing took place in Mogadishu
Photo/Somali Times The bomber struck shortly after noon in front of a police station in the capital, Mogadishu. Benadir regional deputy security commissioner Ali Abdi Wardhere issued a statement
El Chapo’s wife goes from obscurity to celebrity to arrest
FILE – In this Jan. 17, 2019 file photo, Emma Coronel Aispuro, center, leaves a Brooklyn federal court in New York after attending the trial of her husband Joaquin “El Chapo”
CIA nominee pledges to provide ‘unvarnished’ intelligence
William Burns testifies before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on his nomination to be director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Somalia’s Prime Minister Roble meets members of the international community
Photo/Somali Times The Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mohamed Hussein Roble, today met in Mogadishu with friends in the international community interested in Somalia. Prime
Biden to call Saudi Arabia’s King Salman about Khashoggi report
The call scheduled on Wednesday would be the first conversation between Biden, as US president, and King Salman [File: Fahad Shadeed/Reuters] Report warns the imminent release of ‘explosive’ US
Hyundai Motor to replace battery systems in $900 million electric car recall
By Heekyong Yang, Joyce Lee Hyundai Motor Co will replace battery systems in some 82,000 electric vehicles globally due to fire risks – a costly $900 million recall that lays bare the
Tiger Woods seriously injured in crash on steep LA-area road
A law enforcement officer looks over a damaged vehicle following a rollover accident involving golfer Tiger Woods, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, in the Rancho Palos Verdes suburb of Los Angeles. Woods
Somalia’s second journalist is arrested in Puntland
Ahmed Botan Arab According to International Federation of Journalists report Freelance journalist Ahmed Botan Arab was arrested on February 21 in Bosaso, in the northeast region of Puntland,
Somali Foreign Minister Mohamed Abdirizak is positive of Covid-19
File Photo/Somali Times Somalia’s Foreign Affairs Minister Mohamed Abdirizak Mohamud has announced that he has been quarantined in Burundi for eight days after being diagnosed with
British products get 25-year tax free entry in Kenya pact
Ministry of Industrialization, Trade and Enterprise Development Cabinet Secretary Betty C. Maina speaking at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, JKIA on Monday, January 18, 2021. Kenya’s trade pact with UK
Somalia suicide bombing took place in Mogadishu
Photo/Somali Times The bomber struck shortly after noon in front of a police station in the capital, Mogadishu. Benadir regional deputy security commissioner Ali Abdi Wardhere issued a statement