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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 WEEKEU summit readies for Brexit in May – or next week
President of the European Council Donald Tusk arrives to deliver a statement on Brexit ahead of the EU summit in Brussels, Belgium March 20, 2019. REUTERS/Toby Melville EU leaders will tell
Read MoreChina halts Kenya loans amid debt reprieve bid
Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani. By OTIATO GUGUYU China has frozen disbursements of active loans to Kenyan projects in the wake of differences over Nairobi’s bid to extend debt repayment
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EU summit readies for Brexit in May – or next week
President of the European Council Donald Tusk arrives to deliver a statement on Brexit ahead of the EU summit in Brussels, Belgium March 20, 2019. REUTERS/Toby Melville EU leaders will tell
Read MoreChina halts Kenya loans amid debt reprieve bid
Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani. By OTIATO GUGUYU China has frozen disbursements of active loans to Kenyan projects in the wake of differences over Nairobi’s bid to extend debt repayment
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French policy in West Africa ‘silent on human rights’
French news outlet denounces France’s diplomacy in region, calling it ‘diplomacy based on security and economic concerns’ Amid the visit of French prime minister and armed forces minister to
Amin Amir’s sister, Basmo Amir apologizes for insulting Galmudug players
Photo/Somali Times The Benadir regional commissioner for Social Affairs Basmo Amir has apologized for a statement she made yesterday about the Benadir region team’s victory in a football
Quiet New Year gives breathing room after UK-EU Brexit split
People watch the first truck, from Estonia, entering the Eurotunnel terminal Friday, Jan.1, 2021 in Coquelles, northern France. Eleven months after Britain’s formal departure from the EU,
Kenya: Ministry officials to be questioned over expired drugs
National Assembly Health Committee vice chairman and Cherangany MP Joshua Kutuny. He has said Parliament will summon Ministry of Health officials over the controversial expiry of a consignment of
Report: Ethiopian forces killed scores in June-July unrest
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed responds to questions from members of parliament at the prime minister’s office in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Monday, Nov. 30, 2020. The
Trump administration approves $290m bomb sale to Saudi Arabia
FILE – In this March 20, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump shakes hands with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. The Trump
Indonesian nurse suspended for removing PPE to have sex with Covid patient in hospital
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‘France stuck in dead end war in Mali’
French journalist weighs on France’s presence in Mali, no terrorist threat against France has ever come from Africa’s Sahel French daily L’Opinion in its Tuesday editorial launched a
Suicide bomber strikes Turkish engineers outside Mogadishu
File Photo/Somali Times The suicide bombing on the road took place between Mogadishu and Afgoye, where Turkish engineers and other workers are building. The blast, which was carried out by a
French policy in West Africa ‘silent on human rights’
French news outlet denounces France’s diplomacy in region, calling it ‘diplomacy based on security and economic concerns’ Amid the visit of French prime minister and armed forces minister to
Amin Amir’s sister, Basmo Amir apologizes for insulting Galmudug players
Photo/Somali Times The Benadir regional commissioner for Social Affairs Basmo Amir has apologized for a statement she made yesterday about the Benadir region team’s victory in a football
Quiet New Year gives breathing room after UK-EU Brexit split
People watch the first truck, from Estonia, entering the Eurotunnel terminal Friday, Jan.1, 2021 in Coquelles, northern France. Eleven months after Britain’s formal departure from the EU,
Kenya: Ministry officials to be questioned over expired drugs
National Assembly Health Committee vice chairman and Cherangany MP Joshua Kutuny. He has said Parliament will summon Ministry of Health officials over the controversial expiry of a consignment of
Report: Ethiopian forces killed scores in June-July unrest
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed responds to questions from members of parliament at the prime minister’s office in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Monday, Nov. 30, 2020. The
Trump administration approves $290m bomb sale to Saudi Arabia
FILE – In this March 20, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump shakes hands with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. The Trump
Indonesian nurse suspended for removing PPE to have sex with Covid patient in hospital
File image: Over the last month there has been a large spike in Covid-19 cases in Indonesia (AP) By Mayank Aggarwal A nurse in Indonesia has been suspended for removing his personal protective
Where top investors made money in 2020
NSE trading floor. Government bonds and Treasury bills offered Kenyan investors the best returns this year after listed shares and property took a beating in the wake of Covid-19 economic
‘France stuck in dead end war in Mali’
French journalist weighs on France’s presence in Mali, no terrorist threat against France has ever come from Africa’s Sahel French daily L’Opinion in its Tuesday editorial launched a