Latest NewsCongo’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
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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
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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
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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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By Xinhua News Agency Brazilian incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (C), candidate of the ruling Workers’ Party, delivers a speech following his victory in the presidential runoff
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Congo’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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By Xinhua News Agency Brazilian incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (C), candidate of the ruling Workers’ Party, delivers a speech following his victory in the presidential runoff
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Featured ArticlesCongo’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
Congo’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
EDITOR’S PIC OF THE WEEKSomali community mourns deaths of mother, four children in Vantaa fire
Candles outside the apartment building where Sunday morning’s fire claimed the lives of a mother and her four children. Image: Simo Kymäläinen / Yle By YLE News The Somali community in
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Photo Credit/ Daily Nation/The aircraft belonging to Yellow Wings Air Services after the crash landing. A light aircraft en route to the Amboseli National Park on Thursday morning crash-landed at
Read MoreLawmakers approve new Somali prime minister Roble.
Photo/Somali Times Somalia’s parliament has unanimously approved the appointment of Mohamed Hussein Roble as the country’s new prime minister on September 17, 2020. The meeting, which
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Somali community mourns deaths of mother, four children in Vantaa fire
Candles outside the apartment building where Sunday morning’s fire claimed the lives of a mother and her four children. Image: Simo Kymäläinen / Yle By YLE News The Somali community in
Read MoreCharter plane crash-lands in Kajiado
Photo Credit/ Daily Nation/The aircraft belonging to Yellow Wings Air Services after the crash landing. A light aircraft en route to the Amboseli National Park on Thursday morning crash-landed at
Read MoreLawmakers approve new Somali prime minister Roble.
Photo/Somali Times Somalia’s parliament has unanimously approved the appointment of Mohamed Hussein Roble as the country’s new prime minister on September 17, 2020. The meeting, which
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Blog PostsEthiopia pushes for Tigray capital, denies ‘ethnic bias’
Capital city of Tigray Region in Ethiopia. Mekele Ethiopian forces pushed towards the capital of the rebel Tigray region on Wednesday, ignoring international appeals for talks to end the conflict
Trump fires Homeland Security cyber chief
Director of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has been terminated effective immediately, president tweets US President Donald Trump fired the country’s top cybersecurity official
Peace was swift in Ethiopia under Abiy. War was, too.
In this Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020, file photo, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, center, arrives for the opening session of the 33rd African Union (AU) Summit at the AU headquarters in Addis
Boris Johnson hit by backlash as foreign aid faces cut to pay for Covid crisis
FILE – In this Nov. 10, 2020 file photo British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street in London. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File) By Nicholas Cecil Boris Johnson was today hit
Suicide bomber strikes restaurant next to the police academy in Mogadishu
Photo/Somali Times The blast, which was reportedly carried out by a man wearing an explosives vest, took place at a tea shop near the General Kahiye Police Academy in Hamar Jajab district.
Factbox: Which countries have stakes in Ethiopia’s war?
Capital city of Tigray Region in Ethiopia. Mekele Ethiopian troops are battling rebellious forces from the country’s northern Tigray region. Fallout from the conflict in Africa’s second
TRUMP ISN’T ALL WRONG ON SOMALIA
In this Nov. 13, 2020, file photo President Donald Trump speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) By Elizabeth Shackelford Biden should bring our
Rep. Omar terminates contract with husband’s consulting firm
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks to the media during an Election Night watch party in St. Paul, Minn., Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. (Leila Navidi/Star Tribune via AP) U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar is
Somalia’s intelligence chief worked with an al Qaeda affiliate, so why do we fund him?
Somali spy chief Fahad Yasin By Michael Rubin Somalia has become a money pit for the United States. In recent years, the U.S. government has pumped hundreds of millions of dollars annually into
Ethiopia: What We Know About the War in the Tigray Region
Conflict in the north of Africa’s second-most-populous nation is spreading across borders, threatening stability in a strategy Long-simmering tensions between Ethiopia’s federal government and
Ethiopia pushes for Tigray capital, denies ‘ethnic bias’
Capital city of Tigray Region in Ethiopia. Mekele Ethiopian forces pushed towards the capital of the rebel Tigray region on Wednesday, ignoring international appeals for talks to end the conflict
Trump fires Homeland Security cyber chief
Director of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has been terminated effective immediately, president tweets US President Donald Trump fired the country’s top cybersecurity official
Peace was swift in Ethiopia under Abiy. War was, too.
In this Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020, file photo, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, center, arrives for the opening session of the 33rd African Union (AU) Summit at the AU headquarters in Addis
Boris Johnson hit by backlash as foreign aid faces cut to pay for Covid crisis
FILE – In this Nov. 10, 2020 file photo British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street in London. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File) By Nicholas Cecil Boris Johnson was today hit
Suicide bomber strikes restaurant next to the police academy in Mogadishu
Photo/Somali Times The blast, which was reportedly carried out by a man wearing an explosives vest, took place at a tea shop near the General Kahiye Police Academy in Hamar Jajab district.
Factbox: Which countries have stakes in Ethiopia’s war?
Capital city of Tigray Region in Ethiopia. Mekele Ethiopian troops are battling rebellious forces from the country’s northern Tigray region. Fallout from the conflict in Africa’s second
TRUMP ISN’T ALL WRONG ON SOMALIA
In this Nov. 13, 2020, file photo President Donald Trump speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) By Elizabeth Shackelford Biden should bring our
Rep. Omar terminates contract with husband’s consulting firm
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks to the media during an Election Night watch party in St. Paul, Minn., Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. (Leila Navidi/Star Tribune via AP) U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar is
Somalia’s intelligence chief worked with an al Qaeda affiliate, so why do we fund him?
Somali spy chief Fahad Yasin By Michael Rubin Somalia has become a money pit for the United States. In recent years, the U.S. government has pumped hundreds of millions of dollars annually into
Ethiopia: What We Know About the War in the Tigray Region
Conflict in the north of Africa’s second-most-populous nation is spreading across borders, threatening stability in a strategy Long-simmering tensions between Ethiopia’s federal government and