Latest NewsForty years of President Museveni isn’t enough-now his son wants to become the next president of Uganda
Photo Credit: File By The African Exponent Museveni’s son just announced his ambition to succeed his father as president, raising a heavy question: How long will citizens watch political
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Read MoreUK urges Somalia’s outgoing president Hassan Sheikh to engage in inclusive political dialogue and election
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Read MoreKenyans in U.S. on high alert as Trump plans to revoke more visas
A photo collage of U.S. President Donald Trump and a U.S. visa, March 20, 2026. Photo White House, Canva By Kenyans The U.S. government is preparing to revoke the business and tourism visas of up
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Forty years of President Museveni isn’t enough-now his son wants to become the next president of Uganda
Photo Credit: File By The African Exponent Museveni’s son just announced his ambition to succeed his father as president, raising a heavy question: How long will citizens watch political
Read MoreChina’s tech city inspires youth discussions on Asia-Pacific’s green future
Guests visit the Chunhui Substation in downtown Shenzhen, south China’s Guangdong Province, Aug. 21, 2026. By Xinhua News Agency Young experts and scholars from the Asia-Pacific region
Read MoreOver 1,300 missing as death toll from flash floods on Nepal-China border rises to 180
By Anadolu Agency Search and rescue operations backed by helicopters and drones continued Thursday as the death toll from devastating flash floods along the Nepal-China border rose to 180, while
Read MoreUK urges Somalia’s outgoing president Hassan Sheikh to engage in inclusive political dialogue and election
File Photo/Somali Times UK urges Somalia’s outgoing President Hassan Sheikh to engage in inclusive political dialogue and election. Read: Jihadist turned Erdoğan asset in Speaker’s chair – poised
Read MoreKenyans in U.S. on high alert as Trump plans to revoke more visas
A photo collage of U.S. President Donald Trump and a U.S. visa, March 20, 2026. Photo White House, Canva By Kenyans The U.S. government is preparing to revoke the business and tourism visas of up
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Featured ArticlesForty years of President Museveni isn’t enough-now his son wants to become the next president of Uganda
Photo Credit: File By The African Exponent Museveni’s son just announced his ambition to succeed his father as president, raising a heavy question: How long will citizens watch political
Forty years of President Museveni isn’t enough-now his son wants to become the next president of Uganda
Photo Credit: File By The African Exponent Museveni’s son just announced his ambition to succeed his father as president, raising a heavy question: How long will citizens watch political
EDITOR’S PIC OF THE WEEKFarmajo speech extensively about his government’s performance
The Presidential candidate . Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo one of the candidates for the presidency, addressed members of both Houses of Parliament today in his State of the Nation Address,
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Saudi Arabia will soon release Mohammed Hussein Al Amoudi, an Ethiopian-born Saudi billionaire arrested in November 2017 during a crackdown on corruption, Ethiopia’s prime minister said. Abiy
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File- In this Nov. 5, 2020 file photo, a sign for Wall Street is carved in the side of a building, in New York. Stocks are off to a solid start on Wall Street, continuing a bounce from a day
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Farmajo speech extensively about his government’s performance
The Presidential candidate . Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo one of the candidates for the presidency, addressed members of both Houses of Parliament today in his State of the Nation Address,
Read MoreSaudi Arabia to release Ethiopian-born billionaire held over corruption
Saudi Arabia will soon release Mohammed Hussein Al Amoudi, an Ethiopian-born Saudi billionaire arrested in November 2017 during a crackdown on corruption, Ethiopia’s prime minister said. Abiy
Read MoreStocks move higher, but are still headed for weekly losses
File- In this Nov. 5, 2020 file photo, a sign for Wall Street is carved in the side of a building, in New York. Stocks are off to a solid start on Wall Street, continuing a bounce from a day
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Blog PostsTwo police were killed by a mine explosion and civilians were injured in Mogadishu.
Photo/Somali Times At least two police have been killed and three others injured in a land mine explosion in Somalia. The explosion happened in Hodan district, At least two police were killed and
UK to resume Saudi arms sales after year-long hiatus
Britain announced on Tuesday that it will resume arms sales to Saudi Arabia a year after the court of appeal declared the UK government acted unlawfully by selling arms to the kingdom without
Foreign trawlers, illegal fishing, staff shortage deny Somalia $300m in revenue
Photo: Credit AFP After sharks are captured off the coast of Somalia, their meat is salted, sun-dried and transported overland to Kismayo for export to Mombasa, Kenya, the main market in East
At libel trial, Depp blasts Amber Heard’s ‘sick’ abuse claim
Actor Johnny Depp leaves the High Court in London, Tuesday, July 7, 2020. The libel case by Depp against a British tabloid newspaper started Tuesday over a 2018 article that branded him violent
Tear gas, arrests as Kenyans protest police brutality
A Kenyan policeman running to arrest a protester slips and falls over just as he reaches him, before proceeding to arrest him, during a demonstration in downtown Nairobi, Kenya Tuesday, July 7,
Kenya-U.S. trade talks to come against growing Chinese influence
Editor’s note: Stephen Ndegwa is a Nairobi-based communication expert, lecturer-scholar at the United States International University-Africa, author and international affairs columnist. The
Somali Foreign Minister warns Taiwan and Somaliland
Photo/Somali Times The Somali government reiterated its commitment to maintaining China’s independence and territorial integrity, as Taiwan, Somaliland, has established diplomatic relations
Qassem Soleimani’s killing by US drone strike was ‘unlawful’, says UN expert
The attack on Soleimani’s convoy as it left Baghdad airport violated the UN Charter, Agnes Callamard wrote in her report (AFP) The January US drone strike in Iraq that killed top Iranian
Kenya: Vehicle imports jump 16 percent in first quarter
The value of imported cars in the first quarter of 2020 increased by 16.86 percent, new data shows. The report by Kenya National Bureau of Statistics shows Sh22.24 billion vehicles were imported
Tensions heat up in South China Sea as US makes significant show of force
200706-N-VW723-1114 SOUTH CHINA SEA (July 6, 2020) Aircraft from Carrier Air Wing 5 and Carrier Air Wing 17 fly in formation over the Nimitz Carrier Strike Force (CSF). The USS Nimitz (CVN 68)
Two police were killed by a mine explosion and civilians were injured in Mogadishu.
Photo/Somali Times At least two police have been killed and three others injured in a land mine explosion in Somalia. The explosion happened in Hodan district, At least two police were killed and
UK to resume Saudi arms sales after year-long hiatus
Britain announced on Tuesday that it will resume arms sales to Saudi Arabia a year after the court of appeal declared the UK government acted unlawfully by selling arms to the kingdom without
Foreign trawlers, illegal fishing, staff shortage deny Somalia $300m in revenue
Photo: Credit AFP After sharks are captured off the coast of Somalia, their meat is salted, sun-dried and transported overland to Kismayo for export to Mombasa, Kenya, the main market in East
At libel trial, Depp blasts Amber Heard’s ‘sick’ abuse claim
Actor Johnny Depp leaves the High Court in London, Tuesday, July 7, 2020. The libel case by Depp against a British tabloid newspaper started Tuesday over a 2018 article that branded him violent
Tear gas, arrests as Kenyans protest police brutality
A Kenyan policeman running to arrest a protester slips and falls over just as he reaches him, before proceeding to arrest him, during a demonstration in downtown Nairobi, Kenya Tuesday, July 7,
Kenya-U.S. trade talks to come against growing Chinese influence
Editor’s note: Stephen Ndegwa is a Nairobi-based communication expert, lecturer-scholar at the United States International University-Africa, author and international affairs columnist. The
Somali Foreign Minister warns Taiwan and Somaliland
Photo/Somali Times The Somali government reiterated its commitment to maintaining China’s independence and territorial integrity, as Taiwan, Somaliland, has established diplomatic relations
Qassem Soleimani’s killing by US drone strike was ‘unlawful’, says UN expert
The attack on Soleimani’s convoy as it left Baghdad airport violated the UN Charter, Agnes Callamard wrote in her report (AFP) The January US drone strike in Iraq that killed top Iranian
Kenya: Vehicle imports jump 16 percent in first quarter
The value of imported cars in the first quarter of 2020 increased by 16.86 percent, new data shows. The report by Kenya National Bureau of Statistics shows Sh22.24 billion vehicles were imported
Tensions heat up in South China Sea as US makes significant show of force
200706-N-VW723-1114 SOUTH CHINA SEA (July 6, 2020) Aircraft from Carrier Air Wing 5 and Carrier Air Wing 17 fly in formation over the Nimitz Carrier Strike Force (CSF). The USS Nimitz (CVN 68)