Latest NewsOver 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
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Over 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
Read MoreIran warns that ships violating Hormuz transit rules risk detention, seizure
By Anadolu Agency Iran warned Sunday that vessels failing to comply with its transit rules in the Strait of Hormuz could face fines, detention or seizure during subsequent crossings. The warning
Read MoreWhy do Western travel bans keep treating African nations like security threats while our leaders just watch?
Photo Credit: File By The African Exponent A federal judge recently vacated a sweeping Trump administration policy that had suspended immigrant visa processing for citizens across 75 countries.
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Featured ArticlesOver 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
Over 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
EDITOR’S PIC OF THE WEEKFarmajo summons acting Foreign Minister Awad after illegal appoints embassy posts to one community.
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Farmajo summons acting Foreign Minister Awad after illegal appoints embassy posts to one community.
Photo/Somali Times According to our sources, Villa Somalia told Somali Times the Somali president Mohamed Farmajo has summoned acting Somali Foreign Minister Ahmed Isse Awad after he appointed
Read MoreWhat Ethiopia needs is a new federal arrangement
The recent events in Eastern Ethiopia proved once again that the country’s ethnic federalism is not working. After just four months in office, Ethiopia’s reformist Prime Minister Abiy
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Photo/Somali Times The coronavirus pandemic could pose a huge challenge to Somalia. To manage the crisis, the federal government should reach out to and coordinate with political rivals. It
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Photo: Credit Reuters Flooding washed away roads, bridges and a hospital in Uganda and an entire small town in Somalia as torrential rain across East Africa compounded problems for governments
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Photo: Credit African Exponent Covid-19 cure Madagascar is putting its self-proclaimed, plant-based “cure” for Covid-19 on sale and several countries in Africa have already put in orders for
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Photo: Credit Reuters An Ethiopian court on Friday convicted a former cabinet minister on corruption charges and sentenced him to six years in prison. The conviction comes amid a push by Prime
Africa’s Wealthiest City Says 1 Million People Need Food Aid
Photo: Credit Reuters Almost one million people in Johannesburg, South Africa’s commercial hub, are in need of food aid due to movement restrictions imposed to curb the coronavirus pandemic,
Europe holds low-key VE-Day commemorations due to virus
The residents of Cambrian Road in Chester dress up in 1945 clothing and have a social distancing tea party to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day, Friday May 8, 2020. Although large-scale public
Egypt, Sudan refused Ethiopia’s proposal for disputed Nile Dam: Cairo tells UN Security Council
Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam powerhouse is seen as it undergoes construction work on the river Nile in Guba Woreda, Benishangul Gumuz Region, Ethiopia (Reuters) Egypt said in a letter
Eastleigh lockdown: residents wake up to 11 roadblocks
The effects of a government lockdown in Eastleigh, Nairobi and Old Town, Mombasa dawned on residents Thursday morning after the police flooded the estates to ensure movement was restricted. In
UK: Black people 4 times more likely to die of COVID-19
People from black heritage are more than four times likely to die from coronavirus, according to an analysis by Britain’s Office for National Statistics (ONS). The new report showed that black
IMF Approves $1.23 Billion Emergency Funds for Kenya, Uganda
The International Monetary Fund approved $1.23 billion of emergency funding for Kenya and Uganda, saying the coronavirus pandemic is likely to exact a severe toll on the two East African
COVID-19 in Somalia: A Public Health Emergency in an Electoral Minefield
Photo/Somali Times The coronavirus pandemic could pose a huge challenge to Somalia. To manage the crisis, the federal government should reach out to and coordinate with political rivals. It
Ugandan hospital, Somali town washed away by East Africa floods
Photo: Credit Reuters Flooding washed away roads, bridges and a hospital in Uganda and an entire small town in Somalia as torrential rain across East Africa compounded problems for governments
Madagascar coronavirus herbal mix draws demand from across Africa despite WHO misgivings
Photo: Credit African Exponent Covid-19 cure Madagascar is putting its self-proclaimed, plant-based “cure” for Covid-19 on sale and several countries in Africa have already put in orders for
Ethiopia jails former minister for corruption
Photo: Credit Reuters An Ethiopian court on Friday convicted a former cabinet minister on corruption charges and sentenced him to six years in prison. The conviction comes amid a push by Prime
Africa’s Wealthiest City Says 1 Million People Need Food Aid
Photo: Credit Reuters Almost one million people in Johannesburg, South Africa’s commercial hub, are in need of food aid due to movement restrictions imposed to curb the coronavirus pandemic,
Europe holds low-key VE-Day commemorations due to virus
The residents of Cambrian Road in Chester dress up in 1945 clothing and have a social distancing tea party to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day, Friday May 8, 2020. Although large-scale public
Egypt, Sudan refused Ethiopia’s proposal for disputed Nile Dam: Cairo tells UN Security Council
Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam powerhouse is seen as it undergoes construction work on the river Nile in Guba Woreda, Benishangul Gumuz Region, Ethiopia (Reuters) Egypt said in a letter
Eastleigh lockdown: residents wake up to 11 roadblocks
The effects of a government lockdown in Eastleigh, Nairobi and Old Town, Mombasa dawned on residents Thursday morning after the police flooded the estates to ensure movement was restricted. In
UK: Black people 4 times more likely to die of COVID-19
People from black heritage are more than four times likely to die from coronavirus, according to an analysis by Britain’s Office for National Statistics (ONS). The new report showed that black
IMF Approves $1.23 Billion Emergency Funds for Kenya, Uganda
The International Monetary Fund approved $1.23 billion of emergency funding for Kenya and Uganda, saying the coronavirus pandemic is likely to exact a severe toll on the two East African