Latest NewsUgandan opposition leader Bobi Wine flees country amid political crackdown
Ugandan opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has fled the country following escalating political tensions in the East African nation, according to Kenyans reported.
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An image of missing Kenyan student Edna Mmbali. Photo Edna Mmbali By Kenyans A Kenyan university student who had been reported missing in the United Kingdom has been found dead, weeks after her
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Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine flees country amid political crackdown
Ugandan opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has fled the country following escalating political tensions in the East African nation, according to Kenyans reported.
Read MoreDubai’s dream shattered and mass exodus underway
Credit Photo. Reuters The Gulf’s commercial and tourist hub of Dubai is facing its biggest ever threat to its existence, after the escalating war between the United States, Israel and Iran
Read MoreRussian energy company Gazprom reports 12 attacks on TurkStream, Blue Stream facilities in 2 weeks
By Anadolu Agency Russian energy company Gazprom said on Wednesday that over the past two weeks, 12 attacks on its facilities that ensure export supplies via the TurkStream and Blue Stream gas
Read MoreMissing Kenyan student in UK found dead in river weeks after disappearance
An image of missing Kenyan student Edna Mmbali. Photo Edna Mmbali By Kenyans A Kenyan university student who had been reported missing in the United Kingdom has been found dead, weeks after her
Read MoreTurkey’s President Erdogan told Iran that violating its airspace cannot be excused for any reason
By Anadolu Agency Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a phone call Monday with his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian to discuss recent regional developments, including the
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Featured ArticlesUgandan opposition leader Bobi Wine flees country amid political crackdown
Ugandan opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has fled the country following escalating political tensions in the East African nation, according to Kenyans reported.
Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine flees country amid political crackdown
Ugandan opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has fled the country following escalating political tensions in the East African nation, according to Kenyans reported.
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Somalia has released without charge a former minister and critic of the government who spent two days in jail after being arrested for alleged treason, a lawmaker said on Thursday. The arrest of
Read MoreIMF and World Bank show their hand in East Africa budgets
EAC Budget Day (L-R): Finance ministers Njuguna Ndung’u of Kenya, Tanzania’s Mwigulu Nchemba, Matia Kasaija of Uganda and Uzziel Ndagijimana of Rwanda display budget briefcase on June
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U.S. President Joe Biden speaks with Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson, as they look at historical documents and artefacts relating to the Atlantic Charter during their meeting, at
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Somalia releases jailed ex-minister and government critic
Somalia has released without charge a former minister and critic of the government who spent two days in jail after being arrested for alleged treason, a lawmaker said on Thursday. The arrest of
Read MoreIMF and World Bank show their hand in East Africa budgets
EAC Budget Day (L-R): Finance ministers Njuguna Ndung’u of Kenya, Tanzania’s Mwigulu Nchemba, Matia Kasaija of Uganda and Uzziel Ndagijimana of Rwanda display budget briefcase on June
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Blog PostsCoronavirus: Iran releases 85,000 prisoners in effort to combat virus
This picture taken on 14 March 2020 shows a general view of Hafte Tir square in Iran’s capital Tehran (AFP) A judiciary spokesperson said tens of thousands of prisoners, including political
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Mandera Governor Ali Roba County putting pressure on government to expel foreign soldiers Roba claimed there were gunshots along the border believed to be from forces allied to Janan. Hundreds of
COVID-19: Turkish Airlines suspends flights to Somalia
2-week suspension comes after Somalia confirms 1st coronavirus case and suspends international flights. Turkish Airlines on Monday suspended its flights from Istanbul to Somalia after the Horn of
Somali chief spy Fahad Yasin offers Jubaland military commander, Major Mahad $1 million bribe, to overthrow President Ahmed Madobe
Photo/Somali Times/ Jubaland President Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed Islam Madobe promoting Major Mahad Mohamed Islam A senior Jubaland military commander has sensationally claimed the Federal Government
Tension as Kenyan fighter jets fly over Jubaland
Kenya Air Force fighter jets patrolling the border with Somalia on Saturday flew over the airspace in Jubaland after clashes between rival forces spilled into Mandera Town. The jets overflew Bula
In Indian capital, riots deepen a Hindu-Muslim divide
Security force personnel stand guard in a street following Hindu-Muslim clashes triggered by a new citizenship law, in Mustafabad in the riot-affected northeast of New Delhi, India, March 4,
Somalia: Puntland President Deni says, ‘Puntland is a individual country.’
Photo/Somali Times Puntland President Deni “Failure to Resolve Somali Government-Puntland Conflict” The President of Puntland State of Somalia, Said Abdullahi Deni, delivered a speech
EU calls for security meeting over Kenya-Somalia tensions
President Uhuru Kenyatta and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed The European Union has asked Kenya and Ethiopia to organise a security summit on cross-border cooperation following tensions on
Israeli Arab party backs Netanyahu’s rival Gantz
A combination picture shows Benny Gantz, leader of Blue and White party, in Tel Aviv, Israel, November 23, 2019 and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Kiryat Malachi, Israel March 1,
Kikuyu, Luo, Kamba numbers down while Somalis, Maasai and Kalenjin up
Ethnicity relates to a shared understanding of culture, language, history or territorial origins of an ethnic group or community. • Between 1969 and 2019, obvious variations of share are noted
Coronavirus: Iran releases 85,000 prisoners in effort to combat virus
This picture taken on 14 March 2020 shows a general view of Hafte Tir square in Iran’s capital Tehran (AFP) A judiciary spokesperson said tens of thousands of prisoners, including political
Jubaland forces still holed up in Mandera – Roba
Mandera Governor Ali Roba County putting pressure on government to expel foreign soldiers Roba claimed there were gunshots along the border believed to be from forces allied to Janan. Hundreds of
COVID-19: Turkish Airlines suspends flights to Somalia
2-week suspension comes after Somalia confirms 1st coronavirus case and suspends international flights. Turkish Airlines on Monday suspended its flights from Istanbul to Somalia after the Horn of
Somali chief spy Fahad Yasin offers Jubaland military commander, Major Mahad $1 million bribe, to overthrow President Ahmed Madobe
Photo/Somali Times/ Jubaland President Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed Islam Madobe promoting Major Mahad Mohamed Islam A senior Jubaland military commander has sensationally claimed the Federal Government
Tension as Kenyan fighter jets fly over Jubaland
Kenya Air Force fighter jets patrolling the border with Somalia on Saturday flew over the airspace in Jubaland after clashes between rival forces spilled into Mandera Town. The jets overflew Bula
In Indian capital, riots deepen a Hindu-Muslim divide
Security force personnel stand guard in a street following Hindu-Muslim clashes triggered by a new citizenship law, in Mustafabad in the riot-affected northeast of New Delhi, India, March 4,
Somalia: Puntland President Deni says, ‘Puntland is a individual country.’
Photo/Somali Times Puntland President Deni “Failure to Resolve Somali Government-Puntland Conflict” The President of Puntland State of Somalia, Said Abdullahi Deni, delivered a speech
EU calls for security meeting over Kenya-Somalia tensions
President Uhuru Kenyatta and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed The European Union has asked Kenya and Ethiopia to organise a security summit on cross-border cooperation following tensions on
Israeli Arab party backs Netanyahu’s rival Gantz
A combination picture shows Benny Gantz, leader of Blue and White party, in Tel Aviv, Israel, November 23, 2019 and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Kiryat Malachi, Israel March 1,
Kikuyu, Luo, Kamba numbers down while Somalis, Maasai and Kalenjin up
Ethnicity relates to a shared understanding of culture, language, history or territorial origins of an ethnic group or community. • Between 1969 and 2019, obvious variations of share are noted