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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

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  • UK 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

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  • Kenyans 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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  • Iran 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

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  • Why 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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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

UK urges Somalia’s outgoing president Hassan Sheikh to engage in inclusive political dialogue and election

Kenyans in U.S. on high alert as Trump plans to revoke more visas

Iran warns that ships violating Hormuz transit rules risk detention, seizure

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South Africa, Hermanus protests: More than 100 Somali spaza shops torched

About 120 Somali-owned small businesses have been torched in Zwelihle, Hermanus, in violence associated with community protests, a group of Somali shop owners said on Tuesday. “I ran with

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Hundreds of Nigerians to take free evacuation from South Africa

The car dealership of Nigerian entrepreneur Basil Onibo in Johannesburg, South Africa was burned down during the latest spate of xenophobic attacks in September 2019 [Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko] At

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US allies rebuff Trump’s request for support in Strait of Hormuz

By Reuters Several U.S. allies said on Monday they had no immediate plans to send ships to unblock the Strait of Hormuz, rebuffing a request by President Donald Trump for military support to keep

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Saudi Arabia locks down Qatif region, suspends schools over coronavirus

Photo: Credit Reuters Saudi Arabia imposed a temporary lockdown on Sunday on the eastern oil-producing province of Qatif, home to all 11 people in the kingdom who have tested positive for the

The Somali President received a Kenyan delegation to discuss the maritime court case of Kenya-Somalia

Photo/Somali Times The Somali President, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, met at Villa Somalia with Kenyan Minister of Interior, Fred Matiang’i, and received a message from the President of

Kenya-Somalia tensions: Uhuru sends Matiang’i to meet Farmajo

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Sunday agreed to send a delegation of security chiefs to meet his Somali counterpart Mohamed Farmaajo, in a move that signals a climbdown in tensions between the two

Saudi Arabia, Gulf neighbors report more cases of coronavirus

General view of Kaaba at the Grand Mosque which is almost empty of worshippers, after Saudi authority suspended umrah (Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca) amid the fear of coronavirus outbreak, at

UK police to review Dubai ruler abduction allegations

UAE Prime Minister and Emir of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum attends the 39th Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on 9 December 2018 [Bandar Algaloud /

President Farmajo courting civil war in Somalia and baiting Kenya

By Peter Kagwanja The strategic partnership between President Abdullahi Farmaajo and Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire that has held Somalia together since 2018 has done its course. Somalia is

President Farmajo offers Jubaland President Ahmed Madobe $ 20 million to resign

Photo/ Somali Times The Corrupt Villa Somalia government offers to bribe him $ 20 million dollars to Ahmed Madobe Jubaland president blamed for Fighting in Gedo region president Farmajo Jubaland

U.N. calls for immediate freeze of military operations in Yemen

United Nations Special Envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths, speaks during news conference, in Marib, Yemen March 7, 2020. REUTERS/Ali Owidha U.N. Special Envoy Martin Griffiths on Saturday called for

US prisons, jails on alert for spread of coronavirus

The Rikers Island jail complex stands in New York with the Manhattan skyline in the background. The nation’s jails and prisons are on high alert about the prospect of the new coronavirus

Saudi Arabia detains two senior royals, including king’s brother: sources

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Nayef, the interior minister, attends the 34rd session of the Council of Arab Interior Ministers in Tunis,Tunisia April 5, 2017.REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi Saudi