Latest NewsUS 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
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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
Read MoreWhat Lula’s reelection means for Brazil, Latin America
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
Read MoreFormer Somalia spy chief says i met leaders of Puntland, Jubaland, and Somaliland in the UAE
File Photo/Somali Times Read: Eritrea reveals UAE’s alarming plans for Somalia The former Somalia spy chief of the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), Abdullahi Mohamed Ali
Read MoreBus crash in Kenya kills 22 near the site of a previous fatal accident
By The Associated Press A bus collided with a truck on Kenya’s main highway on Sunday, killing at least 22 people, police said. The crash came three weeks after 17 people died in another accident
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US 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
Read MoreWhat Lula’s reelection means for Brazil, Latin America
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
Read MoreFormer Somalia spy chief says i met leaders of Puntland, Jubaland, and Somaliland in the UAE
File Photo/Somali Times Read: Eritrea reveals UAE’s alarming plans for Somalia The former Somalia spy chief of the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), Abdullahi Mohamed Ali
Read MoreBus crash in Kenya kills 22 near the site of a previous fatal accident
By The Associated Press A bus collided with a truck on Kenya’s main highway on Sunday, killing at least 22 people, police said. The crash came three weeks after 17 people died in another accident
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Featured ArticlesUS 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
US 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
EDITOR’S PIC OF THE WEEKPolice seek Kenyan pilot who fled to Somalia over terror plot
This follows a series of events that have seen Al-Shabaab suffer major setbacks in Somalia following persistent airstrikes which have killed commanders and middle level operatives in good
Read MoreErdogan starts election campaign
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, who launched his campaign last month in June, threatened to send more troops to the neighboring country of Syria. Erdogan, who had been promising presidential
Read MoreNile: River of discord between Egypt and Ethiopia
Tensions escalate in North Africa, with Egypt seeking the intervention of UNSC against Ethiopia on river water sharing issue Tensions have escalated in the Eastern Nile region, with Egypt taking
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Police seek Kenyan pilot who fled to Somalia over terror plot
This follows a series of events that have seen Al-Shabaab suffer major setbacks in Somalia following persistent airstrikes which have killed commanders and middle level operatives in good
Read MoreErdogan starts election campaign
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, who launched his campaign last month in June, threatened to send more troops to the neighboring country of Syria. Erdogan, who had been promising presidential
Read MoreNile: River of discord between Egypt and Ethiopia
Tensions escalate in North Africa, with Egypt seeking the intervention of UNSC against Ethiopia on river water sharing issue Tensions have escalated in the Eastern Nile region, with Egypt taking
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Blog PostsTrump deploys more troops to Mideast after US embassy attack
Soldiers board a C-17 aircraft Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020 at Fort Bragg, N.C., to be deployed in Iraq. (Melissa Sue Gerrits/The Fayetteville Observer via AP) Charging that Iran was “fully
Africa starts 2020 battling extremism, Ebola and hunger
FILE – In this March 14, 2019 file photo, relatives of crash victims mourn at the scene where an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 passenger jet crashed shortly after takeoff, killing all
Companies, broke Kenyans hope for better fortunes in 2020
Photo Credit Daily Nation Kenyans shop at Naivas supermarket in Nyeri on December 21, 2019 as they hope food prices will be more affordable come the year 2020. The Kenyans are cautiously
Iraqi militiamen hurl stones at U.S. Embassy, prepare for extended stay
Hundreds of Iraqi militiamen and their supporters hurled stones at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad for a second day on Wednesday and security forces fired tear gas and stun grenades to drive them
Mogadishu attack exposes al Shabaab as a fraud
Medical personnel carry wounded children to be airlifted to the Turkish capital for treatment after they were injured in Saturday’s car bomb blast in Mogadishu, Somalia, Sunday, Dec. 29,
Militiamen breach US Embassy in Baghdad; Trump blames Iran
U.S. soldiers fire tear gas towards protesters who broke into the U.S. embassy compound, in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019. Dozens of angry Iraqi Shiite militia supporters broke into the
Kenyattas, Mwangi gain billions at NSE
President Uhuru Kenyatta (left), James Ndegwa (centre) and Equity Group chief-executive James Mwangi It has been a good year for tycoons owning bank shares like the Kenyattas, the family of
EU funds for migrants in Libya enrich their abusers instead
In this Sept. 23, 2019 photo, rescued migrants look at a map of Europe aboard the Ocean Viking humanitarian ship as it sails in the Mediterranean Sea. The misery of migrants in Libya has spawned
Angola freezes assets of ex-president’s daughter over corruption allegations
Photo Credit Reuters Isabel dos Santos, the daughter of Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos and head of state energy giant Sonangol An Angolan court has ordered the freezing of assets held
Farah Maalim has warned against any plans by Kenya to invade Somalia
Photo Credit Facebook Former Speaker of the National Assembly Farah Maalim According to Hivisasa Former Lagdera MP Farah Maalim has warned against any plans by Kenya to invade Somalia. This is
Trump deploys more troops to Mideast after US embassy attack
Soldiers board a C-17 aircraft Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020 at Fort Bragg, N.C., to be deployed in Iraq. (Melissa Sue Gerrits/The Fayetteville Observer via AP) Charging that Iran was “fully
Africa starts 2020 battling extremism, Ebola and hunger
FILE – In this March 14, 2019 file photo, relatives of crash victims mourn at the scene where an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 passenger jet crashed shortly after takeoff, killing all
Companies, broke Kenyans hope for better fortunes in 2020
Photo Credit Daily Nation Kenyans shop at Naivas supermarket in Nyeri on December 21, 2019 as they hope food prices will be more affordable come the year 2020. The Kenyans are cautiously
Iraqi militiamen hurl stones at U.S. Embassy, prepare for extended stay
Hundreds of Iraqi militiamen and their supporters hurled stones at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad for a second day on Wednesday and security forces fired tear gas and stun grenades to drive them
Mogadishu attack exposes al Shabaab as a fraud
Medical personnel carry wounded children to be airlifted to the Turkish capital for treatment after they were injured in Saturday’s car bomb blast in Mogadishu, Somalia, Sunday, Dec. 29,
Militiamen breach US Embassy in Baghdad; Trump blames Iran
U.S. soldiers fire tear gas towards protesters who broke into the U.S. embassy compound, in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019. Dozens of angry Iraqi Shiite militia supporters broke into the
Kenyattas, Mwangi gain billions at NSE
President Uhuru Kenyatta (left), James Ndegwa (centre) and Equity Group chief-executive James Mwangi It has been a good year for tycoons owning bank shares like the Kenyattas, the family of
EU funds for migrants in Libya enrich their abusers instead
In this Sept. 23, 2019 photo, rescued migrants look at a map of Europe aboard the Ocean Viking humanitarian ship as it sails in the Mediterranean Sea. The misery of migrants in Libya has spawned
Angola freezes assets of ex-president’s daughter over corruption allegations
Photo Credit Reuters Isabel dos Santos, the daughter of Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos and head of state energy giant Sonangol An Angolan court has ordered the freezing of assets held
Farah Maalim has warned against any plans by Kenya to invade Somalia
Photo Credit Facebook Former Speaker of the National Assembly Farah Maalim According to Hivisasa Former Lagdera MP Farah Maalim has warned against any plans by Kenya to invade Somalia. This is