Latest NewsWhat 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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By The African Exponent 5 Key Facts Algeria is Africa’s biggest military spender by a huge margin. It spent $25.4 billion in 2025, which is more than the other nine countries on this list
Read MoreEuro set for weekly drop, yen eyes biggest gain since early September
Japanese 10,000 yen and 1,000 yen banknotes are displayed in this illustration taken October 20, 2026. Photographer Kim Kyung-Hoon/Illustration By Reuters The euro headed for a moderate weekly
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What 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
Read MoreTop 10 biggest defense budgets in Africa in 2026
By The African Exponent 5 Key Facts Algeria is Africa’s biggest military spender by a huge margin. It spent $25.4 billion in 2025, which is more than the other nine countries on this list
Read MoreEuro set for weekly drop, yen eyes biggest gain since early September
Japanese 10,000 yen and 1,000 yen banknotes are displayed in this illustration taken October 20, 2026. Photographer Kim Kyung-Hoon/Illustration By Reuters The euro headed for a moderate weekly
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Featured ArticlesWhat 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
What 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
EDITOR’S PIC OF THE WEEKTeodorin Obiang: Equatorial Guinea’s playboy Vice President
Teodoro (aka Teodorin) Nguema Obiang Mongue, the son of Equatorial Guinea’s president. Credit: Daily Nation File Photo. By Kemo Cham Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, Equatorial Guinea’s
Read MoreSuspicious container contains poison washes up on Somalia coast
Container sited at Ilfoocshe (Ilfohshe) beach near Jariban town about 900 km northeast of the Somali capital Mogadishu on July 27, 2024. Somalia authorities are warning the public not to go near
Read MoreActivist Puts Spotlight on Potential Dangers of Skin-Whitening Products
By Voice of America Qamar Ali Haji has been using skin-lightening products for four years. Initially she liked the change in her appearance but now the exposure to the chemicals in the products
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Teodorin Obiang: Equatorial Guinea’s playboy Vice President
Teodoro (aka Teodorin) Nguema Obiang Mongue, the son of Equatorial Guinea’s president. Credit: Daily Nation File Photo. By Kemo Cham Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, Equatorial Guinea’s
Read MoreSuspicious container contains poison washes up on Somalia coast
Container sited at Ilfoocshe (Ilfohshe) beach near Jariban town about 900 km northeast of the Somali capital Mogadishu on July 27, 2024. Somalia authorities are warning the public not to go near
Read MoreActivist Puts Spotlight on Potential Dangers of Skin-Whitening Products
By Voice of America Qamar Ali Haji has been using skin-lightening products for four years. Initially she liked the change in her appearance but now the exposure to the chemicals in the products
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Blog PostsKenya Railways chairman Waweru faces fraud investigation
Chairman of the Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC) board Mr Michael Waweru. Detectives are investigating the chairman of the Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC) board Mr Michael Waweru for possible
Let’s make a Brexit deal, UK PM May tells Labour opposition
Prime Minister Theresa May addresses delegates during the Scottish Conservatives’ annual party conference at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre, Friday May 3, 2019.
Kenya and Uganda hit by high cost of living in April
Kenya and Uganda recorded high inflation in the month of April as the effects of severe weather and high fuel prices took a toll on household and business spending. Uganda’s overall
Netanyahu pledges ‘massive strikes’ in Gaza in third day of border flare-up
Photo Reuters Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he ordered the military to continue “massive strikes” against militants in Gaza as a surge in cross-border hostilities ran
Somalia President arrives Garowe town consultative meeting with governors
The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, H.E. Mohamed Abdullah Mohamed, today arrived in Garowe town welcomed by Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire, the President of the Federal Republic
Switzerland deports ‘Ethiopian’ hate preacher to Somalia
The hate preacher refused to cooperate with the Swiss migration authorities. (© Keystone / Walter Bieri) A Muslim preacher, convicted in 2017 of inciting violence in Switzerland, has finally been
Tanzania set to test its first electric train in July
Tanzania is set to test its first, maiden, cheaper and very superior own funded electric train. The train will be Africa’s fastest at a speed of 160/h on the longest railway Speaking at a
North Korea fires several short-range projectiles into sea
A TV screen shows a file footage of North Korea’s missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, May 4, 2019. North Korea on Saturday
China putting minority Muslims in ‘concentration camps,’ U.S. says
Photo Reuters The United States accused China on Friday of putting well more than a million minority Muslims in “concentration camps,” in some of the strongest U.S. condemnation to date of what
The X Factor in China-UAE Relations: The Horn of Africa
By Samuel Ramani From port competition to the Somaliland issue, China and the UAE’s conflicting interests in the region are not easy to reconcile. On April 26, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid
Kenya Railways chairman Waweru faces fraud investigation
Chairman of the Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC) board Mr Michael Waweru. Detectives are investigating the chairman of the Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC) board Mr Michael Waweru for possible
Let’s make a Brexit deal, UK PM May tells Labour opposition
Prime Minister Theresa May addresses delegates during the Scottish Conservatives’ annual party conference at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre, Friday May 3, 2019.
Kenya and Uganda hit by high cost of living in April
Kenya and Uganda recorded high inflation in the month of April as the effects of severe weather and high fuel prices took a toll on household and business spending. Uganda’s overall
Netanyahu pledges ‘massive strikes’ in Gaza in third day of border flare-up
Photo Reuters Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he ordered the military to continue “massive strikes” against militants in Gaza as a surge in cross-border hostilities ran
Somalia President arrives Garowe town consultative meeting with governors
The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, H.E. Mohamed Abdullah Mohamed, today arrived in Garowe town welcomed by Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire, the President of the Federal Republic
Switzerland deports ‘Ethiopian’ hate preacher to Somalia
The hate preacher refused to cooperate with the Swiss migration authorities. (© Keystone / Walter Bieri) A Muslim preacher, convicted in 2017 of inciting violence in Switzerland, has finally been
Tanzania set to test its first electric train in July
Tanzania is set to test its first, maiden, cheaper and very superior own funded electric train. The train will be Africa’s fastest at a speed of 160/h on the longest railway Speaking at a
North Korea fires several short-range projectiles into sea
A TV screen shows a file footage of North Korea’s missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, May 4, 2019. North Korea on Saturday
China putting minority Muslims in ‘concentration camps,’ U.S. says
Photo Reuters The United States accused China on Friday of putting well more than a million minority Muslims in “concentration camps,” in some of the strongest U.S. condemnation to date of what
The X Factor in China-UAE Relations: The Horn of Africa
By Samuel Ramani From port competition to the Somaliland issue, China and the UAE’s conflicting interests in the region are not easy to reconcile. On April 26, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid