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
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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 WEEKAl-Shabaab claims deadly Mogadishu hotel attack
Medical staff carry a wounded woman on a stretcher at Madina Hospital in Mogadishu on August 16, 2020, following a gun and bomb attack by Al-Shabaab fighters on an upscale beachfront hotel in
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Read MoreChina says it warned away U.S. warship in South China Sea
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold, forward-deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet in the Indo-Pacific region, transits the Philippine Sea, June 14, 2018. Sarah Myers/U.S.
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Al-Shabaab claims deadly Mogadishu hotel attack
Medical staff carry a wounded woman on a stretcher at Madina Hospital in Mogadishu on August 16, 2020, following a gun and bomb attack by Al-Shabaab fighters on an upscale beachfront hotel in
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Read MoreChina says it warned away U.S. warship in South China Sea
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Blog PostsWhy Did Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates Donate $3 Billion to Sudan?
Is the new Sudanese government for sale already? Following the ousting of Omar al-Bashir as president of Sudan after a military take-over which was spurred by unending protests by defiant
Two Canadian women detained in Somaliland and sentenced to 40 lashes have been freed
Two Canadian women detained in Somaliland since January have been freed, according to sources. Maymona Abdi, 28, and Karima Watts, 23, were arrested more than three months ago in Hargeisa, the
Egyptians approve extension to President el-Sisi’s rule
Photo Reuters Nearly 90 percent of referendum voters approve constitutional amendments that could see president in power until 2030. Egyptian voters have overwhelmingly backed constitutional
Pirates Attack Two Fishing Boats off Somalia
Security team from ESPS Navarra boards the suspected mothership dhow, April 23 (EUNAVFOR) By MarEx 2019-04-23 11:01:22 On Sunday, two fishing vessels were attacked by pirates off the coast of
African summit gives Sudan military three months for reforms
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi poses for a photo with heads of several African states during a consultative summit to discuss developments in Sudan and Libya, in Cairo, Egypt April 23,
Sisi, Somali president hold security talks in Cairo
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi stressed on Tuesday Egypt’s steadfast stance in support of Somalia’s unity and stability. Sisi expressed Egypt’s desire to continue to enhance various
10 dead, 30 children hurt as Nigeria policeman rams car into crowd
Ten people were killed and more than 30 injured when a policeman rammed his car into a group of children during an Easter procession in northeast Nigeria, before being killed himself by the angry
Sudan protesters to Saudi Arabia, UAE: ‘Please keep your money’
Photo Reuters Wary that the Gulf countries may be vying for influence, protesters reject aid offers made by Riyadh and Abu Dhabi. Khartoum, Sudan – Sudanese protesters have called on Saudi
Trump sues to block U.S. Congress subpoena for his financial records
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump rides in an SUV as the presidential motorcade drives to the Easter service at Bethesda-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., April 21,
Five held over theft of Sh11m from Barclays Bank ATMs
The robbers who stole Sh11 million from four ATMs belonging to Barclays in Nairobi over the Easter weekend belonged to one gang suspected to have worked in cahoots with employees from the bank
Why Did Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates Donate $3 Billion to Sudan?
Is the new Sudanese government for sale already? Following the ousting of Omar al-Bashir as president of Sudan after a military take-over which was spurred by unending protests by defiant
Two Canadian women detained in Somaliland and sentenced to 40 lashes have been freed
Two Canadian women detained in Somaliland since January have been freed, according to sources. Maymona Abdi, 28, and Karima Watts, 23, were arrested more than three months ago in Hargeisa, the
Egyptians approve extension to President el-Sisi’s rule
Photo Reuters Nearly 90 percent of referendum voters approve constitutional amendments that could see president in power until 2030. Egyptian voters have overwhelmingly backed constitutional
Pirates Attack Two Fishing Boats off Somalia
Security team from ESPS Navarra boards the suspected mothership dhow, April 23 (EUNAVFOR) By MarEx 2019-04-23 11:01:22 On Sunday, two fishing vessels were attacked by pirates off the coast of
African summit gives Sudan military three months for reforms
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi poses for a photo with heads of several African states during a consultative summit to discuss developments in Sudan and Libya, in Cairo, Egypt April 23,
Sisi, Somali president hold security talks in Cairo
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi stressed on Tuesday Egypt’s steadfast stance in support of Somalia’s unity and stability. Sisi expressed Egypt’s desire to continue to enhance various
10 dead, 30 children hurt as Nigeria policeman rams car into crowd
Ten people were killed and more than 30 injured when a policeman rammed his car into a group of children during an Easter procession in northeast Nigeria, before being killed himself by the angry
Sudan protesters to Saudi Arabia, UAE: ‘Please keep your money’
Photo Reuters Wary that the Gulf countries may be vying for influence, protesters reject aid offers made by Riyadh and Abu Dhabi. Khartoum, Sudan – Sudanese protesters have called on Saudi
Trump sues to block U.S. Congress subpoena for his financial records
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump rides in an SUV as the presidential motorcade drives to the Easter service at Bethesda-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., April 21,
Five held over theft of Sh11m from Barclays Bank ATMs
The robbers who stole Sh11 million from four ATMs belonging to Barclays in Nairobi over the Easter weekend belonged to one gang suspected to have worked in cahoots with employees from the bank