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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
Read MoreWhy 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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Read MoreUS says it will impose ‘toughest sanctions in history’ on Iran
A woman walks by a mural depicting Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on a street in Tehran, Iran, August 13, 2026. Photographer Majid Asgaripour By Reuters U.S. Treasury
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Featured ArticlesIran 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
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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Prof Abdiwahab Sheikh Abdisamad, executive director of the Institute for Strategic Studies in the Horn of Africa, called on Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh to open an investigation into
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Dictator Museveni promotes son, more than 2,000 army officers
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Canada takes in hundreds of freed African migrants sold in Libya as slaves
Canada has resettled over 150 African migrants stranded in Libya since the 2017 CNN slave trade expose that showed smugglers auctioning migrants off as slaves outside Tripoli. Canada’s
Sh6bn meat factory scandal returns to haunt Kenyan taxpayers
One of Kenya’s forgotten scandals, the 45-year-old Halal abattoir in Ngong, has resurfaced, and the taxpayer will, once again, shoulder the Sh5.7 billion burden of the private meat venture that
Indonesia police apologise for using snake in Papua interrogation
Indonesian police have apologised and pledged disciplinary action after officers draped a live snake around the neck of a suspect to persuade him to confess during an interrogation session in the
Thai court orders release of Bahrain refugee soccer player
A Thai court ordered the release of a refugee soccer player on Monday after prosecutors said they were no longer seeking his extradition to Bahrain in a case that had drawn worldwide attention.
Saudi Arabia says has ‘nothing to do’ with Bezos-AMI dispute
Photo Reuters Saudi Arabia had “absolutely nothing to do” with the National Enquirer’s reporting on an extramarital relationship involving Amazon.com Inc Chief Executive Jeff Bezos, the kingdom’s
South Korea, US sign cost-sharing deal for American troops
Photo (AP) South Korea and the United States struck a new deal Sunday that increases Seoul’s contribution for the cost of the American military presence on its soil, overcoming previous failed
Somalia President meets with the UN Secretary-General
The Secretary-General met today with President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed of the Federal Republic of Somalia, on the margins of the African Union Summit.The Secretary-General commended the Federal
Somalia, President in Addis Ababa heads of state summit African Union
Adis Ababa ,The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, HE Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and the today attended a ceremony marking the 50th Anniversary of the establishment of the African Union
Somalia’s Police strengthened with support from the UN, International Community
Mogadishu, Somalia’s Joint Police Program (JPP) received a funding boost of 8 million Euros yesterday, under a partnership between Germany and the United Nations in Somalia. Implemented by the
Dictator Museveni promotes son, more than 2,000 army officers
Kampala, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, President Yoweri Museveni’s son, has been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General, the second highest army rank in Uganda. Lt-Gen Kainerugaba is among more