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Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib have become the first Muslim women elected to Congress after both Democrats won their congressional midterm 2018 races. Omar, the first Somali-American Muslim to ever become a lawmaker when elected to the Minnesota’s House of Representatives in 2016, is now...

Six Somali students of a private university in Dhaka have been missing for more than a year. The university filed a general diary (GD) with West Uttara Police Station on July 24, 2017, but police have not been able to trace the students over the...

Officials say elite force targeted camp in Odisha near border with Andhra Pradesh where about 60 fighters had gathered. At least 18 Maoist fighters have been killed in a clash with police in eastern India, according to Indian security officials. They said members of Andhra Pradesh...

By:Fana A delegation led by former Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has arrived in Jigjiga town, Somali regional state. Members of the delegation that includes Addisu Arega, coordinator of social sector with the rank of deputy chief administrator of Oromia regional state, were received by Mustefe...

Machakos governor Alfred Mutua has disparaged Nasa leaders Raila Odinga and Kalonzo Musyoka's planned swearing in. Raila's oath-taking is scheduled for Tuesday but Mutua termed it a recipe for chaos. He further described it as the planting of seeds of civil war "which will turn our nation...

Horndiplomat, Mogadishu-A group of Somalia’s international partners welcome the successful discussions on debt relief and financial governance between the Federal Government of Somalia, the Federal Member States and the Banadir Regional Administration, held on 14 September in Addis Ababa. The group of international partners are...

The militants were killed about 50 kilometers (31 miles) south of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Tuesday night, the minister said on Wednesday. The African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) also announced on Wednesday that its troops had killed seven militants of the al-Shabaab group, wounding...

Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah has said he would like to become a fitness coach for Premier League side Arsenal. British distance runner Farah has supported the Gunners since he was a boy and said he would be open to working for the North London...

Ijara Member of Parliament Sophia Abdinoor has won a top African female leadership award. The award, which was given by Women Advancement for Economic and Leadership Empowerment Foundation in Africa (Waele Africa), recognised strategic role the lawmaker played towards African women emancipation. The accolade dubbed 'Pride...

By:newbusinessethiopia Ethiopia’s export performance which has been declining since 2012, has dropped by $170 million for the fiscal year concluded July 7, 2019 as compared to the previous year. The country has earned a total of $2.67 billion from July 8, 2018 – July 7, 2019....