Somali-American Picked as US Youth Observer to UN
A Somali-American from Minnesota will speak on behalf of youth at the upcoming United Nations General Assembly in New York and other events.
Munira Khalif, who will be a junior this fall at Harvard University, was chosen from 350 applicants as the 2017-2018 U.S. Youth...
Google to Train 20,000 Nigerians in Digital Skills
By: Reuters
Google plans to train 20,000 Nigerian women and youth in digital skills and provide a grant of $1.6 million to help the government create 1 million digital jobs in the country, its Africa executives said...
Campaigners fear famine in drought-hit Somalia
Somalia, a country hit by severe levels of drought, is facing huge risks of famine, an international aid group warns.
Save the Children said Thursday that life-threatening child malnutrition levels were alarming in Somalia, adding that the situation was “very critical” in two of six...
Merck Foundation Marks ‘World Cancer Day’ this Year in Uganda and Tanzania
Merck Foundation conducts their post-training evaluation for their first graduate of ‘Merck Oncology Fellowship Program’ in Tanzania
Merck Foundation commits to long-term partnership with Uganda minister of health through providing one and two years oncology fellowship in...
Africa struggles to improve governance in past decade: Ibrahim survey
Governance across Africa has improved very little over the past decade as deteriorating safety and rule of law have held back progress made in other areas such as human rights or economic opportunities, a survey said on Monday.
The Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG)...
U.S. President Donald Trump nominates veteran diplomat Donald Y. Yamamoto to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Federal Republic of Somalia
Horndiplomat-U.S. President Donald Trump nominates veteran diplomat Donald Y. Yamamoto to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Federal Republic of Somalia .
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 11, 2018
*President Donald J. Trump...
IGAD commends Dialogue between Somalia and Somaliland
The Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has come in support of the talks between Somalia and Somaliland initiated by the United States and hosted by Djibouti.
At the 36th IGAD Summit attended online by the leaders of member states, development on the talks was discussed...
Erdogan: We will build the Century of Türkiye together
By: TRT WORLD
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the Turkish people will give the necessary answer to the enemies of Türkiye in the elections on May 14th. During an election rally in Istanbul, Erdogan said that...
After French win, Macron fields congratulations but has little time to bask in glory
By Griff Witte, James McAuley and Isaac Stanley-Becker May 8 at 7:09 AM
PARIS — Emmanuel Macron received congratulations from around the world — including Moscow — on Monday after French voters made the centrist political neophyte their new president and rejected anti-E.U. firebrand Marine...
President Duterte of the Philippines says he personally killed people
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said he personally killed suspected criminals when he was mayor of a southern city to set an example for police.
Duterte made the comments in a speech late on Monday night to businessmen as he discussed his campaign to eradicate...