Africa

The heightened agribusiness activities in Africa could see the continent stop importing food by 2030, the Africa Agriculture Status Report has forecasted. According to the report, the power of entrepreneurs and the free market is driving Africa’s economic growth from food production as business wakes...

The government of Somalia is defending a controversial decision to hand over a prominent Ogaden rebel leader to authorities in Ethiopia. The transfer of Abdikarin Sheikh Muse, a top member of the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), has sparked a social media uproar and protests...

Voters in Kenya will head to the polls on October 17 after the Supreme Court annulled last month's election. But politics in Kenya often go hand in hand with ethnicity and tribal loyalties. Elections in Kenya have caused heightening and even incitement of these...

With the Turkey hosted international sanctioned talks between Somaliland and Somalia having stalled, banter over airspace administration is now being effected at the VOA Somali service. Representing the two formerly united countries that parted ways in 1991 at the the on air war of words...

Mass suspension due to complaints over judges' rulings apparently first step in new president's promised judicial reforms By Hassan Istiila MOGADISHU, Somalia Somalia's Chief Justice Ibrahim Iidle Saleeban on Tuesday suspended 18 judges in the capital Mogadishu, in response to public complaints about their rulings, according to...

By NATION TEAM More by this Author President Uhuru Kenyatta and his main rival Raila Odinga were on Tuesday locked in a fresh standoff over the date of the repeat presidential election. The National Super Alliance rejected the October 17 date announced by the Independent Electoral and...

This edition of the program is about US continued interventions in Somalia. It talks about recent killings of 10 innocent civilians, including 3 children, in Somalia at the hands of US soldiers. http://178.32.255.194/ptv//program/20170905/0905_aft.mp4 SOURCE:PRESSTV

Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban with FCO  The United Kingdom (U.K.) on Monday (September 4) renewed its travel advisory for Eritrea cautioning its citizens against all travel to borders of the country. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) said nationals should avoid all travel within 25km of...

The president of Kenya has reacted to the Supreme Court’s annulment of his re-election by saying there’s a ‘problem’ with the judiciary which must be 'fixed'. Uhuru Kenyatta's also described the judges as crooks and thugs. His rival Raila Odinga - who complained last...

The electoral commission set a date for October 17 but Raila Odinga wants his legal and constitutional conditions met. Raila Odinga, Kenya's opposition leader, has set conditions for taking part in a presidential vote rerun in October after the Supreme Court annulled last month's poll won...