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AU says troop withdrawal not to compromise stability in Somalia

Mohamed El-Amine Souef, the special representative of the Chairperson of the AU Commission for Somalia and head of ATMIS. Photo via @ATMIS_Somalia
By: XINHUA The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) said Friday the troop withdrawal will not affect security and stability in Somalia. Mohamed El-Amine Souef, the special representative of the Chairperson of...

Gaza needs urgent access to humanitarian aid: Turkish FM, Egyptian president

AA Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan meets with Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el Sisi, both underlining the importance of preventing collective punishment for the people of Gaza. / Photo: AA
By:TRT WORLD Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el Sisi have reiterated calls for safe and urgent access to humanitarian aid for the people of Palestine's Gaza. During a...

French court jails Rwandan ex-doctor for 24 years over genocide

AFPCopyright: AFP Sosthene Munyemana is the sixth person to be tried and convicted in France over the Rwandan genocide
By: BBC AFRICA A former Rwandan doctor has been jailed for 24 years by a French court for his involvement in the 1994 genocide. Sosthene Munyemana was on Wednesday found guilty of genocide,...

Egypt and Ethiopia to resume talks on controversial Nile dam

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, left, met Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed. EPA
By: THE NATIONAL Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed have agreed to "urgently" resume negotiations on their dispute over a vast Nile dam being built by Addis Ababa, the Egyptian presidency said on Thursday.

Dahabshiil rewards the Young saleswoman goes viral for a professional response

Dahabshiil rewards the Young saleswoman goes viral for a professional response
Deeqa Mohamed Muse, a Somtel employee in Puntland, Somalia, went viral for her response during a vox pop interview. While working a normal day, Deeqa participated in a street interview and politely redirected a political question to focus on her expertise...

UN, AU Urge Somalia to Hold Elections Without Further Delay

Somali women react at a protest against the African Union Mission in Somalia outside the Erdogan Hospital following the killing of civilians during a gunfight between AMISOM and al-Shabab fighters in the Lower Shabelle region, in Mogadishu, Aug. 12, 2021.
By: VOA The United Nations and the African Union urged Somalia on Thursday to hold already delayed national elections this October despite attempted intimidation by Islamist militants. “Preparations for election security are key due to the continuing threat posed by al-Shabab,” U.N. Special Representative for Somalia...

Tanzania, Uganda Embark On Joint Maritime Communication Project

Tanzania, Uganda embark on joint maritime communication project
By: Tanzania Daily News (Dar es Salaam) TANZANIA: TANZANIAN and Ugandan governments have embarked on the Multinational Lake Victoria Maritime Communication and Transport (MLVMCT) project physical works. The project is implemented...

China imports wild anchovy products from Kenya

Kenyan fishermen in action on a boat during the morning hours in Kisumi, Kenya on June 22, 2023. [Photo/VCG]
By: XINHUA AGENCY A total of 315 kg of dried wild anchovy from Kenya were transported to the Changsha Huanghua International Airport in Central China's Hunan province on Monday, marking that China imported wild anchovy products...

Somaliland Electoral Commission to release elections timetable and publicize final list of potential voters

Somaliland Electoral Commission to Release elections timetable and publicize final list of potential voters
By M.A. Egge The Somaliland National Elections Commission (NEC) has revealed that in a week it will avail the timetable for the electioneering processes for both the presidential elections and that of the political organizations in a...

Morocco earthquake death toll passes 2,800, survivors camp outdoors

Mohamed Ouchen, 66, a survivor, who helped to pull his sister and her husband with their children from rubble, looks at his destroyed house, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake, in Tikekhte, near Adassil, Morocco, September 11, 2023. REUTERS/Nacho Doce
By: REUTERS TINMEL, Morocco, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Villagers in parts of Morocco devastated by the country's biggest earthquake in over a century camped outside for a fourth night on Monday, as the death toll rose to more than...