flydubai launches daily flights to Mogadishu
flydubai, the Dubai-based airline, announced today the launch of a daily service to Mogadishu Aden Adde International Airport (MGQ) from 9th March 2023.
The carrier will double the frequency of flights from 1st June, 2023, making it...
Message to the world from Jashim, a Rohingya
"We are citizens of Myanmar, if they were to declare us citizens, we would be very happy. This is what we want."
by:Katie Arnold
Jashim, 12, comes from Rakhine State, Myanmar, which he fled 13 days ago.
My names is Jashim and I am 12 years old....
Quint group affirms support for Somalia’s stability
Press- Statement
Representatives of Qatar, Somalia, Türkiye, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America met in Doha on Monday 5th of June 2023, in their 3rd meeting to discuss the current...
Africa is not immune from secessionist sentiment
It is a minor miracle that countries have kept to their borders as resentments simmer
DAVID PILLING
A remarkable thing about Africa is just how stable its borders have been. Unlike Europe, where frontier-altering wars raged for centuries, where Yugoslavia shattered into pieces just a generation...
Malaysia: Muslim countries should end Rohingya crisis
Why African photographers don't get to tell African photo stories in Western media.
writes Jayawardane
by":M Neelika Jayawardane
@Sugarintheplum
M Neelika Jayawardane is an Associate Professor of English at the State University of New York-Oswego.
Whenever "Africa" is in the headline of mainstream US and European media sources,...
Meet the Somali Woman Revolutionizing Our Social Justice Conversations
By:IMAN IBRAHIM
Asha Noor is a racial justice and human rights activist, peace building and conflict resolution specialist, educator and writer. She serves as the Advocacy and Civic Engagement Specialist for the national TAKE ON HATE program. Noor has worked both domestically and abroad in...
Mohammed bin Rashid among top 10 most followed and effective leaders on Instagram
Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum was listed among the top 10 most followed and effective world leaders on Instagram, with followers reaching 2.35 million.
A report, published by PR firm...
China and Indonesia ground Boeing 737 MAX 8s After crash of Ethiopian Airlines
BY:Reuters
GARA-BOKKA, Ethiopia (Reuters) - China and Indonesia grounded their fleets of Boeing’s 737 MAX 8 aircraft on Monday as witnesses recalled the terrifying spectacle of smoke and debris trailing from an Ethiopian Airlines plane before it crashed killing 157 people.
The disaster came five months...
Watch:UN General Assembly tenth emergency special session (resumed): 37th plenary meeting
Illegal Israeli actions in Occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory: draft resolution (A/ES-10/L.22).
New batch of Turkish troops arrives in Qatar
Joint exercises, expected to start after Eid al-Fitr, could eventually draw up to 1,000 Turkish soldiers to Qatar.
Qatar's ministry of defence has announced the arrival of a new group of Turkish armed forces to the military base where Turkey began its training mission last...