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By: AFP Tanzania banned Kenya's national airline from entering the country effective Saturday, in the latest move in a deepening row triggered by Tanzania's controversial handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Tanzania said Kenya Airways flights were being banned "on a reciprocal basis" after Kenya decided against...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard call shooting an act of terrorism Quebec provincial police say six people are dead and eight were wounded after shots were fired inside a mosque on Sunday night during evening prayers. Sûreté du Québec Sgt. Christine Coulombe says...

Millions of Americans have been heading to polling stations to choose the 45th US president after a long and bitter contest between Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and her Republican rival Donald Trump. Polling locations on Tuesday will continue to open across the US all the...

During a UK Commons Chamber debate on the situation in the Red Sea, Sir Michael Ellis MP asked the Secretary of State for Defence Grant Shapps whether he considered engaging with Somaliland. In response, the Secretary of State...

By: AFP The annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca is a time for celebration, not least among Somalia's livestock herders and traders who export millions of livestock to feed pilgrims. But this year coronavirus restrictions mean the Hajj is a small, largely Saudi affair, and Somalia's economy...

By: The East African Somalia says it will not accept mediation over a maritime dispute with Kenya, which the International Court of Justice (ICJ) decided in October 2021. Somalia’s State Minister for Foreign...

A civil society organization has accused police of being behind the extrajudicial killings and disappearance of 81 people in Coastal region in the past five years in the war on terrorism. Haki Africa said there are many other such killings and forced disappearances that remain...

By Elias Meseret | AP By Elias Meseret | AP February 17 at 11:33 AM ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopia’s defense minister on Saturday ruled out a military takeover a day after the East African nation declared a new state of emergency amid the worst anti-government protests in...

by Gavin O'Toole Leading female scholars from Saudi Arabia have described moves to ease restrictions on women as government spin aimed at an international audience to bolster support for efforts to liberalise its ailing economy. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is seeking to appeal to western governments as a...

Paul Pogba has been spotted making the pilgrimage to Mecca during Ramadan Manchester United star is embarking on holy month as part of his Muslim beliefs Pogba travelled to Saudi Arabia to pay thanks after first season at United 24-year-old is a practising Muslim...