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President Robert Mugabe said on Friday that Zimbabwe’s economy, hobbled by foreign currency shortages and a widening budget deficit, was slowly rebounding and would be driven by mining and agriculture. Without giving details, Mugabe told a meeting of the ruling ZANU-PF’s central committee that the...

Asmara — The Ministry of Labor and Human Welfare branch in the Central region organized a seminar for 138 members of villages' rehabilitation with a view to strengthen their capacity. Mr. Yosief Tesfai, director of the branch, pointed out that the objective of the seminar...

As in any emergency, women are most affected by the drought in Somaliland. There is much that Australia could learn from how they respond to the disaster For three years now, Somaliland, like much of East Africa, has experienced extreme drought. Drought that has become...

Eritreans who have completed their military service can safely be sent home from Switzerland if their requests for asylum are rejected, a Swiss court has ruled. Eritreans are the biggest group of asylum seekers in Switzerland, with nearly 14,500 citizens in the asylum process as...

The US and Kuwaiti leaders voice optimism for a diplomatic solution to ongoing dispute between Qatar and its neighbours. US President Donald Trump has offered to mediate in the three-month diplomatic dispute between Qatar and its neighbours, saying "we will be most successful with...

Turkey's first lady Emine Erdoğan and a delegation including Turkish politicians and heads of Turkish aid agencies arrived in Bangladesh Thursday to visit a refugee camp hosting Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state. The first lady told reporters that Turkey will do everything...

The UN's refugee agency says at least 164,000 Rohingya have fled into Bangladesh over the past few weeks. What's Myanmar government doing to end Rohingya crisis? The UN's refugee agency says at least 164,000 Rohingya have fled into Bangladesh over the past few weeks. Inside Story07 Sep...

Sahro Abdikadir Arte shuffles through a mound of papers as she prepares for a morning meeting with her team of instructors ahead of another teaching session for street children. For the past 17 months, Sahro and her team of instructors have been running a programme...

MOGADISHU, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- Forty-two Somali students drawn from different parts of the country were Wednesday awarded scholarships to study in various universities in China. Chinese Ambassador to Somalia Qin Jian said the students who completed their secondary education in Somalia will pursue both...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan police are not cooperating with investigations by a government-funded watchdog into violent deaths that followed last month’s election, two sources with direct knowledge of the probes said. The head of the Independent Police Oversight Authority (IPOA) told Reuters in mid-August it...