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Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta is re-contesting early August's election after the original vote was invalidated by the country's Supreme Court His main — and long-term — political rival, Raila Odinga, is boycotting the race Despite short-term political uncertainty, analysts CNBC spoke to seem...

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan condemned the Israeli restrictions on Al-Aqsa Mosque, urging the international community to act on practices against the freedom of worship at Islam's third holiest site. A statement released on the Presidency website said that it is unacceptable for Israel to impose...

Gambia has announced its withdrawal from the International Criminal Court, accusing the Hague-based tribunal of the "persecution and humiliation of people of colour, especially Africans". The announcement late Tuesday comes after similar decisions this month by South Africa and Burundi to abandon the troubled institution,...

By: SOMTRIBUNE A statement from the Somaliland Online Media Association (SOMA) strongly condemns the government of Somaliland and, particularly, the municipality of Borame for the ‘unjustified detention’ of 4 journalists on Saturday. Mustafa Mohamed Abdi ‘Jannale’, Chairperson of SOMA, whose office released the statement called the...

  The audience seated in the basement of Bethany Lutheran Church in south Minneapolis on Tuesday night was mostly Somali immigrants, mostly scared but determined. They came to learn more about President Donald Trump's executive order on refugees and immigrants from seven mostly Muslim countries. Their...

ROCHESTER – A college student from Minnesota is among the 32 Americans who have been chosen as Rhodes Scholars to pursue postgraduate studies at Oxford University in England. Ahmed M. Ahmed of Rochester will pursue a master’s degree in research in organic and medical chemistry...

By: MoDUALE Djibouti on Wednesday reported 229 new COVID__19 cases and four more deaths, taking the total number of cases in the country to 2,697. Djibouti has conducted a total of 24,129 COVID-19 tests so far with 18 deaths and 1185 recoveries. According to the Djibouti Health...

Somalia could attain the minimum quota for women in political leadership ahead of Kenya when it heads to the polls next month. A national leadership forum last week agreed to ensure at least 30 per cent of elective seats in Parliament go to women. It was...

BY ANADOLU AGENCY President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was sworn in on Saturday as Türkiye's 12th ruling president with an oath-taking ceremony at the Turkish Parliament. Following the sworn-in ceremony at the parliament, Erdoğan went...

Ethiopian Minister of Foreign Affairs,  Gedu Andargachew, today (May 02) received Mr. Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom, in which both sides pledged to deepen ties based on a long tradition of cooperation. Minister Gedu Andargachew appreciated...