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Trump tweets criticism over US protests

President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Sunday to criticise the millions of people across the United States who marched in protests against him a day earlier, including the celebrities who took part. “Watched protests yesterday but was under the impression that we just had...

Exiled strongman Jammeh ‘plundered’ Gambia coffers

BANJUL-Gambia's exiled strongman Yahya Jammeh plundered millions of dollars in his final weeks in power leaving state coffers "empty", an aide to new President Adama Barrow said as West African troops prepared to secure his arrival. Jammeh flew out of The Gambia on Saturday, ending...

International community calls for speedy election of Somali president

The international community on Sunday called for speedy formation of the Joint Ad Hoc Committee to facilitate the holding of a presidential poll by both houses of Somalia's parliament. In a joint statement issued in Mogadishu after the installation of the parliamentary leadership, which concluded...

Muslims countering hate: a new approach

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The head of a Minneapolis-based Muslim civil rights group says his organizationis taking a new approach to countering hateful messages - and he's asking non-Muslims to get involved. Jaylani Hussein is executive director of the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic...

Kenya strikes deal with Djibouti to back Amina Mohamed for AU post

By AGGREY MUTAMBOS Kenya has reached out to Djibouti for a compromise that would see the Horn of Africa Country support Foreign Affairs CS Amina Mohamed for the post of African Union Commission chairperson. Ahead of the elections on January 30, Djibouti voiced public support for...

Police Commander Killed in Attack in Somalia’s Middle Shebelle Region

By Harun Maruf The commander of police forces in Somalia's Middle Shebelle region was killed Saturday in a grenade attack at police headquarters in Jowhar town, officials told VOA. Major Khalif Abdulle Arfaye was fatally wounded in the blast, which left two other people wounded. Police station...

Exclusive: Al Jazeera interviews Gambia’s new president Adama Barrow

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Horndiplomat-Adama Barrow, Gambia’s new president, spoke with Al Jazeera’s Nicolas Haque in his first interview with international media. The future of Gambia and the crisis caused by former president Yahya Jammeh, who for weeks refused to step down, were among the topics discussed.

Djibouti breaks ground on massive Chinese-backed free trade zone

Jan 16 The president of Djibouti on Monday formally launched the construction of a project touted as Africa's largest free trade zone, to be built in the tiny Horn of African nation with Chinese backing. The agreement to build the 48 sq km (19 sq...

Mo Farah: I dream of making Britain my home again – but only after I’ve had one last shot at the marathon

By James Gill Sir Mo Farah is homesick after years spent training abroad – but even with President Trump in the White House, Team GB's hero is staying in the US for the sake of his running career Mo Farah training in Dubai, where he has...

Trump, in Oval Office, signs first order on Obamacare

President Donald Trump directed government agencies on Friday to freeze regulations and take steps to weaken Obamacare, using his first hours in the White House to make good on a campaign promise to start dismantling his predecessor's healthcare law. Heading into the Oval Office shortly...