Mary Harper interview with the Turkish Prime Minister about Somalia and Africa
Horndiplomat- Mary Harper Africa Editor at the BBC World Service take interview wih Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım about Somalia and Africa.
Qatar emir officially inaugurates Hamad Port
Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has opened the new Hamad Port as part of a wider plan to increase non-petroleum exports. It means larger container ships can go directly to Doha rather than docking in the United Arab Emirates, where cargo...
World leaders congratulate Turkish President Erdogan on reelection victory
By : Anadolu Agency
World leaders on Sunday took to social media and public platforms to congratulate Türkiye’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who on Sunday won a historic reelection as the nation’s president.
Sudan army ruler says ‘military council committed to give power to people’
By: AFP
Sudan’s new army ruler General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said on Sunday that the military council he heads is committed to handing over power to civilians as demanded by thousands of demonstrators.
“The council is committed to give power to (the) people,” Burhan said in...
Türkiye extends mandate of naval forces’ mission in Gulf of Aden
By: Anadolu Agency
Türkiye’s Parliament approved a motion on the extension of the mandate of the Turkish Armed Forces naval elements in the Gulf of Aden, offshore and off the coast of Somalia, the Arabian Sea and...
Robert Mugabe remains Zimbabwean president
Robert Mugabe clung on as Zimbabwe's president Sunday, using national TV to insist he still holds power despite a military takeover and mounting pressure for his autocratic 37-year rule to end.
Crowds who gathered in bars and cafes in Harare to watch the address, which...
Nearly 130,000 facing starvation in Horn of Africa: WHO
By: AFP
Nearly 130,000 people in the Greater Horn of Africa are “staring death in the eyes” from catastrophic hunger, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Friday.
Some 48 million people in the...
Al-Shabab Militants Attack Kenya Base Used by Kenyan, U.S. Forces
Heavy gunfire reported at Camp Simba army bases that hosts US & Kenya soldiers
NAIROBI — Somalia's Islamist group al Shabaab on Sunday attacked a military base in Lamu county in Kenya that is used by both U.S. and Kenyan forces, a source and al...
Apple Unveils iPhone X and 8 Models as It Upgrades TV Set-Top Box
By BRIAN X. CHEN, FARHAD MANJOO and VINDU GOELUPDATED 3:31 PM
Apple unveiled iPhone X, its first premium-tier phone, at an event in Cupertino, Calif., on Tuesday. Here’s what else the company had to say.
• iPhone X is priced at $999, the most expensive ever...
China:The richest village in China is one of the most mysterious places on earth
The citizens of this 240-acre "communist utopia" are very wealthy but aren't allowed to speak to the press.
