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SINGAPORE: Former Speaker of Parliament Halimah Yacob is set to be Singapore’s first Malay president in more than 47 years, after the Elections Department (ELD) said on Monday (Sept 11) that only one individual qualified for the inaugural reserved Presidential Election. Among those who submitted...

As Barack Obama prepares to leave office on January 20, here are nine things his presidency may be remembered for: Making history If historians were to write only one thing about Barack Hussein Obama, they would likely note that — 143 years after slavery was abolished...

The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) last Monday approved additional resources to Ethiopia’s Basic Services Transformation Program in the form of a 123- million US dollars grant. The Basic Services Transformation Programme Supplementary Financing (BSTP-SF) will be for the fiscal years 2018/19 to 2019/20, according...

By:Jama Farah ,Horndiplomat Contributor Eritrea has confirmed its first coronavirus case, in a traveler arriving from Norway, its information minister said on Saturday. "The Ministry of Health announced this evening the first confirmed case of a coronavirus patient who arrived at Asmara International Airport from Norway...

JUBA (Reuters) - South Sudan’s former vice president Riek Machar is to be re-instated in his position as part of a peace deal to end a near five-year-old war that has devastated Africa’s youngest nation, the presidential press unit said in a statement on...

By:CGTN A Turkish diplomat in Kenya has revealed that both countries are set to sign a double taxation avoidance agreement by the end of this year. Turkey’s ambassador to Kenya, Ahmet Cemil Miroglu said the two countries are keen to improve investment and trade opportunities. “The officials...

By: Anadolu Agency Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni said on Monday that Türkiye has become one of the most powerful partners for Uganda. In a message to Türkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Museveni said...

BANJUL-The Gambia's army chief on Wednesday reaffirmed his loyalty to President Yahya Jammeh despite the threat of a regional military intervention if the strongman refuses to step down. Lieutenant General Ousman Badjie used a New Year message published in the pro-government Daily Observer newspaper to...

Ethiopia says that only a fraction of its citizens working illegally in Saudi Arabia have returned home before today's amnesty deadline. In March, the Gulf state said that those without papers would not be arrested if they left within 90 days. The deadline was extended by...

By: ALJAZEERA President Joe Biden has announced support for the African Union joining the Group of 20 (G20), a global forum for major economies, as the United States seeks to build stronger relations with African nations.