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Moscow (AFP) – The United States grew “arrogant and self-confident” after the collapse of the Soviet Union, leading to the expansion of the NATO military alliance, former leader Mikhail Gorbachev said on Friday. Gorbachev resigned as president of the Soviet Union on December 25, 1991, days after the leaders of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine said the […]

Somali presidential spokesman says Turkey’s state broadcaster TRT will help Somali filmmakers produce quality dramas     MOGADISHU, Somalia Somalia and Turkey share a long history that goes back to the Ottoman era, with the Turks playing a huge role in Somalia’s independence struggle against the British colonial empire. Somalia had forces called Dervishes that were led […]

    Russia has in recent weeks deployed mercenaries to eastern Ukraine to help pro-Moscow separatists defend against Ukrainian government forces, Reuters reported Thursday, citing four unnamed fighters who had been recruited. Ukrainian servicemen walk in a trench on the front line with pro-Russia separatists near the small town of Svitlodarsk in the Donetsk region.Anatolii Stepanov / AFP President […]

Families should get their vaccines as an act of Christmas giving, Boris Johnson has said in his annual Christmas message. In a Covid-focused address recorded in Downing Street, the prime minister said getting the jab is a ‘wonderful thing you can give your family and the whole country’ and would be key to saving next Christmas from […]

A Genel Energy PLC employee inspects equipment in a promotional photograph. Photo courtesy of Genel Energy PLC CPC Corp, Taiwan (CPC, 台灣中油) yesterday said it had signed an agreement with Genel Energy PLC to secure 49 percent working interest of the SL10B13 block in Somaliland. OPIC Somaliland Corp (OSC) would explore the oilfield and all […]

Engineers and Scientists continued to find new ways to combat COVID-19 in 2021   –   Copyright  Canva  Two years into the pandemic, COVID-19 doesn’t appear to be letting up. Despite successful vaccines, the new Omicron variant is ripping through countries around the world, meaning scientists and engineers still have to find novel ways to combat the virus. Whether it’s […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin is holding his annual end-of-year press conference in Moscow as soaring tensions with the West over Ukraine have sparked fears of an all-out war — a topic that is likely to dominate the conference. Natalia Kolesnikova / AFP Due to Covid-19 restrictions, media outlets were not able to apply for accreditation […]

   Kenya Defence Forces soldiers serving under the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) guard Kismayo seaport on October 6,2021. The UN Security Council on Tuesday voted to extend the mandate of the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) by three months, providing the needed time for Mogadishu to negotiate an agreeable future of the […]

Madagascar’s policing minister survived a helicopter crash by swimming for 12 hours to reach the shoreline. Serge Gelle was miraculously unhurt after the aircraft plunged into the sea off the island’s northeastern coast on Monday. Serge Gelle said ‘my time to die has not come yet’ after his dramatic rescue  He and a fellow policeman […]

December 20, 2021 (KHARTOUM) – A human rights lawyers group said Monday having evidence that the security forces used sexual violence against female activists arrested after their participation in December 19 protests. Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in Khartoum on Sunday to protest against an agreement signed by Prime Minister Abdallah […]