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A 3D-printed coronavirus model is seen in front of a British flag on display in this illustration taken March 25, 2020. (Reuters) A new variant of the pandemic SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus is spreading rapidly in Britain and prompting high levels of concern among its European neighbors, some of which have cut transport links. The strain, referred […]

The growing diplomatic tension between Kenya and Somalia featured at the 38th Extra-Ordinary Summit of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (Igad) meeting held in Djibouti yesterday. President Uhuru Kenyatta attended the meeting convened by Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok of Sudan, who is the current Chairperson of the Igad Assembly. It was attended by presidents Ismail […]

U.S. congressional leaders reached agreement on Sunday on a $900 billion package to provide the first new aid in months to an economy and individuals battered by the surging coronavirus pandemic, with votes likely on Monday. The package would be the second-largest economic stimulus in U.S. history, following a $2.3 trillion aid bill passed in March. US […]

Addis Abeba, December 21/2020 – Opposition party Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), said yesterday that ten of its members, including two journalists working for its broadcast, Sagaallee Billiisummaa Oromo (SBO), were arrested by government security forces over the weekend. In a separate statement it issued today, OLF said it doesn’t know the whereabouts of the ten people who it said were arrested over the […]

American troops leaving Somalia are moving to other bases in East Africa, wrote U.S. Africa Command chief Gen. Stephen Townsend in a statement on Saturday. Though he did not specify which countries American forces would redeploy to, Townsend emphasized that the mission against the insurgent group Al Shabaab continues. “To be clear, the U.S. is […]

A staff member displays samples of the COVID-19 inactivated vaccine at Sinovac Biotech Ltd., in Beijing, capital of China, March 16, 2020. (Xinhua/Zhang Yuwei) BEIJING, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) — Clinical trials and emergency inoculations so far have shown that China’s COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective, a Chinese expert said on Monday. China has already conducted […]

 The EU will put a “solid health protocol” in place in the “coming hours” to reestablish flows of traffic from the United Kingdom into the bloc, France’s transport minister Jean-Baptiste Djebbari has said. Officials in both the UK and the EU will meet on Monday after a host of countries banned travel from the country due […]

Thurrock, in Essex, now has England’s highest Covid rate following the news of a virus mutation which may be up to 70% more contagious. Over the weekend, Boris Johnson plunged London and parts of the South East into tier four amid fears the new variant of the virus, known as VUI-202012/01, was responsible for more […]

The latest manifestation of this is a report in The New York Times that the president is weighing appointing the conspiracy theorist Sidney Powell, who for a time worked on his legal team, to be special counsel to investigate imaginary claims of voter fraud. As if that were not enough, we also learned that former National Security Adviser Michael […]

 The African Union Commission now says the current diplomatic tiff between Kenya and Somalia is a major concern.Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat said the diplomatic feud is escalating tension between the two countries. President Uhuru Uhuru Kenyatta in a meeting with his Somalia counterpart Mohamed Farmajo during IGAD’s Summit in Djibouti  While citing Kenya’s contribution of troops […]