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After her father was assassinated, Ilwad Elman and her family fled war-torn Somalia, becoming refugees in Canada. But at 20 she returned home — and stayed — to build support for survivors in a country where gender-based violence is rampant. Story by Teresa Wright  ·  Photos by Shafei Mohamed Dahir  ·  Edited by Jesse Sposato lwad Elman knew she would be […]

Smoke rises behind buildings in Khartoum amid ongoing fighting between the forces of two rival generals, on May 16, 2023. (AFP) Airstrikes and artillery fire intensified sharply across Sudan’s capital early on Tuesday, residents said, as the army sought to defend key bases from paramilitary rivals it has been fighting for more than a month. The […]

The second round of presidential elections on May 28 will herald the “Century of Türkiye,” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Tuesday. Supporters wave flags and banners as President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan makes an address at the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) headquarters, in Ankara, Türkiye, May 15, 2023. (EPA Photo) “We will utilize the […]

May 14, 2023 (KHARTOUM) – The Head of the Sovereign Council and Commander-in-Chief of the Sudanese army sacked four generals who were on secondment to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces one month after the outbreak of war in the country. Al-Burhan addressing troops in Al-Fashaga after the killing of 7 Sudanese soldiers on June 27, […]

Sunday’s presidential and parliamentary polls in Türkiye ended with another victory for incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Justice and Development Party, according to unofficial results as of 2 a.m. on Monday President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and first lady Emine Erdoğan greet the crowd at AK Party headquarters, in the capital Ankara, Türkiye, May […]

Main contenders of the Turkish elections, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Kemal Kilicdaroglu, casted their votes in separate stations on Sunday in one of the most consequential elections in modern Turkey’s 100-year history. Voters stand in a queue outside a polling station in Istanbul, Turkey May 14, 2023. (Reuters) Erdogan and Kilicdaroglu voted at polling […]

On Sunday, millions will cast their ballots in one of the most critical elections in Türkiye’s recent history as incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan challenges two opposition candidates, and parties vie for parliamentary seats Workers print ballots at a printing house, in the capital Ankara, Türkiye, May 8, 2023. (AA Photo) Three candidates will run […]

A renewed political dispute between the federal government of Somalia and the Puntland federal member state, and a failure of the fragile reforms to boost revenue collection and fiscal transparency, could endanger Somalia’s hope for full debt relief from the International Monetary Fund and other multilateral lenders by the end of the year, officials and […]

Ukraine has released what it says is helmet-camera footage from its special forces clearing a Russian position in Bakhmut. Kyiv says it has stopped the enemy and pushed it back, with President Zelenskyy telling his people the Russians are mentally prepared for defeat. Ukrainian soldiers fire a cannon near Bakhmut, an eastern city in the […]

Palestinian militants fired rockets from Gaza toward Israel early on Saturday after Israeli aircraft bombed Islamic Jihad targets in the enclave overnight, as violence spilled over into the occupied West Bank on a fifth day of fighting. A man picks up a child at the site of an Israeli airstrike amid Israel-Gaza fighting in Deir […]