MOGADISHU, (Xinhua) — A high-level delegation from the African Union Commission has wrapped up their assessment visit to Somalia by vowing to preserve the hard-won stabilization gains achieved so far, ahead of the exit of the AU peacekeeping troops. The … Continued
BENGHAZI, (Reuters) – At least 107 migrants including women and children have been freed from captivity in a town in southeast Libya, a security force spokesman said on Monday. Walid Alorafi, spokesman for the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Benghazi, … Continued
Sanem Topal Turkish officials in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu ensure the delivery of aid to the families of injured soldiers from the Gorgor Unit, currently undergoing treatment at the Recep Tayyip Erdogan Training and Research Hospital Turkish officials in the military … Continued
JERUSALEM/DOHA, (Reuters) – Israeli authorities raided a Jerusalem hotel room used by Al Jazeera as its office after the government decided to shut down the Qatari-owned TV station’s local operations on Sunday, an Israeli official and an Al Jazeera source … Continued
RIYADH: An official from Saudi Arabia’s Oversight and Anti-Corruption Authority, also known as Nazaha, revealed on Sunday details of a number of recent criminal cases it recently investigated and prosecuted. Outlining twenty of the most prominent corruption cases, the spokesman said … Continued
Kenya said Sunday that the death toll from weeks of devastating rains and floods had risen to 228 and warned that there was no sign of a let-up in the crisis. While Kenya and neighbouring Tanzania escaped major damage from a tropical cyclone that weakened after making … Continued
RIYADH: Saudi authorities arrested 19,662 people in one week for breaching residency, work and border security regulations, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Saturday. According to an official report, a total of 12,436 people were arrested for violations of residency … Continued
By Abraham Tekle The federal government and the Tigray Interim Administration have selected end of June 2024 as the deadline for the full implementation of the Pretoria agreement, a year and a half after the peace deal was signed. The … Continued
By FRED OLUOCH Africa is coming across as the home of human rights violations with Amnesty International fingering several countries for atrocities. The human rights abuse include extra-judicial killings, forced disappearances, arbitrary arrests and detentions, torture and other ill-treatments, restrictions … Continued
By Anita Nkonge & Alfred Lasteck Twisted scraps of metal, large splinters of wood and misplaced mattresses are all that remains of what were once people’s homes in Mukuru Wa Reuben slum in the Kenyan capital. Across the wider Nairobi … Continued
Nairobi, The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Ethiopian authorities not to contest the appeal of journalist Muhiyadin Mohamed Abdullahi’s conviction on hate speech and false news charges. On Thursday, May 2, Muhiyadin—who has been detained since his February 13 arrest—was sentenced to … Continued
By Mohamed Olad Hassan WASHINGTON — Marking World Press Freedom Day on Friday, Somali journalists continue to struggle with reporting on climate change and environmental issues in their country because of insecurity and the dangers connected to environmental journalism. This year, Somalia … Continued
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