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Gambian president-elect Adama Barrow said on Monday longtime leader Yahya Jammeh should leave power immediately after the incumbent president announced he would challenge the election result despite previously accepting defeat. "I think he should step down now," Barrow told AFP. "He has lost the election,...

By Ricardo Lopez She filed reports of threats, bigotry with two Washington, D.C., agencies. State Rep.-elect Ilhan Omar, DFL-Minneapolis, said Monday that she reported to Washington, D.C., authorities an incident from last week in which she said she was harassed and threatened by a cabdriver. In a...

The White House strongly suggested Monday that Donald Trump was the beneficiary of Russian meddling in the US election, pointing to Trump's own ties to Russia as evidence of Moscow's intentions. "You didn't need a security clearance to figure out who benefited from malicious Russian...

In yet another attack, suspected Al-Shabaab terrorists damage Safaricom and Orange telecommunication masts in Kotulo, Mandera County, on Monday night. Elwak Deputy County Commissioner Peter Karanja on Tuesday confirmed the incident and said the masts were destroyed at Chuma Mrefu. Speaking to Nation.co.ke by phone, Mr...

Somali youths have been challenged to play an active role in fighting discrimination against women and minorities. The plea was made at a workshop attended by youths, members of the civil society and representatives from regional administrations among others. Speaking at the meeting, Galmudug Minister for...

Former Prime Minister of Portugal António Guterres is set to be sworn in Monday, 12 December, as the next United Nations Secretary-General, succeeding Ban Ki-moon who steps down at the end of the month. Mr. Guterres, 67, was Prime Minister of Portugal from 1995 to...

With a brewing banking crisis as a backdrop, Paolo Gentiloni was named Italy’s new prime minister on Sunday, filling a void left by close ally Matteo Renzi, who quit after a crushing referendum defeat. Renzi’s softly-spoken foreign minister, Gentiloni, 62, was asked by President Sergio...

Pakistan Navy Ship while deployed on Counter Piracy mission saved precious lives in Gulf of Aden. The ship was operating as a part of Combined Task Force 151 (CTF-151), an international Coalition Task Force of naval ships and aircraft formed under the UN mandate...

MOGADISHU - More than 20 people were killed Sunday in a suicide truck bombing in the Somali capital Mogadishu, police said, in a fresh strike claimed by the Al-Qaeda-linked Shabaab group. "The tally we have made so far indicates that more than 20 people, most...

In the post-truth world, a far-right embrace of social media threatens the broadcasting of truth. t-elect Donald Trump used social media profusely during his electoral campaign By:Ahmed Al Sheikh Ahmed Al Sheikh is the former chief editor of Al Jazeera Arabic. In the social media era, everybody...