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CAIRO, 4th November, 2016 (WAM) -- The Arab League on Friday welcomed a recent agreement between Somalia's State of Puntland and State of Galmudug to implement a ceasefire that was brokered by the United Arab Emirates, UAE. "The agreement is a positive step towards establishing...

When Donald Trump decided to run for President – after flirting with politics for many years, and gaining a following on the right for questioning President Obama's birthplace — the real estate developer and businessman from Queens was dismissedand laughed at by political observers....

The citizens of this 240-acre "communist utopia" are very wealthy but aren't allowed to speak to the press.

The Kenyan government’s threat to close the Dadaab refugee camp by the end of November would not only endanger the lives of several hundred thousand Somali refugees but has already caused irreparable harm and damage. With no alternative options, some refugees have been coerced into...

Three US service members came under fire at gate of al-Jafr airbase. One Jordanian officer was also wounded. Three US troops were killed in a shooting attack outside a Jordanian training facility on Friday, a US official said, following earlier reports that one or two...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- Cigarette smoking may shorten the lifespan of people living with HIV more than the AIDS virus itself, a U.S. study said Thursday. "A person with HIV who consistently takes anti-HIV medicines but smokes is much more likely to die of...

When you find out that the Vermont-based Norwich University—America’s oldest private military education institution—allowed Sana Hamze, a Muslim woman, to wear the headscarf for the first time in its history, you may think of her as a pioneer. For Sana, it’s a part of...

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and the UN envoy in Somalia Michael Keating have welcomed a ceasefire reached between forces of the country's Puntland and Galmudug states. The rival forces clashed in the central city of Galkayo last month, killing more than 20 people, including...

Kenya accused the U. N. secretary-general on Thursday of instigating an investigation of deadly attacks in South Sudan with the "preordained" outcome of blaming the Kenyan commander of the U.N. peacekeeping force, who was fired over events that occurred just three weeks after he...

More than 800 soldiers have left the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) since the Somalia operation began in 2011. KDF Director of Prosecution Brigadier Kenneth Okoki Dindi told a Mombasa court that the soldiers left for various reasons, including desertion. In a sworn affidavit filed...