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Sorry, but when I decide who to vote for on Election Day, it will be the person I think can best represent the country, not the candidate that will most impress my boyfriend.

Tanzania, Uganda Embark On Joint Maritime Communication Project

Tanzania, Uganda embark on joint maritime communication project
By: Tanzania Daily News (Dar es Salaam) TANZANIA: TANZANIAN and Ugandan governments have embarked on the Multinational Lake Victoria Maritime Communication and Transport (MLVMCT) project physical works. The project is implemented...

Taipei 101 building readies for New Year’s Eve fireworks display

Images of the New Year’s Eve Taipei 101 building fireworks event are on display at a press conference held by Taipei Financial Center Corp. Dec. 12 in Taipei City. (Courtesy of TFCC, via CNA)
By: Taiwan today Taiwan’s landmark Taipei 101 building will celebrate the start of the new year with 16,000 fireworks to welcome 2024 with an impressive display of color, light and sound. Taipei Financial...

Commercial ship still hijacked off Somali coast – sources

Commercial ship still hijacked off Somali coast - sources
By: REUTERS  A commercial vessel hijacked by unknown assailants remains off the coast of Somalia raising fears of further instability for global shipping as attacks escalate in the Red Sea, maritime security sources said on Monday.

Egypt’s Sisi reelected to third term in office

President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi wins 89.6% of votes during last week’s presidential elections, electoral commission says
By: ANADOLU AGENCY Egypt's incumbent President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi was reelected to a third, six-year term in office till 2023, the country’s electoral commission announced on Monday. Commission chief Hazem Badawy said 44.7 million...

Shipping firms pause Red Sea journeys over attacks

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By Mattea Bubalo, BBC News Danish shipping company Maersk has said it is pausing all journeys through the Red Sea. The decision comes after a spate of attacks on...

Dahabshiil lauds Somalia’s debt relief move

Dahabshiil Group Chief Executive Officer Abdirashid Duale. PHOTO: COURTESY
By: Nairobi News The business community in the Horn of Africa has welcomed the move by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund to offer debt relief to Somalia. Coming days after the...

Turkish justice minister says Somali president’s son will be tried

Photos of Yunus Emre Göçer are displayed on motorcycles of couriers in protest of the deadly traffic incident, Istanbul, Türkiye, Dec. 11, 2023. (İHA Photo)
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES ustice Minister Yılmaz Tunç assuaged the public that Mohamed Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, son of Somalia’s incumbent president, will attend the hearing over the death of a Turkish man in Istanbul in a...

Sudan’s warring generals agree to ceasefire and face-to-face peace talks, US diplomat says

Sudan's army chief Gen Abdel Fattah Al Burhan (left) and Gen Mohamed Dagalo, commander of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. AFP
By: AFP Sudan's warring generals have agreed to an unconditional cessation of hostilities and a face-to-face meeting to end their eight-month-old war that has devastated the already impoverished African country, displacing millions and creating the world's worst...

Communiqué of the 41st Extraordinary IGAD Assembly of Heads of State and Government

IGAD Assembly of Heads of State and Government.
BY: IGAD The 41st Extraordinary Assembly of the IGAD Heads of State and Government was held on Saturday, 9th December 2023, in Djibouti, Republic of Djibouti, on the situation in Sudan and was chaired by H.E. Ismail Omar Guelleh, President...

Somalia President Meets Turkish Military Delegation

Somalia President Meets Turkish Military Delegation
Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, met with a delegation of Turkish military experts and officers on Friday at his office in Villa Somalia, the presidential palace in Mogadishu. according Somalia news agency sonna , The meeting was...