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Gabon’s deposed President Ali Bongo Ondimba on Wednesday appealed to the world to raise a voice for his release after the military put him “under house arrest” after a coup, according to a video of the president circulating online. The 64-year-old leader is seen in the 50-second video sitting calmly in a chair as he...

Talks aimed at admitting Somalia into the East Africa Community are at an advanced stage. If the negations go through, it will set ground for Somalia to become the latest member state of the East African Community (EAC), almost eleven years after Mogadishu first applied for membership. advertisementsSources said the talks have made a critical...

Turkish police on Tuesday arrested nine of the 13 people it had detained earlier for suspected migrant smuggling in western Çanakkale province. In raids conducted on Aug. 12-25 to curb migrant smuggling and catch organizers, police apprehended 11 suspects. The remaining two suspects who fled are still being pursued, police said. advertisementsAuthorities also seized 10...

A Chinese naval fleet has returned to the southern city of Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province after completing its mission of escorting civilian vessels in the Gulf of Aden and the waters off Somalia, and evacuating Chinese personnel from Sudan. The 43rd fleet of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy, comprising the guided-missile destroyer Nanning, the guided-missile...

The Federal High Court ruled that the former head of government of Somali Regional State, Abdi Muhammad Omar (aka Abdi Ille), should defend the case brought against him by the prosecutor, sources said. The court said on Monday, 28 August 2023 that Abdi should react to the accusation filed by the special prosecutor, Ethiopian Insider...

Kenya received Sh6.98 billion in reimbursement for its troops fighting Al-Shabaab militia in Somalia in the financial year that ended June, which translates to a 93 percent jump ahead of full withdrawal from the peacekeeping mission in under two years. The refunds from the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), formerly the African Union...

Somalia’s pro-government forces vacated five towns in the East African country’s central region after a deadly attack by militants of the al Shabaab extremist group, Somali Guardian reported on Tuesday. On Monday, the army emptied the towns of Wabho, Osweyne, Budbud, Gal’ad and Masagaway in Galmudug Administration, the media outlet said.  According to the online...

The Minnesota State Fair is one of the most quintessentially Minnesotan events each year, and what better way to celebrate the fair than by officially becoming a citizen? Monday morning, a group of around 25 people participated in a naturalization ceremony and officially became American citizens. It’s the first time the fair has had naturalization...

he Community Policing Unit of the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) on Sunday met with partners to review strategies and support to the Somalia Police Force (SPF) in the fight against crime. The meeting was attended by SPF Director for Community Policing, Col. Abdullahi Omar, the Deputy Police Commissioner for the United Nations...

Having been observing Somali politics for a number of years, the defeat of the Somaliland forced in Goojcade was inevitable. This is the case because the war lacked political legitimacy, was injustice and doomed to fail all the time. The uprising in Lascaanod was born out of the conditions and violence/insecurity the local residents felt...