Al-Shabaab militants torch shops, homes in Kenyan border region
14 February, 2020 Comments Off on Al-Shabaab militants torch shops, homes in Kenyan border region
FILE PHOTO: Al Shabaab soldiers sit outside a building during patrol in Somalia. /Reuters Somali Al-Shabaab militants on Wednesday night burnt eight homes and some shops belonging to National Police Reservists (NPR) in Garissa county near the border with Somalia, officials said on Thursday. Bernard Ole Kipury, Garissa deputy commissioner, said that militants abducted a […]
Continue reading …India plans to get new frigates from Russia while the US threatens New Delhi with sanctions over purchase of S-400 missile system
14 February, 2020 Comments Off on India plans to get new frigates from Russia while the US threatens New Delhi with sanctions over purchase of S-400 missile system
Get short URL © RIA Novosti / Alexei Demichev Despite the modernization of India’s defense industry, Indo-Russian military cooperation is still strong — and two Talwar-class frigates will be delivered to New Delhi in 2024. But could competition from the US get in the way? As part of a $2.2 billion deal with Moscow, the […]
Continue reading …Woman killed, civilians injured in renewed rocket attacks by Haftar’s forces in Tripoli
14 February, 2020 Comments Off on Woman killed, civilians injured in renewed rocket attacks by Haftar’s forces in Tripoli
One woman was killed and several civilians were wounded in fresh rocket attacks Thursday by Khalifa Haftar’s forces on residential areas in Tripoli. “A woman named Layla Bukharais was killed in Hay Dimashiq area in Tripoli as one of Haftar’s indiscriminate rockets fell on her house. Three civilians were injured. While in another rocket attack, […]
Continue reading …Too early for optimism despite plunge in new Hubei COVID-19 cases: analysts
14 February, 2020 Comments Off on Too early for optimism despite plunge in new Hubei COVID-19 cases: analysts
A medical worker prepares to receive the first batch of patients of the novel coronavirus pneumonia at Leishenshan (Thunder God Mountain) Hospital in Wuhan, capital of central China’s Hubei Province, Feb. 8, 2020. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu) Daily reports of confirmed novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) cases in Hubei, the epicenter of the outbreak, plunged suddenly on […]
Continue reading …Virus control, economy seen as priorities
13 February, 2020 Comments Off on Virus control, economy seen as priorities
Chinese President Xi Jinping checks the treatment of hospitalized patients at the monitoring center and talks to medical staff on duty via a video link at Beijing Ditan Hospital in Beijing, capital of China, on Feb. 10, 2020. Xi on Monday inspected the novel coronavirus pneumonia prevention and control work in Beijing. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi) A […]
Continue reading …Amnesty International: Somali journalists suffer killings, attacks and threats Attacks on Somali journalists are rising, according to Amnesty International. Media workers are being hounded by parties on all sides of the conflict, making it one of Africa’s most dangerous places for reporters.
13 February, 2020 Comments Off on Amnesty International: Somali journalists suffer killings, attacks and threats Attacks on Somali journalists are rising, according to Amnesty International. Media workers are being hounded by parties on all sides of the conflict, making it one of Africa’s most dangerous places for reporters.
In recent years, journalists have primarily faced threats from the Islamic militant group al-Shabab. Now, they are also being targeted by their government. A new Amnesty International report, entitled “We live in perpetual fear”, has documented the dramatic deterioration in the situation for media workers since President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, also known as Farmajo, took office in […]
Continue reading …Tiny Dancers: Scientists decode over 1,500 bee ‘dances’ to help conservation
13 February, 2020 Comments Off on Tiny Dancers: Scientists decode over 1,500 bee ‘dances’ to help conservation
AFP Photo We have long known that honey bees shake their behinds to communicate the location of high-value flower patches to one another, a form of signaling that scientists refer to as “waggle dances.” A group of U.S. biologists has now decoded the meaning of over 1,500 of these jigs, providing conservation groups trying to […]
Continue reading …Qatar is Somalia’s reliable ally, says PM’s adviser
13 February, 2020 Comments Off on Qatar is Somalia’s reliable ally, says PM’s adviser
Dr Abdurahman Abdullahi Baadiyow. File picture Somali Prime Minister’s Senior Adviser for Peace and Reconciliation Dr Abdurahman Abdullahi Baadiyow said that Qatar is the main reliable ally of Somalia. In a symposium, organised Wednesday by the Diplomatic Institute of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on “elite culture in Somalia”, Baadiyow said that Somalia is being […]
Continue reading …20 Westerdam passenger specimens to be tested for Coronavirus
13 February, 2020 Comments Off on 20 Westerdam passenger specimens to be tested for Coronavirus
Photo Caption: The cruise liner Westerdam docked in Sihanoukville today. Supplied Cambodian authorities said today that at least 20 passengers of MS Westerdam cruise ship, who have been ill, will have their blood specimens tested at the Pasteur Institute for possible Novel Coronavirus infection. Major General Chuon Narin, Preah Sihanouk provincial police, said today […]
Continue reading …Anger over plans for Italy’s Salvini to speak at events in the UK
12 February, 2020 Comments Off on Anger over plans for Italy’s Salvini to speak at events in the UK
ItalianItalian League party leader Matteo Salvini. Photo: AFP British anti-fascist groups have planned a “Sardines”-style protest in Liverpool after events were organised in the name of Italian far-right League leader Matteo Salvini. The protests have been organised amid concern that populist Salvini is planning to speak at venues in Liverpool and London this spring, the Liverpool […]
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