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Sudanese demonstrators continue sit-in demanding civilian-led transition to democracy [Ahmed Mustafa/AFP] Sudan‘s ruling military council has announced a raft of concessions aimed at appeasing protesters calling for a civilian-led transition to democracy following the overthrow of longtime ruler Omar al-Bashir. Shams Eldin Kabashi, a spokesman for the council, vowed on Sunday to restructure the widely […]

Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Somali-American and one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress, has become a center of national controversy over comments that have been condemned as anti-Semitic. | J. Scott Applewhite/AP File Photo   Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday that the U.S. Capitol Police and the House sergeant-at-arms “are conducting […]

The world’s largest airplane, built by the late Paul Allen’s company Stratolaunch Systems, makes its first test flight in Mojave, California, U.S. April 12, 2019. (AFP Photo) A giant six-engine aircraft with the world’s longest wingspan completed what company officials called a superb initial flight over California’s Mojave Desert, bringing to life a dream held […]

The debris of car bomb attack is seen as Somali soldiers patrol near Sanguuni military base, where an American special operations soldier was killed by a mortar attack on June 8, about 450 km south of Mogadishu, Somalia, on June 13, 2018. (Photo by AFP) US defense officials estimate that Washington’s military campaign in Somalia […]

Dr Assel Herera Correa (general physician) and Dr Landy Rodriguez (surgeon) pause for a photo with Royal Media Services Staff Njeri Ngugi Image: Courtesy Mandera elders are in Somalia to negotiate with their counterparts the release of two Cuban doctors seized by suspected al Shabaab militants on Friday. Elders in the Somali community are highly regarded and […]

Protest organisers have vowed demonstrators would stay on the streets until Sudan gets a civilian government [Reuters] At least 16 people were killed and 20 others injured by stray bullets at protests and sit-ins on Thursday and Friday, a Sudanese police spokesman said in a statement on Saturday as the nation waited to hear from […]

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump meet with South Korean President Moon Jae-in and his wife Kim Jung-sook in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, early April 12. AP-Yonhap President Moon Jae-in’s “urgent plea” to U.S. President Donald Trump to support limited and minor sanctions relief that affects the lives […]

Dr Assel Herera Correa (general physician) and Dr Landy Rodriguez (surgeon) Image: COURTESY Mandera residents on Friday woke up to the sad news of the abduction of two Cuban doctors. Police sources indicated that the outlawed militia group Al Shabaab from neighbouring Somalia ambushed the two medics Dr Assel Herera Correa (general physician) and Dr Landy […]

Abideen said that the military acted to meet the demands of the people [Courtesy: screen grab from Reuters] The head of Sudan’s provisional military political council has said that the army has “no ambition to hold the reins of power”, and stressed that “we are ready to step down as early as a month if a government is […]

In this file photo taken on May 19, 2017 WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange speaks on the balcony of the Embassy of Ecuador in London. (AFP Photo) WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested by British police on Thursday after they were invited into the Ecuadorean embassy where he has been holed up since 2012. “Julian Assange, […]