KIBERA, Kenya (AP) — Dotting the roadside in what is widely considered Africa’s largest urban slum are typical stands selling vegetables. What isn’t typical is their acceptance of bitcoin as a form of payment. Around 200 people use bitcoin in Soweto West, a neighborhood of the Kibera slum in Kenya ‘s capital. It’s part of an initiative to extend...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is on the mission of his lifetime. For years, the veteran leader has made the destruction of Iran’s nuclear program his top priority, raising the issue in speech after speech in apocalyptic terms. Now Netanyahu’s moment of truth has arrived. After battling Iran’s allies across the region following Hamas’...
Kismayo (WDN)- In a significant development amid Somalia’s escalating political crisis, Jubaland President Ahmed Mohamed Islam (Ahmed Madobe) engaged in high-level telephone discussions with representatives of the international community on Sunday. The talks come as tensions rise over the stalled constitutional process, upcoming elections, and the ongoing fight against terrorism. During the conversation, President Ahmed...
ISTANBUL – China and 53 African nations, along with the African Union Commission, on Wednesday called on the US to return to trade talks based on “equality, respect and mutual benefit,” urging a shift from protectionist tariffs to multilateral dialogue. The appeal came in the China-Africa Changsha Declaration on Upholding Solidarity and Cooperation of the Global...
Garowe (WDN)— In a major diplomatic move, Puntland President Said Abdullahi Deni has called for an urgent national conference to resolve Somalia’s deepening political crisis. The call came during a high-level virtual meeting with representatives of the international community, led by the United Nations Special Representative for Somalia, James Swan. With the National Consultative Council...
Bosaso (WDN)- The grip of ISIS in Somalia is rapidly disintegrating under the relentless pressure of Puntland’s security forces, who scored two major victories this week against the embattled terror group. In the latest breakthrough, Puntland Defense Forces (PDF) captured a Turkish ISIS fighter alive on Saturday in the Baalladle valley, deep within the Calmiskad...
By Courtney Kube, Mosheh Gains and Chantal Da Silva The Israeli military launched a massive attack on Iran on Friday in a dramatic escalation of their long-running conflict that drew a retaliatory missile assault from Tehran and raised the risk of another war in the Middle East. The Israeli strikes took out a significant swath of Iran’s top military leaders and senior...
By Isha Qarsoon On 10 June 2025, Somalia’s State Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ali Omar, issued a formal letter to James Swan, the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia and head of the United Nations Transitional Assistance Mission in Somalia. The letter was clear, assertive, and diplomatically firm: the so-called “C6+...
By Abdikarim Haji Abdi Buh TEHRAN, once again, explosions rocked Iran last night as Israel allegedly struck key nuclear facilities deep within the Islamic Republic. The latest assault is far more than another chapter in the long-standing shadow war between Israel and Iran; it is yet another humiliating reminder of the astonishing reach of Israel’s...
Mogadishu (WDN) – In one of the most heartbreaking tragedies to strike Somalia’s religious community in recent memory, armed gunmen brutally massacred a group of Islamic clerics who were peacefully reciting the Holy Quran on the outskirts of Warsheekh town in Middle Shabelle region. The attack targeted a house where revered religious scholars had gathered...