Boats from Africa and Middle East are arriving at the fastest rate since a naval operation to handle influx began last year Migrants after a January rescue operation by the Italian navy off the coast of Sicily. Photograph: Handout/Reuters Italy says 4,000 immigrants have reached its shores by boat in the past two days – the...
November 14, 2026
Category: News
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Jubilee pact seals my position, defiant Duale tells his critics
National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale threatened to withdraw support for the Jubilee government over what he termed arbitrary arrests of “his people.” PHOTO | FILE NATION Majority Leader Aden Duale has told off his Jubilee coalition critics, declaring that his position is safeguarded in the agreement between The National Alliance and United Republican Party....
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Sajid Javid: son of Muslim immigrant bus driver breaks Tory mould
Culture secretary was brought up in Rochdale, rose to top at Deutsche Bank, and keeps portrait of Lady Thatcher on his wall By Patrick Wintour Sajid Javid has replaced Maria Miller as culture secretary. Photograph: Josh Kearns/REX If any one man can break apart the image of the Conservative cabinet as a closed shop of...
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Warka Raadiyo Wardheer
Wararka aan idiin heyno manta waxaa ka mid ah:Qarax ka dhacay Kismaayo oo lala eegtay AMISOM, dibad bax Muqdishu ka dhici lahaa oo loogaga soo horjeedo halwgalkii Kenya lagu qabqabtay Somali iyo warar kale
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Ethiopian oil marketer says Africa needs to refine its oil
ADDIS ABABA, (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s leading private oil marketer plans to expand into neighbouring east African economies and is interested in part financing a refinery after commercial discoveries in the region. Tadesse Tilahun, CEO of National Oil Ethiopia, said untapped crude deposits in Kenya and Uganda handed governments and investors the opportunity to construct a...
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Kenya sends back ‘illegal’ Somalis after Nairobi raids
The security operation was launched after explosions in a mainly Somali neighbourhood Kenya has sent back 82 Somalis to Somalia after launching a massive security force operation to flush out illegal immigrants and militant Islamists. The group had been in Kenya illegally, a Somali diplomat said. Nearly 4,000 people have been arrested in raids over...
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Security downturn in Mogadishu
Photo: Ahmad Mahmoud/IRIN A crowd gathers after an explosion in front of Mogadishu’s national theatre in March 2013 MOGADISHU, 9 April 2014 (IRIN) – Three years after Al-Shabab insurgents withdrew from the city, security in Mogadishu remains a serious problem for residents and aid workers, with threats from Al-Shabab incursions, criminals and militia. Often-deadly attacks attributed...
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Painkillers linked to higher risk of stroke: Alert over prescription medicines used by millions
By JENNY HOPE Painkillers used by millions of Britons have been linked to higher risk of irregular heartbeat that could trigger a stroke. The extra chance of developing atrial fibrillation is as high as 84 per cent, Dutch researchers say. The condition – a leading cause of first-time strokes – means the upper chambers of the...
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Protests prompt Brandeis to drop plan to honor Islam critic Ayaan Hirsi Ali
In this Monday, Feb. 5, 2007 photo, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, writer of the film “Submission,” which criticized the treatment of women in traditional Islam and led to the murder of Dutch film director Theo Van Gogh, talks to a reporter in New York. (AP Photo/Shiho Fukada) BOSTON — After taking heat from some of its own...