By VINCENT OWINO Somalia has been admitted as the eighth member of the East African Community on Friday November 24, 2023, just over a year after the latest entrant, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was admitted into the bloc. … Continued
By Gloria Aradi At least seven people are feared dead after they were swept away by a flooded river in south-eastern Kenya. A local chief said they were sitting on a log in the middle of the river as they … Continued
By Paul Kirby Geert Wilders doesn’t like being called far-right; he insists he’s just speaking up for ordinary people. But it was only by putting some of more inflammatory policies on hold and dialling down his hardline rhetoric that he … Continued
By Josphat Thiong’o Legislators from the North Eastern region have asked the government to declare El Nino rains a national disaster even as they told off Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua over remarks on emergency funds. They appealed to the international community … Continued
By Kalkidan Yibeltal & Danai Nesta Kupemba More than 50 people have died in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray and Amhara regions amid drought and an aid freeze, local officials have told the BBC. The Horn of Africa has had five failed … Continued
MOGADISHU, (Xinhua) — The Chinese Embassy in Somalia donated about 140,000 U.S. dollars on Wednesday to assist Somalis affected by the ongoing floods, which have displaced more than 1.7 million people across the nation. The funds will be used to … Continued
ADDIS ABABA, (Xinhua) — Peace talks between the Ethiopian government and the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) rebel group have ended without an agreement, an Ethiopian official said on Tuesday. Redwan Hussein, national security advisor to Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, … Continued
Agricultural equipment, fertilizer, pesticides, machinery for seeding, harvesting also provided Mohamed Dhaysane MOGADISHU, Somalia, The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) has installed two greenhouses in the National University in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu with an aim to strengthen agricultural infrastructure … Continued
LONDON — The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland signed on Tuesday a joint statement to provide financial aid to support food … Continued
Ethiopia’s talks with the self-declared republic of Somaliland about the possibility of using its port in Berbera town are progressing well, state-owned Ethiopian Press Agency (EPA) has posted on Facebook, quoting a government minister. Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said in … Continued
By Khadar Aweys Mogadishu, (SONNA) – The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, H.E Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, held a meeting with the British Prime Minister, Mr. Rishi Sunak, presented Somalia’s strategic focus on transitioning emergency aid initiatives into long … Continued
By Sharon Wanga A teacher who was distributing the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) papers died on Tuesday, November 21, after he was struck by a helicopter blade in Ijara, Garissa County. Garissa County Commissioner Solomon Chesut confirmed the … Continued
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