Striker Youssef En-Nesyri scored the winning goal in the first half, leaping highest to beat goalkeeper Diogo Costa to the ball and heading in to spark pandemonium at Al Thumama Stadium. The north African side’s supporters populated most of the venue and joyously celebrated their breakthrough moment for their continent on the global stage. Ronaldo came off the bench in...
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Fed., regional states police commissioners joint emergency meeting discuss use of media, political parties to fuel incitement
Addis Abeba – The federal police commission said a joint emergency meeting between the federal and and regional states police commissioners was held on Friday at the Ethiopian Federal Police Headquarters. The meeting “focused on current national security issues,” the federal police said. The police commissioners discussed in details topics related to the current national security, during which participants raised current issues...
Xi says China to support, help Somalia in reconstruction, anti-terror fight
RIYADH, (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping said here Friday that China is ready to provide assistance to the best of its ability for Somalia’s reconstruction and social and economic development, and encourages the two countries’ enterprises to explore cooperation in areas including agriculture, fishery and health. China supports the Somali government in enhancing its ability to maintain stability and...
Opposition OFC calls for comprehensive peace solution to Oromia war to avert looming national crisis
Addis Abeba – The opposition party, Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC), said Oromia “has entered into a stage of such a devastating war and great political crisis” while the overall political crisis in the country has reached at its pick where the Prosperity Party led government could not avert it. The part has called for a comprehensive peace approach to solve the...
Quran in Numbers
BY: MAJD ARBIL Following are some numbers to consider related to the Quran, but please keep in mind verse 18:109 of the Quran, which says: Say, O Prophet, “If the ocean were ink for writing the Words of my Lord, it would certainly run out before the Words of my Lord were finished, even if We refilled it with its equal.” Yusuf Ali...
Vessel chartered by UN’s WFP to deliver Ukrainian wheat to Somalia
NEW YORK, UN. (Interfax) – Three bulkers, among them a vessel chartered by the United Nations World Food Program (WFP), departed Ukrainian ports on Thursday, the Joint Coordination Center (JCC) said. “The Joint Coordination Centre (JCC) reports that three vessels left Ukrainian ports today [on December 8] carrying a total of 103,600 tonnes of grain and other food products under...
DP World and Puntland government sign agreement to upgrade Port of Bosaso
Kim Biggar The Port of Bosaso, in the Puntland region in northeastern Somalia, will soon embark on a 12-month construction project. DP World and the Government of Puntland this week signed an agreement in Dubai for expansion and upgrade work at the port. The project, expected to start in early 2023, will include the development of a 150-metre quay, as...
As One Conflict in Ethiopia Peters Out Another Flares Up
Samuel Gebre As a two-year civil war in Ethiopia winds down following the signing of a peace deal between the government and rebels from the northern Tigray region, fresh conflict is flaring in the center of the country. Widespread fighting in the Oromia region has drawn in the security forces, the Oromo Liberation Army, a militia group from the...
World’s longest-serving president starts sixth term
The world’s longest-serving head of state, the president of Equatorial Guinea, has been sworn in for a sixth term in office. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, who is 80, took the presidential oath before inspecting a military parade. He declared he was – and always would be – the leader of all Equatorial Guineans. He first seized power in a coup...
Over 2.6 mln Somali children vaccinated against polio, measles: UN
The World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said Wednesday that 2.61 million children in Somalia have been vaccinated against measles and polio. The UN agencies said the nationwide integrated immunization campaign which was rolled out in November amid severe drought targeted children under five years to save them from vaccine-preventable diseases like measles and...