Somaliland rejects claims it will host Palestinian refugees
Somaliland's Foreign Ministry has denied claims that it had accepted to resettle Palestinian refugees and host Israeli military bases, reports...
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Clashes in Congo threaten peace deal
Members of the M23 Movement, which has been waging an armed campaign against the Congolese government, pressed forward with their...
Moroccan input helps Spain lower irregular migration
Migrant arrivals to Spain dropped by 42.6% in 2025, after collaboration with Morocco and Mauritania helped reduce irregular migration from...
US slashes UN aid, Trump warns agencies to “adapt or die”
The United States announced on December 29th a two-billion-dollar commitment to United Nations humanitarian assistance, a move that reflects a...
Turkey detains over 300 suspected Islamic State members
Turkish police staged a nationwide wave of arrests, detaining 357 people suspected of being members of the Islamic State (IS),...
Elections in the Central African Republic close
Landmark elections in the Central African Republic have officially closed ahead of the planned release of results on January 5th,...
US attacks Venezuela and captures its president
US special forces captured Venezuelan President, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores, before flying them out of the country,...
Tunisia struggles to break slow growth cycle in 2025
Tunisia ended 2025 with weak economic growth and no clear path to recovery, highlighting deep structural problems that remain unresolved,...
Ugandan opposition figure denied bail in treason case
Kizza Besigye, a prominent Ugandan opposition figure, has been denied bail by Uganda's High Court in relation to charges of...
Somalia says it killed 29 al-Shabaab militants
Somalia’s armed forces have eliminated 29 al-Shabaab militants in the town of Jabad Godane in the country’s southeast, with international...
Zohran Mamdani sworn in as New York mayor
Liberal Zohran Mamdani was sworn in as the new mayor of New York City at midnight on the 1st January,...
Initiation circumcisions claim at least 41 lives in South Africa
Over 41 young men have died due to circumcision procedures carried out during initiation ceremonies in South Africa in November...
Polarising French actress dies aged 91
French actress, animal rights activist and far-right supporter, Brigitte Bardot, died at 91 in her Saint-Tropez home, on the Mediterranean coast,...
Somalia increases security ahead of capital’s local elections
More than 10,000 security personnel will be deployed across Mogadishu, Somalia, ahead of the city's local election. According to Somalia's...
DR Congo’s cobalt exports resume after 10-month halt
The Democratic Republic of Congo has restarted cobalt exports after a 10-month suspension that the government says helped push prices...
