Al-Burhan meeting with Israeli PM ‘bold and brave’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held talks with Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, head of Sudan’s sovereign council [Twitter] February 5, 2020 at 4:17 am February 5,...
Month : February 2020
Somalia reforms win two key funding deals with IMF
Tuesday February 4 2020 A street in the Somali capital Mogadishu. In 2018, economic growth was projected to increase to 3.1 per cent from an...
S. African court issues arrest warrant for ex-president Zuma
Former South African President Jacob Zuma speaks to supporters after appearing in the High Court where he faces charges that include fraud, corruption and racketeering,...
‘I sold my hair for $2 to feed my children’
The day Prema Selvam sold her hair for 150 rupees ($2; £1.50) in order to feed her young children was the worst of her life....
A judge in US refused to vacate Somali pirate’s sentence
February 3, 2020 AP A federal judge in Virginia has refused to vacate the life sentence handed down to a Somali man convicted in a...
Sudan to normalize relation with Israel
Israeli officials said Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Chairman of Sudan’s Transitional Military Council Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan held talks for the first time in...
Kenya’s second President dies at 95
Former President Daniel arap Moi has rested. He passed on Tuesday morning at 5.20am at Nairobi Hospital, President Uhuru Kenyatta announced. “It is with profound...
We were ill-prepared for Lamu Shabaab attack, US army says
Kenyan troops and US marines during a past joint military exercise at Manda Bay in Lamu. The US military has admitted that its soldiers were...
Museveni, Kagame resolve to release prisoners
Sunday February 2 2020 A Sunday meeting between Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and his Rwandan counterpart, Mr Paul Kagame, in Luanda Angola, has ended with...
From refugee camp to neurosurgery
Abdurahman Mohamad Mah arrived in Switzerland as a refugee at the age of six. Now he is a neurobiologist. This is his story Abdurahman Mohamad...