United States President Donald Trump’s second administration has introduced a bold and unconventional strategy for the Middle East. The administration intends to recalibrate US influence in a region historically scarred by conflict, prioritising regional stability through economic strength and military consolidation by asserting a stronger, business-minded US presence. At the centre of Trump’s ambitious goal…
Kismayo, Somalia — Kenya’s Defence Cabinet Secretary Soipan Tuya flew to Somalia on Friday to visit Kenyan troops serving under the African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM), officials said. Tuya arrived in the southern port city of Kismayo accompanied by senior Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) officers, led by Lieutenant General David Ketter,…
Nigeria Secures Release of Remaining 130 St Mary’s Students Nigerian authorities said they had secured the release of the remaining 130 schoolchildren and staff abducted from St Mary’s Catholic boarding school in Papiri, Niger state, bringing to an end one of the country’s worst mass kidnappings. More than 250 people were taken during the…
19 November 2025, China, Shanghai: Boats sail past downtown Shanghai on the Huangpu River. The tallest building on the skyline is the Shanghai Tower (rear). Bernd von Jutrczenka | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets climbed Monday as investors parsed China’s central bank’s decision to keep its loan prime rates steady. The People’s Bank…
Cairo — Somalia’s Foreign Minister Abdisalam Abdi Ali represented the country at the second ministerial conference of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum, held in Cairo from December 19 to 20, where he highlighted Mogadishu’s foreign policy priorities and called for stronger multilateral cooperation. Speaking at the two-day meeting, Abdisalam said complex global and regional challenges could…
The African Refiners and Distributors Association (ARDA), has said that the continent’s crude oil consumption will surge from about 1.8 million barrels per day in 2024 to as much as 4.5 million barrels per day by 2050, positioning the continent’s downstream energy sector as one of the world’s most significant untapped investment frontiers. Executive Secretary,…
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Guy Delauney Balkans correspondent AFP via Getty Images Zagreb’s Christmas market was voted the best in Europe three years in a row Christmas markets are not just tradition across Europe, they are big businesses that give cities a huge economic boost every December. For Zagreb, the capital of Croatia, it is an effective way of…
Lukas Pelser, Sophos Antivirus software is the thing everybody loves to hate. For many, it’s bloatware. From the moment you turn on your computer, it nags you about updates, scans and pop-ups that feel more like interruptions than protection. For others, it’s forever tied to John McAfee, the software pioneer turned fugitive whose personal life…
More than 240 members of the notorious Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, gang, were sentenced to hundreds of years in prison in El Salvador. In a post on social media, the Central American country’s attorney general’s office said that 248 members of the gang had received “exemplary sentences” for 42 homicides and 42 disappearances, among other…
