Coordination among foreign navies and Somali security forces is key, as is the judicious use of external military operations. Piracy off Somalia’s coast has resurfaced, with nine hijackings so far this year attributed to local raiders. In the latest incident on 29 October, the Iranian fishing vessel Azini was attacked off the coast of Puntland….
Switzerland formally reopens diplomatic office in North Korea after its closure in 2020. Published On 30 Oct 202630 Oct 2026 Switzerland has formally reopened its diplomatic office in North Korea as Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis held talks in Pyongyang about normalising political relations between the two countries. On Friday Cassis wrapped up a two-day visit…
Africa risks regulating AI it doesn’t own, says the African Union. (Image created with GenAI) Geopolitical uncertainty is prompting organisations to rethink where their data and artificial intelligence (AI) models reside, increasing interest in local cloud hosting and sovereign AI. The US, under president Donald Trump, and Israel launched strikes against Iran in February over…
Khartoum — Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ambassador Mohi-Eddin Salem announced arrangements for an expected visit by the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) to Sudan to discuss Sudan’s membership in the African Union, affirming that joint meetings will be held in this regard. In an interview with the Sudan News Agency…
A fifth birthday should be unremarkable. For too many African families, it is not. An estimated 4.9 million children died before reaching the age of five in 2024, and nearly six in ten of those deaths occurred in sub-Saharan Africa. Most were preventable with interventions we already know how to deliver. In Nigeria, the latest…
Daily life continues in the strategic port city of Bandar Abbas on the Strait of Hormuz amid ongoing tensions between Iran and the United States, as Iranians spend time along the city’s waterfront at sunset in Bandar Abbas, Iran on September 12, 2026. Fatemeh Bahrami | Anadolu | Getty Images Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi…
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said his country is prepared for fighting with the United States to resume, but has not yet abandoned diplomacy after President Donald Trump publicly rejected a proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. “We are fully prepared for the war to be resumed. We stand firm in the face…
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe — Migrants now send home more money than foreign aid, and this is pulling rural families out of poverty, according to the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). A new report, Sending Money Home, released this week, asserts that remittances have become the world’s largest and most resilient source of household finance during…
As stated in President Trump’s Executive Order (EO) 14204, “Addressing Egregious Actions of the Republic of South Africa,” the United States remains gravely concerned about racially motivated crime and government-sponsored discrimination occurring against the Afrikaners and other minority populations in South Africa, including race-based discriminatory legislation, threats of land expropriation without compensation, and incitement of…
A South African and his two sons, one a police officer, appeared before a Cape Town magistrate last month accused of extorting around 50 convenience stores run by Ethiopians and Somalis. Also in the dock was a Somali alleged to have collected “protection fees” from the shopkeepers outside Stellenbosch, the winelands capital 40 kilometres (25…
