Author: Thu, 2019-08-22 22:01 GAROWE, Somalia: The president of Jubbaland, a Somali region critical to East Africa’s fight against Al-Shabab militants, won a new term on Thursday, amid a growing rift between the federal government and its semi-autonomous states. The … read more
Author: Thu, 2019-08-22 21:51 KHARTOUM: Sudan’s new prime minister, Abdalla Hamdok, is a seasoned economist who faces the daunting task of rescuing his country’s moribund economy. Hamdok built a career in continental and international organizations, most recently as deputy executive … read more
Author: Wed, 2019-08-21 23:43 SANAA: The World Food Programme (WFP) on Wednesday resumed distributing food in Yemen’s capital Sanaa after a two-month stoppage. The halt in aid came after UN officials found the Houthis were diverting food away from those … read more
Author: Wed, 2019-08-21 23:05 JERUSALEM: Jerusalem’s municipality has carried out the court-ordered demolition of what it said was an illegally built Palestinian home in the city’s eastern sector. Owner Ibrahim Ragbe says the home was constructed 15 years ago without … read more
Author: AFP ID: 1566417741569953300 Wed, 2019-08-21 19:57 JERUSALEM: Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fired a rocket at southern Israel late Wednesday, the fifth in the past six days, the Israeli army said in a statement. It did not report any … read more