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Somalia: Military operation leaves dozens of Al-Shabab militants dead

Somalian army, supported by international partners, have reportedly conducted a successful operation in the country’s lower Shabelle region that killed 49 al-Shabab militants. The targeted military operation that took place in the village of Buulo Madiino “went as planned and destroyed all the military vehicles and weaponry of the Khawarij Al-Shabaab,” said the Somali Information […]

Africa, Middle East crises high on agenda at G7 foreign ministers meeting in Italy

As foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) major democracies have gathered on the Italian island of Capri, Middle Eastern and African issues are also high on the agenda during the three days of talks. The continuing escalation of tensions in the Middle East — between Israel and Iran, the war in Gaza, and […]

Kenyan and Ghanian activists among 2023 ‘Alternative Nobel’ prize laureates

Sweden’s Right Livelihood Award, known as the “Alternative Nobel Prize”, has in 2023 honored work of two women activists from Africa to provide safer abortion access in the continent and in the area of environmental protection in Kenya, as well as a humanitarian group that rescues migrants in the Mediterranean Sea. The 2023 laureates “stand […]