Famine threat ‘looms larger than ever’ as Somalia drought worsens, warns UN
MOGADISHU, Somalia A fourth straight failed rainy season has exacerbated the biting drought in Somalia and left the country facing
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Africa
Renowned African singer praises Türkiye’s human-centric approach to continent
ANKARA Salif Keita, one of the most popular African singers of the past century, praised Türkiye’s human-centric approach to the
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Egypt set for world’s sixth largest high-speed rail system with backing from Germany’s Siemens
The fully-electrified line will see trains with a top speed of 230 kilometers per hour travel from the Red Sea
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ANALYSIS -Turkiye, Africa building joint humanitarian aid outlook
*The writer works as an advisor at the Turkish Red Crescent ISTANBUL In the 1800s, Henry Dunant, the founding father
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Kenyan woman in running for post of deputy president in historic first
NAIROBI, Kenya As Kenya gears up for general elections on Aug. 9, the East African nation may get its first
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Zambian anti-corruption body arrests former top officials
LUSAKA, Zambia Zambia’s Anti-Corruption Commission this week arrested several key figures in a suspected scam that led to the failure
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Turkiye aims to further deepen its ties with continental Africa: Foreign minister
ANKARA Turkiye plans to improve its relations with the African continent, and take tangible steps to deepen ties with regional
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South Africa’s private surveillance machine is fueling a digital apartheid
The cameras are not there yet. But the fiber already is. Thami Nkosi points to the telltale black box atop
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How mobile money supercharged Kenya’s sports betting addiction
Hitchhiking in the cab of a sand truck late one Saturday night in 2018, Bill Kirwa had almost forgotten about
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