Somalia announces deal with Turkey to counter Ethiopia’s MOU with breakaway Somaliland state
Turkey is a key player in Somalia, one of several Gulf Arab states jockeying for influence in a country that lies on the shores of the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden – a pathway to the Red Sea.
World Bank tells poor countries to grow ‘much faster’ to repay debt as bond sales hit $47 billion
The World Bank warned in its Global Economic Prospects report, opens new tab, published in January, that the global economy was set for the weakest half-decade performance in 30 years during 2020-2024, even if recession is avoided. Global growth is expected to slow for a third consecutive year to 2.4 per cent, before ticking up to 2.7 per cent in 2025.
Israeli missile attack hits high-security district in Syrian capital, no casualties reported
Witnesses heard several back-to-back explosions. The blasts scared children at a nearby school and ambulances rushed to the area, the witnesses told Reuters. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military.
Ivory Coast Cup of Nations winning coach Fae honoured with permanent job as coach
“Emerse Fae was until now interim coach. He is now confirmed as a permanent coach,” said Ivorian Football Federation president Idriss Diallo at a function in Abidjan on Monday, the Ivorian media reported on Tuesday.
Why African universities should introduce environmental studies across all disciplines
Failure to incorporate environmental studies into curricula could result in environmentally ineffective and insensitive education, which fails to address the urgent need for sustainable practices and environmental conservation.
Preaching water, drinking water: How I revolutionised environmental knowledge at Makerere University
The aspect that made the programme sensitive to the human environment was the well-developed field perspective, which enabled us to interact with as many groups of people – locally expert trained experts – and the managers of forests, national parks game reserves in Kenya and East Africa. It was as if all environment was about forests, national parks and game reserves.
Rebels linked to Islamic State terrorise homes, kill two dozen civilians in eastern Congo
Violence has been simmering for years in eastern Congo, where about 120 armed groups fight for power, land, minerals or the safety of their communities.
Drums of war: US tells Rwanda and Congo they must ‘walk back from the brink of war’
Congolese authorities accuse the central African country of actively supporting M23. Congo’s UN Ambassador Zenon Ngay Mukongo urged the Security Council to demand that Rwanda withdraw its troops from the country without pre-conditions, and halt all support for M23.
Magistrate orders suspects in Kenyan doomsday cult hospitalised after a hunger strike
Doomsday cult leader Paul Mackenzie and some of his followers have been blamed for the deaths of 429 members of his Good News International Church, many of whom are believed to have starved themselves in the belief that by doing so they would meet Jesus Christ before the world ends.
