As ATMIS exits Somalia, UN Mine Action Service is training police improvised explosive devices
With withdrawal work well underway in Somalia, other work continues to ensure that civilian safety and security is maintained. This saw an intensive, five-day training course on improvised explosive devices (IEDs) facilitated by the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) for 13 ATMIS (African Union Transition Mission in Somalia) police...
Kenya to pay back $300 million of $2 billion bond in December, says President Ruto
Kenya will in December pay back $300 million of a $2 billion Eurobond that falls due next June, President William Ruto said on Thursday. The East African nation is being watched closely to see how it handles the bond due to its growing debt repayments, weakening currency and a surge...
Nearly 10,600 Palestinians killed as Israeli troops fight Hamas in north Gaza, shell-blast buildings
Palestinian officials said 10,569 Gaza residents had been killed as of Wednesday, about 40 per cent of them children, while a humanitarian crisis has gripped the enclave, with basic supplies running out and buildings demolished by unrelenting Israeli bombardments.
GOP candidates tough it out in third debate, but Trump remains favourite for party ticket
Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, South Carolina Senator Tim Scott and former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie all sounded traditional GOP notes, backing military aid to Ukraine, calling for vastly increased investment in the military and linking all the global conflicts.
GOP hopefuls to focus on Israel and foreign policy in third debate that also tests who can beat Trump
Foreign policy and the Israel-Hamas war are expected to be prominent in Wednesday’s third Republican primary debate, as a narrowing field of candidates seeks to cut into Donald Trump’s lead without being able to challenge the former president in person. Trump will again skip the debate in Miami, instead holding...
UN repeats calls for humanitarian pause as Israel trains its guns on Gaza’s tunnel network
With the war now entering its second month, UN officials and G7 nations stepped up appeals for a humanitarian pause in the hostilities to help alleviate the suffering in Gaza, where buildings have been flattened and basic supplies are running out. Palestinian officials say more than 10,000 people have been killed, 40 per cent of them children.
Politics of pure science in Uganda: Case of how poisoned academic environment smothers critical thinking
The marketplace of ideas holds that the truth will emerge from the competition of ideas in free, transparent public discourse and concludes that ideas and ideologies will be culled according to their superiority or inferiority and widespread acceptance among the population. The concept is often applied to discussions of patent law as well as freedom of the press and the responsibilities of the media in a liberal democracy.
Abortion rights activists, Democrats notch important wins Ohio and Kentucky elections
Ohio was the latest abortion battleground, nearly a year and a half after the Supreme Court decision. Last year, abortion rights advocacy groups scored a series of victories by placing abortion-related referendums on the ballot, including in conservative states.
Israel attacks target Hamas militants’ tunnel network in Gaza as death toll crosses 10,200
Since October 7, Israeli bombardment has killed more than 10,200 Palestinians, around 40 per cent of them children, according to counts by health officials in Hamas-ruled Gaza.
Trump turns witness stand into political platform as he lashes out at judge, NY attorney general
Tensions between Engoron and Trump – already on display in recent weeks, when the judge fined him a total of $15,000 for incendiary outside-of-court comments – were evident early on Monday when the ex-president was repeatedly scolded about the length and content of his answers.
