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Somalia flies policewomen for training in Turkey MOGADISHU, Somalia - The Somali federal government airlifted 49 female police officers for further training to Turkey, just weeks before elections were held in the country, which derailed for several months due to internal political wrangling. From July 25, the country will begin holding senatorial elections and the electoral process is expected…

Four Somalis die in South Africa as Zuma supporters clash with police THE CAP - At least four Somali nationals have been killed in South Africa and their businesses destroyed as supporters of jailed former president Jacob Zuma continued to terrorize businesses in the country, which has yet to cure xenophobic attacks. State media claim the four were killed by rowdy henchmen who are believed to be…

The situation in Ethiopia was on the agenda of the European Council of Foreign Ministers held on Monday 12 July in Brussels. At the end of the meeting, the European Union again called for the lifting of all restrictions on access to humanitarian organizations in order to avoid famine, and called on the Member States to participate in the donations.…

Faced with the threat from the Delta variant, which is found in several neighboring countries, the Malagasy government decided to extend the closure of the borders on Sunday. For many Malagasy families who do not meet the authorities' strict criteria, it is a blow and a heartbreak. With our correspondent at Magadascar, Laure…

AXADLE, Northeastern State - A young soldier allegedly trained in Eritrea was killed in the town of Afgoye, 30 km northwest of Mogadishu, a few weeks after escaping from Eritrea, where he had been "smuggled" for a training by the Somali authorities. Abdulmalik Abdullahi Haji, in his twenties, succumbed to injuries sustained from a knife attack, sources said, following a minor argument with a friend in town. He has since been buried. Abdulmalik was among thousands of Somali boys lured into bogus jobs in Doha, but sent…

Fighting erupted on Tuesday between rival forces in a refugee camp in Ethiopia's war-torn Tigray, humanitarian sources told Agence France-Presse (AFP), after Tigrayan rebels launched a new offensive in the region. The clashes erupted early in the morning in the Mai-Aini camp, which housed Eritrean refugees and deployed Tigrayan forces against Ethiopian troops and their allies in Amharic special forces, sources said, citing interviews with witnesses. There was no immediate word on accidents. Several refugees reported…

Qualified for the Olympics in Tokyo, Amjed Maafi will represent Tunisia in Greco-Roman wrestling. At 20, he approached summer with a double goal: to get Bac and win a medal at the Olympics. Amjed Maafi welcomes us home in his home, in the family home, a nice gladiator physique, packed in a t-shirt a little too tight. On the living room table, he spread his medal…

Another 22 people have died in riots in South Africa, a provincial official said on Tuesday, bringing the national number of deaths from violence to 32. The fee in KwaZulu-Natal province is now 26, Sihle Zikalala told a news conference on Tuesday, a day after officials confirmed six deaths in Gauteng province. "These were people who were killed during storms when protesters sprang up," he said, without specifying which parts of the province. After days of protests and looting following the…

In Chad, the government approves for the first time the march to the Wakit Tama coalition, which is opposed to power on the ground. This movement, which unites civil society associations and political parties, intends to demonstrate to protest the risk of confiscation of power on the ground since the announcement of Idriss Deby Itno's death on 20 April.…

NISA on site about missing head of department ahead of Somalia elections NAIRONI, Kenya - the Somalia spy agency; the National Intelligence Security Agency was indicted following the disappearance of one of his employees, who had worked as a manager for several years. Ikran Tahil Farah, 24, was responsible for cybersecurity at NISA headquarters in Mogadishu before his mysterious disappearance…