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Friday April 3, 2026 Hargeisa (AX) — North Western State of Somalia has rolled out a new digital platform aimed at tracking and curbing carbon emissions, marking a notable move in its effort to confront climate change and strengthen environmental protection. The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change said Thursday that the system, called “Green-Gate,” will monitor and regulate emissions produced by industrial operations, transportation and development projects across the territory. According to the ministry, the…

Russian strikes have knocked out two power installations in Ukraine's northern Chernihiv region, cutting electricity to roughly 212,000 customers, the regional distributor said. Chernihivoblenergo reported that an attack on an energy site in Chernihiv district left nearly 150,000 households and businesses in the city of Chernihiv and its environs without power. The company later said an assault on a separate energy facility in Nizhynskyi district deprived almost another 62,000 consumers across three districts of electricity.…

Long-acting HIV injection at $40 could reshape prevention — if the world can deliver it A potentially seismic shift in HIV prevention is quietly taking shape: a twice-yearly injectable drug, lenacapavir, has won backing from global health partners and is slated to be available to more than 100 low- and middle-income countries within the next two years — at a price that would make it accessible to millions. Under an agreement brokered by the Clinton Health Access Initiative with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - New details have emerged about the strained relationship between former intelligence chief Fahad Yasin and former Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed alias Farmajo, which could shape the country's fragile political landscape. Several sources revealed to Axadlethe complex nature of the relationship between the two men, tragically ending a decade-long cooperation, which at one point threatened the security of the country due to the politicization of the National Intelligence Security Agency…

The territorial conflict between Gabon and Equatorial Guinea is once again in the spotlight. These two Central African countries have contested the sovereignty of three islands since the 1970s. Following the failure of a UN mediation, Libreville and Malabo had agreed to resort to the International Court of Justice to resolve this dispute.…

The UN agency says it may be necessary to cut food rations for Somalia GENEVA - The World Food Program warns that it may be forced to cut food rations in June for more than a million vulnerable Somalis because they do not have enough money to sustain the operation.This would be a severe blow to vulnerable people in Somalia who are just coming from similar cuts to their daily food…