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MOGADISHU, April 13, 2026 — Somalia’s Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre on Monday issued a stark warning that the country’s natural wealth, including its prospective oil reserves, could be vulnerable to outside pressure unless Somalia develops a military strong enough to protect it. Barre, speaking in the context of shifting global power and rising rivalry over strategic resources, said the erosion of confidence in international institutions and the weakening of the traditional rules-based order have made resource competition…

By Omar M. ElmiWednesday April 1, 2026 A war far from Ethiopia’s borders is already sending tremors through the country’s economy. The fighting in the Middle East is inflicting heavy human and material losses, but its reach is extending well beyond the battlefield, with disruptions that could hit trade, fuel supplies and food production in countries thousands of kilometers away. Ethiopia, landlocked and home to more than 120 million people, sits squarely in that danger zone. The risk is rooted in a basic structural…

Wegovy tied to higher risk of sudden vision loss than Ozempic, analysis suggests Wegovy, the blockbuster weight-loss drug that contains semaglutide, may carry the highest risk of sudden vision loss among semaglutide medicines, according to a new analysis of U.S. safety reports published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology. The study linked the injections to ischaemic optic neuropathy — often called an “eye stroke” — and found the odds of the condition were roughly three times higher in men than in women. Semaglutide is…

The Pentagon has formally designated Anthropic and its Claude artificial intelligence models a supply-chain risk, a first-of-its-kind move against a U.S. tech company that escalates a high-stakes clash over military AI safeguards, according to multiple U.S. media reports. A senior defense official told Bloomberg News and CNBC that “DOW officially informed Anthropic leadership the company and its products are deemed a supply chain risk, effective immediately,” using the acronym for the Department of War — the name the White…

Two to three cups of caffeinated coffee a day may do more than sharpen your focus. A major long-term study involving more than 130,000 adults suggests that moderate daily coffee intake is linked to a lower risk of dementia and slower cognitive decline—with similar, if slightly smaller, benefits seen among people who drink tea. Decaffeinated coffee, however, did not show the same protective association. Drawing on the Nurses’ Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study and spanning up to 43 years of follow-up,…

Coffee, caffeine and your brain: Study links two to three cups a day to lower dementia risk Drinking two to three cups of strong coffee a day is associated with a lower risk of dementia and slower cognitive decline, according to a large U.S. study drawing on more than four decades of health data. Researchers from Harvard, MIT and Mass General Brigham analyzed records from 131,821 adults and found that people with the highest intake of caffeinated drinks had an 18% lower risk of developing dementia compared with those who…

Somalia hunger crisis deepens as 6.5 million face severe food insecurity, UN and government warn Nearly 6.5 million people in Somalia are facing severe hunger as intensifying drought, conflict and global aid cuts accelerate a mounting humanitarian crisis, the federal government and U.N. agencies said Tuesday, citing new food security data. The latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis projects that 6.5 million people will face crisis or worse levels of food insecurity by the end of March.…

MOGADISHU — Hunger is surging across Somalia as four consecutive failed rainy seasons collide with steep reductions in humanitarian funding, pushing millions toward acute food insecurity, according to a new analysis by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC). The report estimates 4.8 million people faced Crisis-level or worse acute food insecurity in January, with that figure projected to jump to 6.5 million between February and March — nearly double the number recorded a year ago. Aid groups say the trend…

Egypt warns Israeli Red Sea access, North Western State of Somalia recognition pose major security threat CAIRO — Egypt has warned that any move by Israel to gain access to the Red Sea or to recognize North Western State of Somalia would constitute a grave threat to regional stability and to Egyptian national security, according to officials familiar with recent high-level discussions. The position was set during talks a day earlier between Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi,…

US plan to expand social media screening for foreign visitors could strip as much as $15.7 billion from tourism spending this year, the World Travel and Tourism Council warned, as prospective travelers say the policy would make the country less welcoming. In a survey of people in visa-exempt countries considering trips to the United States, 34% said they would be somewhat or much less likely to visit in the next two to three years if the measures take effect, according to the council. Based on that sentiment, the group…