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Donald Trump’s State of the Union address ran long but felt tightly controlled, the work of a president who understands television and the power of staging. It was a carefully sequenced production that blended valor, grievance and a handful of policy points into a split-screen test of political identities in an election year. The speech returned Trump to familiar ground: the economy, tariffs, immigration and cultural combat. In front of a silent Democratic caucus and a Supreme Court he rebuked from a few feet away, the…

Somalia’s Yeheb tree is vanishing. Turning Cordeauxia edulis into a domesticated crop could secure food, fodder and fragile drylands. In the sun-scored rangelands of Hiiraan, Galmudug, Mudug and the Somali-Ethiopian borderlands, a native lifeline grows almost nowhere else on Earth: the Yeheb tree (Cordeauxia edulis), known locally as Jicib. Long relied upon for its edible nuts, livestock fodder and soil-restoring roots, this wild leguminous shrub is quietly slipping away—its populations down as much as 70% under pressure…

Opinion: Somalia should lead a Horn of Africa economic bloc built on connectivity corridors The Horn of Africa is at a hinge moment. After decades marked by fragmentation and instability, the region faces a practical imperative: build a regional economic bloc anchored in modern connectivity corridors or cede another generation to missed potential. For Somalia, whose Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden coastline sits astride one of the world’s busiest maritime routes, the choice is stark. With recent macroeconomic stabilization,…

Zuckerberg disputes claim he misled Congress as LA jury hears emails on time-spent goals in youth social media addiction trial Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg pushed back in a Los Angeles courtroom against a lawyer’s suggestion that he misled U.S. lawmakers about how the company designed Facebook and Instagram, as a landmark jury trial over youth social media addiction pressed forward. Questioned about his 2024 congressional testimony — in which he said Meta did not direct teams to maximize time spent on its apps —…

Somalia hosts Horn of Africa finance ministers in Mogadishu, with energy trade at center of agenda MOGADISHU — Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Wednesday closed the 27th Horn of Africa Initiative Forum of finance ministers, the first time the high-level regional meeting has been held in Mogadishu, in a session that put regional energy trade at the heart of economic integration efforts. Officials said convening the forum in the Somali capital signaled growing international confidence in Somalia’s security and…

Manchester synagogue attack raises fraught questions about security, policing and public protest On a day reserved for introspection and prayer, a Jewish community in north Manchester was thrust into trauma. A car and knife attack outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall on Thursday left three men hospitalised and two dead — the alleged attacker and a passer-by who tried to intervene — and has prompted a national debate over community safety, the limits of protest and how police respond in rapidly…

Somalia: Hassan Sheikh Reverses His Stance on Jubaland's Election Framework MOGADISHU, Somalia - A political showdown brews in the Horn of Africa nation as Jubaland's leader, Ahmed Islam Mohamed Madobe, turns his back on President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's direct election vision. Instead, Jubaland is veering towards holding indirect elections. Recently, Madobe made a dramatic exit from Mogadishu, declaring that implementing nationwide voting rights would undoubtedly lead to extending presidential terms—a notion that, he…

This morning, the iconic bells of Notre-Dame in Paris echoed through the air for the first time since a devastating fire swept through the historic cathedral back in 2019. The resonant chimes of eight bells from the northern belfry emerged just a month ahead of the highly anticipated reopening of the cathedral, following five arduous years of restoration efforts following the calamity. “This is a significant, poignant moment,” remarked Philippe Jost, who oversees the public entity dedicated to the cathedral's restoration…

Angela Merkel convened again, on Friday 27 August 2021, a meeting of the "Compact with Africa", an initiative that brought together twelve countries launched after the German Presidency of the G20 2017. If we previously spoke mainly about economics, the meeting has this time took place in hybrid form and was particularly devoted to the Covid-19 pandemic and vaccines. It was also for the German Chancellor…

On Sunday, President Kaïs Saïed fired his prime minister, froze the work of the National Assembly for 30 days and lifted the deputies' immunity. However, one week after Tunisia, if the president has not yet appointed a new prime minister, Kaïs Saïed has been very active, while the economic horizon is still blocked and the epidemic is progressing.…