World
Former Kosovo President Thaci Jailed for 25 Years Over War Crimes
Kosovo’s former president Hashim Thaci has been handed a 25-year prison sentence by a tribunal in The Hague for war crimes, prompting…
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Somalia
Declassified Files Reveal UK Knew of Israeli War Crimes for 24 Years
Declassified Files Show UK Officials Knew of Alleged Israeli Abuses as Early as 2002 LONDON, United Kingdom — British officials were documenting…
Somalia
Banadir Court Sentences Man to Eight Years for Financing al-Shabab
Mogadishu (AX) — A court in Somalia’s capital has sentenced Abdi Mohamed Abdirahman to eight years in prison after finding him guilty…
North-Africa
Three Years After Morocco Earthquake, Survivors Still Await Aid
Nearly three years after a catastrophic earthquake devastated Morocco’s Al Haouz region, killing more than 2,900 people and injuring over 5,500, the…
East-Africa
Somalia Marks 66 Years as It Builds Its Next Chapter
“There can be no long-term security without development; there can be no long-term development without security.’’ Kofi Annan’s words capture Somalia’s unfinished…
Somalia
UN Ends 13 Years of Support for Somalia’s Justice Institutions and Prison Services
Mogadishu (AX) — Somalia is moving toward full national control of its justice and prison services after the United Nations Transitional Assistance…
Somalia
Mogadishu Marks 15 Years Since President Erdoğan’s Historic 2011 Visit to Somalia
Fifteen years after Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s landmark visit to Mogadishu, Somalia and Türkiye on Wednesday celebrated a relationship that began amid famine…
West-Africa
20 Years After Probo Koala Waste Disaster, Côte d’Ivoire Still Faces Its Fallout
Nearly two decades after more than 500 tons of toxic waste from the Probo Koala were dumped at 18 locations across Abidjan,…
Central-Africa
Winnipeg man who fled Somalia as refugee sentenced to 4 years for human smuggling
Abdi Hassan Ali, a Somali refugee who once made Winnipeg his home, will spend the next 500 days in custody after admitting…
North-Africa
Tigray Introduces New School Curriculum After 16 Years
After 16 years under the same framework, Tigray has introduced a new general education curriculum aimed at bringing indigenous knowledge into the…
Southern-Africa
Marikana Families in South Africa Still Demand Justice 14 Years Later
Fourteen years after police shot dead 34 mineworkers during a strike for higher wages on August 16, 2012, survivors, bereaved families and…
