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1 month ago | 
shorturl.at | Jaume Portell Caño |Mahmood Mamdani |Mohamed Gabobe |Faisal Ali
In one of the final scenes of the film No Simple Way Home, Akuol de Mabior sits inside a vehicle, describing the people along the roadside as the car drives by. There, individuals selling tea strive to make a living. These are the ones who, as she puts it, hold everything together and prevent it all from collapsing.
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1 month ago | 
aol.co.uk | Ruth Michaelson |Faisal Ali
A Kurdish militia has declared a ceasefire in its 40-year insurgency against Turkey after its imprisoned leader called for the group to disarm and dissolve earlier this week. “We are declaring a ceasefire to be effective from today on. None of our forces will take armed action unless attacked,” the executive committee of the Kurdistan Workers’ party (PKK) said in a statement.
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2 months ago | 
geeska.com | Herman Wasserman |Mohamed Gabobe |Faisal Ali
Amidst the slew of executive orders issued by US President Donald Trump—ranging from reinstating plastic straws, renaming the Gulf of Mexico, and proclaiming that only two genders exist—one, in particular, reverberated around braais, brandies-and-cokes, and bakkies from Brackenfell to Benoni: the executive order “Addressing Egregious Actions of the Republic of South Africa,” which included the policy that the “United States shall not provide aid or assistance to South Africa” and that the...
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
geeska.com | Faisal Ali |Ahmed Ismail Samatar
When Kenyan president William Ruto stood alongside US president Joe Biden during a press conference in Washington in May, he likely saw it as his opportunity to shine, being the only African leader to be extended a visit to the White House during the Biden administration. Kenya had just stepped onto the global stage, anticipating designation as a major non-Nato ally by the US.
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Jan 12, 2025 | 
msn.com | Faisal Ali
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Jan 12, 2025 | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Faisal Ali
The joint statement followed an unexpected visit by Somalia’s president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (above), to Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa/ The joint statement followed an unexpected visit by Somalia’s president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (above), to Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa/ Photograph: Feisal Omar/Reuters Somalia and Ethiopia have agreed to restore diplomatic representation in their respective capitals, more than a year after Somalia severed ties over a sea access agreement landlocked...
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Dec 28, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Faisal Ali
The UN has authorised a new African peacekeeping mission to continue its fight against the al-Qaida-affiliated group al-Shabaab in Somalia, but there are doubts about whether troops from neighbouring Ethiopia will remain part of the deployment. The UN security council adopted a resolution on Friday allowing the deployment of up to 12,626 personnel to support the Somali government’s nearly two decades-long fight against the al-Shabaab insurgents.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
geeska.com | Mahbub Abdillahi |Faisal Ali |Ahmed Ismail Samatar
The 29th Conference of the Parties (Cop29) opened this year in a subdued atmosphere in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. The recent re-election of Donald Trump—who, during his previous term, withdrew the United States from the Paris Agreement and repeatedly dismissed the climate crisis as a “hoax”—has cast uncertainty over the US’s role at this year’s conference.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
msn.com | Faisal Ali
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
aol.co.uk | Faisal Ali
Abdullah*, a Sudanese English teacher from Khartoum, had never imagined that fleeing one conflict would mean running straight into another. After escaping his country’s civil war and seeking refuge in Ethiopia, he found himself on the run again after a refugee camp he’d settled in came under attack from bandits and militias fighting Ethiopian government forces.
