Economic ‘game changer’? African leaders launch free-trade zone

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari signs an agreement ahead of the lauching of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), during African Union summit in Niamey, Niger July 7, 2019. Nigeria Presidency/Handout via Reuters
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NIAMEY - African leaders launched a continental free-trade zone on Sunday that if successful would unite 1.3 billion people, create a $3.4 trillion economic...

Trouble on Somalia's Third Front: Galkayo

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GALKAYO (Somalilandpress) -- Somalia can achieve peace. Much of the country already has the ingredients for it, but simply lacks a cohesive government with...

Desperate Somalis Turn to Prostitution In Yemen

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Aden, 10 February 2010 (Somalilandpress) - Somali refugee Saada hates what she does but can see no other way to feed her six children...

Floods displace thousands in Somaliland-Ethiopia border area

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HARGEISA, (IRIN) -- Around 1,000 families have been displaced by flooding after heavy rains in an area straddling the border between Ethiopia and...

Kenya:Blood and tears as six killed in terror attack on packed hotels in city estate

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PHOTO/JEFF ANGOTE. NATION Doctors at the Kenyatta National Hospital attend to victims of the Monday evening explosions which happened at the Eastleigh estate in Nairobi....

140 killed in western China after Uighur riots and security crackdown – Video

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Urumqi, Jul 6, 2009 -- One hundred and forty people have been killed and more than 800 wounded in riots that rocked western China...

Africa Witnesses the Largest International Islamic Economic Gathering Next Week

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The 40th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Islamic Development Bank Takes Place in Maputo MAPUTO, Mozambique, June 4, 2015/African Press Organization...

GERD construction, third anniversary

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Yemeni plane crashes off Comoros, 150 on board

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MORONI-An airliner with 150 people on board belonging to Yemeni state carrier Yemenia crashed in the Indian Ocean archipelago of Comoros Tuesday, a senior...

Djibouti government under pressure as election nears

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15 February 2013 With one week to go until Djibouti’s parliamentary elections, Djibouti’s government is under intense pressure from political opposition and its own people...