Somalia sees EAC as gateway to vast market and solution to security concerns NAIROBI, Kenya (AA) – The East African Community (EAC) initiated discussions Tuesday in the Kenyan capital Nairobi with the aim of admitting Somalia into the regional bloc. Speaking at the main campus of the Kenya School of Government in Lower Kabete, Nairobi, [...
New members Argentina, Egypt, Iran, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will join the economic bloc from January 2024 JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – The BRICS bloc (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) has announced its first expansion, inviting six new countries. The new members Argentina, Egypt, Iran, Ethiopi...
Trump said he skipped the event to avoid getting harassed by the eight presidential hopefuls, who he said should not be running for president WASHINGTON (AA) – Former President Donald Trump took aim at his successor Joe Biden, his fellow Republican rivals and Fox News during an interview aired minutes before the first GOP presidential [&...
Dakar, Senegal – AFP An influential Senegalese religious leader has joined calls for detained opposition leader Ousmane Sonko to end his hunger strike, an official from his political coalition told AFP. A presidential candidate and head of state Macky Sall’s fiercest critic, Sonko has faced a string of legal woes since 2021 that he...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Thousands of Tunisians demonstrated in the capital Tunis on Thursday demanding the release of politicians arrested on charges of “conspiring against the security of the state.” The National Salvation Front, a coalition of five Tunisian parties opposing President Kais Saied, held a demonstration in front of the Tunis...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) has defied the president’s call for an election date, insisting that it is its jurisdiction to fix the date. In a letter to President Arif Alvi, the ECP cited a recent amendment to the country’s Election Act by the outgoing government, empowering the commission to dec...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan’s Supreme Court Chief Justice observed loopholes Wednesday in the conviction of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan in a graft case, according to court records and media reports. “Prima facie, there are shortcomings in the trial court verdict,” Justice Umar Ata Bandial said while he...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan’s President Arif Alvi has invited the country’s top electoral authority for a meeting to fix a date for the next general elections. In a letter posted on the presidential X (formerly known as Twitter) account, Alvi invited Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja for a meeting… to set...
Security around the Fulton County Jail has been heightened in preparation for Trump’s expected surrender ATLANTA, Georgia – Four people who were indicted alongside former President Donald Trump in connection with his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia have turned themselves in to the Fulton County Jail....
NAIROBI, Kenya (AA) – The African Union (AU) has suspended Niger from various institutions and activities until the restoration of constitutional order following a recent political upheaval that saw the ousting of President Mohamed Bazoum. The AU urged its 55 member states to “reject this unconstitutional change of government and t...
