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Pentagon Official: U.S. Must Continue to Work with Somalia
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 10.07.2013 Courtesy Story Progress in Somalia has been “significant,” a senior Defense Department official told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today, and the United States will continue to work with the Somali...

BREAKING: Supreme Court Sides with Trump, Grants Request to Lift Biden Judge’s Order Blocking Deportation of 8 Illegals Stuck in Djibouti – Sotomayor FUMES
The US Supreme Court 7-2 on Thursday granted the Trump Administration’s request to lift a Biden judge’s order blocking the deportation of the 8 illegals currently stuck in Djibouti. Liberal Justice Elena Kagan joined the conservative justices and...

La Corte Suprema permite a Trump deportar a inmigrantes detenidos en Djibouti a Sudán del Sur
Por John Fritze, CNN La Corte Suprema dictaminó este jueves que la administración Trump puede deportar a Sudán del Sur a un grupo de inmigrantes que ha estado detenido durante semanas en una base militar en Djibouti. La orden no firmada del máximo...

Supreme Court says administration can remove 8 migrants being held in Djibouti
The Supreme Court in a 7-2 decision on Thursday ruled that the Trump administration is not obligated to keep eight noncitizens in temporary confinement at a U.S. military facility in Djibouti while a legal battle over their status plays out,...

Supreme Court rules the U.S. can deport 8 migrants to war-torn South Sudan, where they have no ties
Deputy director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Madison Sheahan, flanked by Acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Todd Lyons, speaks during a news conference at ICE Headquarters, in Washington, Wednesday,...
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, May 2025
Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...

Peacekeepers killed in helicopter crash in Somalia
Three of the eight personnel on board survived, authorities report A military helicopter deployed under an African Union (AU) peacekeeping mission in Somalia has crashed at the international airport in the capital, Mogadishu, killing five...

Ethiopia: Musical performances move Great South Festival
The headquarters of the Organization for Southern Cooperation, sponsor of the event under the theme “Peoples in Movement, Living Cultures,” will host the fusion of rhythms that has attracted a large audience from both local and international...

Ethiopia, an unlikely outpost for France’s petanque
In an unlikely Ethiopian outpost of one the most French of pastimes, four men are leaning over their petanque balls, arguing over who is winning. Petanque, the bowling game also known as boules, is more readily associated with French village...

African trade in a changing global financial architecture
As Africa stands at the cusp of monumental economic transformation, the continent is embracing digital innovation and regional integration to bolster intra-continental trade. At the core of this transformation is the African Continental Free Trade...

African Union and international community complicit in the Somali catastrophe
Alan Paton’s classic South African novel, Cry, the Beloved Country, exposed how tyranny produced injustices and social rot in that beautiful and blessed land: South Africa. We may not agree with Paton’s diagnosis of the malady, but most will...

President Ilham Aliyev congratulates President of Djibouti
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has sent a congratulatory letter to President of the Republic of Djibouti Ismaïl Omar Guelleh on the occasion of Djibouti’s national holiday – Independence Day, APA reports. The letter reads:...

President Ilham Aliyev sends congratulatory letter to President of Djibouti
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has sent a congratulatory letter to Ismail Omar Guelleh, President of the Republic of Djibouti, on the occasion of the national holiday of the Republic of Djibouti - Independence Day. According...

Africa must not miss the boat on the WTO fishing subsidies deal
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies is on track to be adopted this year, with Ghana the latest African country to ratify. Nine more ratifications are needed to reach the total of 111, which activates the treaty. The...

President Ilham Aliyev Sends Congratulatory Letter To Djiboutian President
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 27. President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has sent a congratulatory letter to Ismail Omar Guelleh, President of the Republic of Djibouti, Trend reports. The letter reads: "Dear Mr....

Drone Transfers Between Houthis and Somali Terror Groups Threaten Region
Shipments of high-tech weapons from Yemen’s Houthi rebels to terror groups in Somalia could undermine security across the Horn of Africa, experts say. The past year has seen a flow of drones and other weaponry across the Gulf of Aden from Yemen to...

Ethiopia, an unlikely outpost for France's beloved 'petanque' game
In an unlikely Ethiopian outpost of one the most French of pastimes, four men are leaning over their petanque balls, arguing over who is winning. Petanque, the bowling game also known as boules,is more readily associated with French village...

Moscow strengthens transport ties with three African countries
Russia, Djibouti, Egypt, and Morocco will form working groups to coordinate projects following talks in Trkiye Moscow has agreed with Djibouti, Egypt, and Morocco to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the transport sector, with a focus on...

ISSI celebrates Somalia’s Independence Day
ISLAMABAD - The Centre for Afghanistan, Middle East & Africa (CAMEA) at the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI), in collaboration with Pakistan Africa Institute for Development and Research (PAIDAR), yesterday organized an event to...

How Middle East conflicts could destabilize African nations
European analysts worry that conflict in the Middle East could be a destabilizing factor in already volatile regions of the African continent. "If the conflict between Israel and Iran escalates further, there is a risk that the various...