Somalia to hold presidential election on May 15
Presidential elections will be held in Somalia on May 15, state TV announced on Thursday, broadcasting a statement from a parliamentary committee tasked with conducting...
Champion of women’s right to manage land and forests wins top environment prize
Cécile Ndjebet is the recipient of the 2022 Wangari Maathai Forest Champions Award by the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF), which is chaired by the...
Switzerland Flirts With NATO
“Flirten ja, heiraten nein!” (“Flirting yes, marrying no!”) This is what the president of one of the largest associations of Swiss soldiers, Stefan Holenstein, recently...
New study outlines importance of gender for children caught up in conflict
The study, The Gender Dimensions of Grave Violations Against Children In Armed Conflict, sheds light on the importance of better understanding the various risks they face,...
Building bridges with Fiji | Defence News
A four-hour journey at 3am and a broken-down bus didn’t stop Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) engineers farewelling their new Australian Army mates. After...
Nearly 15 million deaths directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19
The figure represents 9.5 million more deaths than those reported so far, directly attributed to COVID-19. The new estimates are the result of close consultation...
2023: Amosun declares for President, vows to pursue national security, economic development – New Telegraph
* Fight for APC ticket not a fight, says Faymi Lawrence Olaoy, Abuja The former governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, formally announced his...
Dockworkers Worldwide Are Trying to Stop Russia’s War
While the chattering classes tweet and write in support of Ukraine, a less visible corps of helpers is taking action: dockworkers. At ports in the...
Alexander Novak co-chairs 28th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting
The association’s members reaffirmed the earlier endorsed decision to further increase oil production by 432,000 barrels a day in June 2022. Alexander Novak co-chairs 28th...
Biden needs to look beyond the military to solve Somalia’s security crisis | Opinion
Between the conflict in Ukraine and the wider People's Republic of China, the focus is on newly released National Defense Strategy, short US military Commitments...