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Turkish, Somali presidents meet to discuss their nations relations
MENAFN
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July 12, 2025
(MENAFN) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hosted Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in Ankara on Friday for a private discussion focused on deepening bilateral ties and addressing regional developments, according to Türkiye’s...
Turkish, Somali Leaders Hold High-Level Talks
MENAFN
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July 12, 2025
(MENAFN) The Turkish head of state convened with his Somali counterpart on Friday in Ankara to deliberate on mutual ties and regional developments, according to Türkiye’s Communications Directorate. The private dialogue between "Recep Tayyip...
DDG Hill discusses WTO accessions at Horn of Africa Initiative ministerial meeting
World Trade Organization
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April 23, 2025
Four Horn of Africa countries - Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan and South Sudan - are currently negotiating their accession to the WTO. This is half of the total number of African countries seeking to join the WTO and some of the most active in the WTO...
Somali president proposes deal to US
MENAFN
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June 15, 2025
(MENAFN) The United States may be preparing to expand its military presence in the Horn of Africa after Somalia’s federal government offered control of key infrastructure in two breakaway regions. In a letter leaked in March 2025, Somali President...
Owner.One Launches Global International Will Guide and Diagnostic Tool to Empower Cross-Border Wealth Transfer
EIN Presswire
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July 10, 2025
The world’s only blockchain-based digital repository for asset data and algorithmic inheritance unveils a game-changing solution for globally mobile families. DUBAI, DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, July 10, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Owner.One, the...
China Dismisses Laser-Targeting German Plane Allegations
MENAFN
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July 9, 2025
(MENAFN) China firmly dismissed Germany’s allegations that its military targeted a German aircraft with a laser during an EU naval operation in the Red Sea. At a live-streamed press briefing in Beijing on Wednesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry...
US prepares to hit ‘Add to cart’ on additional forever conflict
MENAFN
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June 16, 2025
(MENAFN) The US may be on the verge of extending its military reach in Africa after Somalia offered control over two key ports and two airbases in the country's east. The facilities — located in Puntland and Somaliland, two breakaway regions...
Sudanese official states Ukraine doing West’s ‘dirty work’ in Africa
MENAFN
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June 16, 2025
(MENAFN) A Sudanese Foreign Ministry official, Muhammad Al-Sirr, has accused Ukraine of doing the West’s “dirty work” by backing armed groups involved in terrorist attacks across African countries like Libya, Somalia, and Niger. In an interview...
US puts seven African nations on blacklist
MENAFN
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June 15, 2025
(MENAFN) President Donald Trump has implemented a travel ban affecting nationals from seven African countries — Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Libya, Somalia, and Sudan — citing terrorism risks and high visa overstay...
China Denies Laser Targeting German Aircraft
MENAFN
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July 9, 2025
(MENAFN) On Wednesday, Beijing firmly dismissed allegations from Germany that claimed Chinese military forces aimed a laser at a German aircraft during a European Union-led military mission in the Red Sea. The Chinese government maintained that...
Media reports more African nations facing US visa prohibition
MENAFN
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July 8, 2025
(MENAFN) The United States is reportedly preparing to broaden its controversial visa restrictions to include citizens from 36 more countries—25 of which are in Africa—according to an internal State Department memo cited by The Washington Post over...
WHO cautions of increase of chikungunya disease
MENAFN
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July 29, 2025
(MENAFN) The World Health Organization (WHO) cautioned on Tuesday that without swift measures, the world could face a repeat of the 2005 chikungunya outbreak. Diana Rojas Alvarez, WHO’s arbovirus team lead, revealed that the mosquito-borne virus...
Erdogan Holds Talks with Bulgarian, Somali Presidents
MENAFN
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June 1, 2025
(MENAFN) Turkish Leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan engaged in individual phone conversations on Saturday with the Presidents of Bulgaria and Somalia, focusing on bilateral ties, as well as regional and international concerns. These discussions aimed to...
Media reports more African nations face US visa prohibition
MENAFN
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June 19, 2025
(MENAFN) The United States intends to widen its controversial travel restrictions to citizens from 36 additional countries, with 25 of them located in Africa, according to an internal State Department memo reported by The Washington Post over the...
WHO Cautions Chikungunya Spread Threatens Billions
MENAFN
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July 22, 2025
(MENAFN) The World Health Organization (WHO) issued a stark warning Tuesday, cautioning that the world may be on the brink of reliving the devastating 2005 chikungunya epidemic unless swift containment measures are taken. "Chikungunya is not a...
U.S. Travel Restriction on Sierra Leone – Separating Facts from Fictions
EIN Presswire
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June 7, 2025
Travel Restrictions on Sierra Leone: What Facts are Saying FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE, June 8, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- In keeping with his July 2024 campaign promise to restore the travel ban and refugee admission into the United States upon...
Agriculture Committee adopts two decisions to enhance transparency, notifications
World Trade Organization
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March 25, 2025
Tariff-Rate Quotas (TRQs) allow a specified quantity of a product to be imported at a lower tariff rate, while any quantity exceeding that limit is subject to higher tariffs. Triennial reviews of Nairobi and Bali decisions The Chair announced that...
Sudan’s FM accuses Ukraine of being proxy for West
MENAFN
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June 16, 2025
(MENAFN) A Sudanese Foreign Ministry representative has accused Ukraine of acting as a proxy for Western powers by supporting militant groups responsible for attacks in several African nations. In an interview given Saturday, Muhammad Al-Sirr...
China Calls on Iran, Israel to Return to Diplomatic Negotiations
MENAFN
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June 17, 2025
(MENAFN) China has called for an immediate halt to hostilities between Israel and Iran, urging both nations to return to diplomatic negotiations and avoid further escalation in the Middle East. Speaking at a press briefing in Beijing on Tuesday,...
China Blasts Trump’s Tehran Evacuation Call, Says It Fuels Conflict
MENAFN
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June 17, 2025
(MENAFN) China condemned US President Donald Trump’s urgent call for Iranians to evacuate Tehran on Tuesday, branding it as “adding fuel to the fire” in an already volatile Iran-Israel confrontation. During a press briefing in Beijing, Chinese...