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The extreme conditions are leaving millions without food or clean water Drought in Kenya has reached dramatic levels, with millions of people affected by the lack of water and food. This phenomenon, which until a few years ago followed predictable seasonal cycles, has become increasingly frequent and intense. Recent climate crises have worsened the living conditions of the inhabitants of arid and semi-arid regions, whose survival depends heavily on agriculture and livestock According to the United Nations, in this historical phase the Kenyan people are experiencing the worst water crisis in the last 40 years and millions of people do not have stable access to safe water sources. Rivers, lakes and aquifers are slowly drying up. In the northern areas of Kenya, women and children are...

Somalia and Ethiopia have agreed on a joint declaration to resolve their dispute over the breakaway Somaliland region and land-locked Ethiopia’s push for sea access, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced. Speaking in a joint news conference in Ankara, Erdogan late on Wednesday thanked Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed for their “historic reconciliation Hailing the agreement, Erdogan said he hoped the deal would be “the first step towards a new beginning based on peace and cooperation between Somalia and Ethiopia”, and would eventually ensure that Ethiopia – the most populous land-locked country in the world – gains sea access. The dispute between began January 1 when Somaliland’s president, Muse Bihi Abdi, a...

Human trafficking has risen sharply due to conflicts, climate-induced disasters and global crises, according to a United Nations report published on Wednesday. In 2022, the latest year for which data is widely available, the number of known victims worldwide rose to 25% above 2019's pre-pandemic levels, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime's Global Report on Trafficking in Persons said. A sharp fall in 2020 had largely disappeared by the following year. "Criminals are increasingly trafficking people into forced labor, including to coerce them into running sophisticated online scams and cyberfraud, while women and girls face the risk of sexual exploitation and gender-based violence," the report said, adding that organized crime was mainly responsible. Children accounted for...

Fifa's confirmation of Saudi Arabia's hosting of the men's 2034 World Cup - despite the country facing years of scrutiny over its human rights and environmental record - will be one of the most controversial steps that football's governing body has ever taken. Yet while many critics will be dismayed at the prospect, few should be surprised given the influence that the kingdom's unprecedented investment in sport has secured. So is the tournament being used to help transform Saudi Arabia's reputation, or can it be a catalyst for social reform? And what does this tell us about Fifa and football more widely? Why is this a coronation, not a contest? Official confirmation of a Saudi World Cup will come at a 'virtual' meeting of Fifa's Congress on Wednesday afternoon. But this has ...

Families search Syria’s Sednaya Prison for loved ones after al-Assad’s fall Rescue teams scour the notorious prison near Damascus for detainees and hidden underground cells. Thousands of prisoners have been freed from Syria’s infamous jails as shocking footage emerged of a toddler appearing to be freed from a cell in the country’s “human slaughterhouse” jail. Just north of Damascus in the Saydnaya military prison women detainees, some with their children, screamed as men broke the locks off their cell doors as rebels overthrew the “barbaric” Assad family’s regime after 50 years of rule in Syria. Throughout Syria’s war, which began in 2011, security forces held hundreds of thousands of people in detention camps where international human rights organisatio...

Russian state news agencies have reported that former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is in Moscow and has received asylum. Citing a source in the Kremlin, al-Assad and his family were granted asylum based on “humanitarian considerations”. The Russian Foreign Ministry said earlier that al-Assad had left Syria. Syrians around the world celebrate the fall of Bashar al-Assad Syrians celebrate Bashar al-Assad’s fall as rebels seize control of Damascus, forcing the ousted president to flee. Syrians gathered in cities around the world to celebrate the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government with chants and prayers after opposition fighters entered the capital Damascus following a stunning advance. The Syrian opposition said that it had defeated al-Assad’s regime in the early...

Ciidamadan oo ka kooban illaa 4 urur oo ka tirsan ciidamada sida gaarka ah u tababaran ee Gorgor ayaa tababarkooda soo dhammeystay, iyaga oo haatan si toos ah u howlgeli doono. Warsaxaafadeed kasoo baxay wasaaradda gaashaandhigga xukuumadda federaalka ah ee Soomaaliya ayaa waxaa loogu mahadceliyay Turkiga, waxayna wasaaraddu sheegtay in ciidamadan ay ka qayb-qaadan doonaan mas’uuliyadda la wareegida amniga guud ee dalka. Wasaaradda Gaashaandhiga XJFS oo kaashanaysa dhiggeeda dalka Turkiga ayaa iyada oo ka duuleysa tilmaamaha madaxda Qaranka ee ku aaddan tayeynta iyo horumarinta Ciidanka  Xoogga Dalka Soomaaliyeed, si ay ugu filnaadaan mas’uuliyadda la wareegida Amniga dalka, ayaa waxaa tababar heerkiisu sareeyo loogu soo xiray magaalada Isparta ee dalka Türkiye, Afar Urur oo katirsan...

Opposition takes Damascus, al-Assad flees Syria’s armed opposition forces say President Bashar al-Assad’s 24-year rule has come to an end after they seized the capital, Damascus Syrian opposition fighters have captured the capital, Damascus, and declared victory on state television. Russia says Bashar al-Assad has left the country and given orders for a peaceful transition. His whereabouts are unknown. Opposition groups have declared a curfew in Damascus, where people are Opposition leader Abu Mohammed al-Julani says all state institutions will remain under the supervision of al-Assad’s prime minister until they are handed over officially. Crowds of Syrian refugees abroad are celebrating al-Assad’s fall and planning to return home for the first time in years. Who is...

Muqdisho, Soomaaliya – Diseembar 5, 2024. Wasaaradda Arrimaha Dibadda iyo Iskaashiga Caalamiga oo uu hoggaaminayo Wasiirka Arrimaha Dibadda Danjire Axmed Macalin Fiqi, ayaa ku guuleysatay fududeynta in 161 dhallinyaro Soomaaliyeed ah oo ku xayiranaa dalka Libiya si iskood ah dalkooda loogu soo celiyo, iyadoo loo marayo barnaamijka Is-xilqaan ee Bani’aadantinimada (VHR). Muwaadiniita dalka dib ugu soo laabatay ayaa 74 kamid ah waxaa ay gaareen Magaalada Hargeysa balka 87 ay gaareen Magaalada Caasimadda ee Muqdisho, taasoo muujinaysa sida ay Soomaaliya uga go’an tahay wax ka qabashada caqabadaha tahriibka iyo dib u soo celinta muwaadiniinteeda. Wasiirka Arrimaha Dibadda Danjire Axmed Macalin Fiqi ayaa ku nuux-nuux saday sida hagar la’aanta ah ee Dowladda Federaalka Soomaaliya ay uga go...

Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, 72, won with 57 percent of the vote, flouting predictions that she might be forced into a run-off. Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has been elected Namibia’s president and will be the country’s first female leader, results released by the country’s electoral commission show. The 72-year-old won with 57 percent of the vote, according to official results declared on Tuesday by the electoral commission, flouting predictions that she might be forced into a run-off “The Namibian nation has voted for peace and stability,” Nandi-Ndaitwah said after being declared president-elect. Her win cements her governing South West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO) party’s 34-year hold on power since independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990 – a contested outcom...