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H.E. Abshir Omar Huruse assumes office as the new Foreign Minister of Somalia Raila Odinga ahead in Kenya's presidential race, official results show FESOJ Concluded Panel Discussion on Press freedom in Baidoa NUSOJ calls on the new Somali government to usher in a fair and equitable human rights agenda Somali President arrives in Uganda on an official visit US Secretary of State Blinken in South Africa on Africa tour China extends threatening military exercises around Taiwan Somalia firmly supports the principle of the one-China policy EU looks to replace gas from Russia with Nigerian supplies Somalia calls on AU member states to support its campaign to lift the arms embargo imposed on it by the UNSC Somalia and Turkey sign an agreement on in-kind support for the construction of the Somali embassy and its facilities in Ankara Somali Ambassador Mohamed Abdullahi presents his credentials to the Serbian President

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FESOJ Concluded Panel Discussion on Press freedom in Baidoa

Baidoa (Diplomat.so) - The Federation of Somali Journalists (FESOJ) has concluded a one-day Panel Discussion on freedom of expression and press freedom in Somalia held on Sat

NUSOJ calls on the new Somali government to usher in a fair and equitable human rights agenda
Somali President arrives in Uganda on an official visit
Somalia firmly supports the principle of the one-China policy
UN congratulates president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud inauguration

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People sit next to a wall mural of Raila Odinga the presidential candidate for Azimio la Umoja and One Kenya Alliance, after the general election conducted by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) in Kibera slums of Nairobi, Kenya August 12, 2022. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi
Raila Odinga ahead in Kenya's presidential race, official results show

NAIROBI (Reuters + Diplomat.so) - Veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga led Kenya's presidential race, official election results showed on Saturday, pushing Deputy Presi

China extends threatening military exercises around Taiwan
UK presses ahead with plan for first migrant deportation flight to Rwanda
Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) soldiers take their position following renewed fighting near the Congolese border with Rwanda, outside Goma in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo May 28, 2022. REUTERS/Djaffar Sabiti/File Photo
DRC accuses Rwanda of sending disguised troops across border
Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan gestures as he walks outside Downing Street in London, Britain, September 16, 2021. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo
UAE strongman Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed named new president

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Business

EU looks to replace gas from Russia with Nigerian supplies

Lagos (Reuters + Diplomat.so) - The European Union is seeking additional gas supplies from Nigeria as the bloc prepares for potential Russian supply cuts, Matthew Baldwin, dep

Photo taken on April 28, 2022 shows the Commerce Department building in Washington, D.C., the United States. The U.S. economy shrank at an annual rate of 1.4 percent in the first quarter as effects of the Omicron surge start to show up, the U.S. Commerce Department reported Thursday. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)
U.S. economy shrinks in Q1 amid Omicron surge, high inflation, raising recession fear
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Swedish Minister: Afghanistan's economy is on the verge of collapse
Somalia and Serbia agreed on trade cooperation
File - In this Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021 file photo, a truck driver checks his phone at a parking lot in Kabul, Afghanistan. With Afghan assets frozen in the U.S. and the world reluctant to recognize the Taliban, the country's banking system has come to a halt. Unpaid salaries and a brewing humanitarian crisis also put more pressure on the new Taliban government, with no clear way out. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)
Taliban relies on technocrats to save Afghanistan's economy from the brink

Diplomat Memo

H.E. Abshir Omar Huruse assumes office as the new Foreign Minister of Somalia
Somalia calls on AU member states to support its campaign to lift the arms embargo imposed on it by the UNSC
Somalia and Turkey sign an agreement on in-kind support for the construction of the Somali embassy and its facilities in Ankara
Somali Ambassador Mohamed Abdullahi presents his credentials to the Serbian President

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US Secretary of State Blinken in South Africa on Africa tour

JOHANNESBURG (AP + Diplomat.so) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken began his three-nation tour of Africa Sunday by visiting a museum in South Africa commemorating how th

Algeria's President Abdelmadjid Tebboune. /CFP Photo
Algeria suspends Spain treaty, bars imports over Western Sahara
A Long March-2C rocket carrying two satellites, Siwei 01 and 02, blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, April 29, 2022. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)
China launches two new satellites
Ethiopia State Minister Redwan Hussien gave an interview in Istanbul, Turkey on December 18, 2021
Ethiopia vows to table all agendas including referendum in national dialogue

The Insider

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed attends his last campaign event ahead of Ethiopia's parliamentary and regional elections scheduled for June 21, in Jimma, Ethiopia, June 16, 2021. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri/File Photo
Ethiopia forms body to negotiate with rebellious Tigray forces

Addis Ababa (Reuters + Diplomat.so) - Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Tuesday the federal government had formed a committee to negotiate with forces from the

Novavax's jab is a protein-based vaccine of the kind used around the world to protect against many childhood illnesses
EU watchdog approves Novavax Covid jab
Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov's words come at a time of intensifying tensions with Washington over the eastern Ukraine conflict.
Russia says it may be forced to deploy mid-range nuclear missiles in Europe
COVID-19
Future pandemics could be even more lethal than COVID-19, vaccine creator says

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