Somalia is preparing for a 'state of war' as truck bomb death toll reaches 358Thomson Reuters
Somalia's president urged the military to prepare for a "state of war" against the al-Shabab extremist group.
The US will play a supporting role in the offensive.
The death toll from the truck bombing reached 358 and dozens are still missing.
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Nikki Haley: Why Trump is sending me to AfricaPresident Trump wants to see what can be done about the violence, refugee and famine crisis in South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nikki Haley writes.....
US ambassador Haley to pay first visit to AfricaUS Ambassador Nikki Haley will be the highest-ranking administration official to visit Africa next week when she travels to South Sudan, the Democratic.......
Sudan:Investment State Minister Underlines Private Relationship With Saudi Arabia[SNA] Khartoum -The State Minister of the Ministry of Investment, Osama Faisal, affirmed the importance of economic and trade relations between Sudan and Saudi Arabia, calling for their promotion for benefiting from the potential of the two countries to serve the welfare of the two peoples.....
Sudan:Sudanese Pound in Free-Fall Against Dollar Despite Sanctions Relief[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum -The exchange rate for the US Dollar continues to rise against the Sudanese Pound (SDG) just over a week after the relief of US economic sanctions against Sudan came into effect. A greenback now costs SDG21.10 on the parallel market on the streets of Khartoum.....
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Sudan:FVP Affirms Support to Saudi Investments in Sudan[SNA] Khartoum -The First Vice-President of the Republic and Natioanl Prime Minister, Gen. Bakri Hassan Saleh has underscored support and encouragement to Saudi Arabia investments in Sudan.....
The looming backlash against KurdsIt can lead to another South Sudan in the heartland of the Middle East, which will destabilise and redraw the map of the entire region....
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Trump's new travel ban has a baffling additionThomson Reuters
The arbitrary inclusion of Chad as part of the new travel ban has mystified almost everyone and angered at least one U.S. ally:
“I’m scratching my head about this decision,” said Richard Downie, deputy director of the Africa program at the Center for Strategic I....
Kiir tells South Sudan police to work with UNJUBA: President Salva Kiir on Wednesday ordered South Sudanese police to cooperate with a new 4,000-strong United Nations force being deployed in the capital Juba.
Kiir's government has been reluctant to accept the so-called Regional Protection Force (RPF), which is in addition to 12,000 exi....
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EU announces plan to take another 50,000 migrantsThe European Commission says it has set aside 500million euros to find homes for refugees mostly from Libya, Egypt, Niger, Sudan, Chad and Ethiopia. But it wants to send more illegal immigrants home.....
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Chad inclusion in US travel ban 'unjust', AU saysADDIS ABABA: The African Union on Wednesday expressed its "bewilderment" at US President Donald Trump's inclusion of Chad on an updated and open-ended travel ban list issued last weekend.
In a statement the AU said it had been "perplexed" by the presence of three African countries — Libya,....
Sudan: US Travel Ban Lifted - Are Sanctions Next?[Radio Dabanga] Washington / Khartoum -The lifting of the US travel ban on Sudan has nothing to do with - as Sudanese government officials believe - the possible lifting of economic sanctions against the regime, an American advocacy organisation said.....
US urges South Sudan to seize last chance to save peace dealUNITED NATIONS (AP) - U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley urged South Sudan's leaders on Tuesday to seize "the last chance" to salvage the 2015 peace agreement and end the worsening violence that has forced 4 million people to flee their homes and left 7.6 million in desperate need of aid. Haley .......
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Haley in South Sudan will warn leaders on peace dealUS Ambassador Nikki Haley said Tuesday she will tell South Sudan's leaders when she visits Juba next month to seize a final chance for peace and quickly.......
New US travel restrictions are still 'Muslim ban': rights groupsWASHINGTON: US rights groups on Monday pledged to keep fighting the new, open–ended version of President Donald Trump's controversial travel restrictions, insisting they remain a disguised Muslim ban.
Despite the removal of Sudan from the block on travelers from six mainly–Muslim countri....
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Donald Trump Extends Travel Ban To North Korea, Venezuela And ChadDonald Trump’s highly criticized Muslim travel ban has now been extended to North Korea, Venezuela, and Chad. The new travel restriction will be extended to the three countries in addition to the previously banned five countries. Only Sudan will not be any longer subject to travel restriction....
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Sudan vows to normalize ties with US as travel ban liftedqWashington set to decide next month on possible lifting of sanctions imposed in 1997
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Sudan vows to normalise ties with US as travel ban liftedKHARTOUM: Sudan vowed Monday to step up efforts to normalise relations with the United States after Washington dropped the country from a list of countries facing a US travel ban.
US President Donald Trump decided to remove Sudan from the list just days ahead of an October 12 decision when he is ....
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Experts warn Trump's new travel ban could be harder to fight in courtThomson ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's announcement on Sunday restricting travelers from an expanded list of countries has already been roundly criticized by immigrant and civil rights groups as no more lawful than his previous travel ban, but it could stand a better chance of ....
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Sudan: Meeting of Executive Committee of DICO Launched in Khartoum[SNA] Khartoum -The 62 meeting of the executive committee of the Desert Locust Control Organization For Eastern Africa (DLCO-EA) has started today at hotel of Grand Holiday Villa Khartoum, Sudan, with the participation of the directors of the plants protection in Sudan, South Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopi....
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Sudan: 26 Dead as Militia, Human Traffickers Clash[Radio Dabanga] Khartoum / Saraf Omra -At least 26 people were killed in a clash between Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and militiamen on the Sudanese-Libyan border last week.....
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Sudan: Sudan and China Sign Memo of Understanding in Mining Field[SNA] Tianjin -A memorandum of Understanding in the field of mining was signed, Saturday, following joint talks held between Sudan and China on the sidelines of the International Mining Forum, in the Chinese town of Tianjin.....
The US Restricts the Access of Citizens from DPRK, Iran and VenezuelaThe US authorities have expanded the list of countries for whose citizens restrictions on access to US territory are introduced. Reports Sega.
A White House proclamation signed by President Donald Trump states that the countries concerned are Chad, Iran, Libya, DPRK, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela and....
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North Korea, Venezuela, Chad added to countries on US travel banIraq kept off list
Not a 'Muslim ban'
President Donald Trump issued a new open-ended travel ban on Sunday that saw North Korea, Venezuela and Chad among a list of eight countries cited for poor security and lack of cooperation with US authorities.The new restrictions replace an....
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1 killed, 7 wounded as gunman opens fire at Nashville church in USA masked gunman opened fire at a Nashville church in Tennessee on Sunday, walking silently down the aisle as he shot unsuspecting congregants. At least one person was killed and seven others wounded, authorities said.An usher confronted the shooter, who apparently shot himself in the struggle before....
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N. Korea, Venezuela, Chad among 8 countries on new US travel banWASHINGTON (AFP) - President Donald Trump issued a new open-ended travel ban Sunday that saw North Korea, Venezuela and Chad among a list of eight countries cited for poor security and lack of cooperation with US authorities.The new restrictions replace an expiring 90-day measure that had locked Tru....
Tennessee Church Shooting Leaves 1 Dead, 7 Wounded, Suspect Identified, Usher Hailed HeroA 39-year-old woman was killed while seven other people were injured on Sunday when a man apparently wearing a clown mask stormed a church in Antioch, Tennessee and opened fire.
Melanie Smith, a resident of Smyrna, was shot dead in the church’s car park. Her body was found near the car of t....
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North Korea, Venezuela among 8 countries on new US travel banPresident Donald Trump has issued a new travel ban that saw North Korea, Venezuela and Chad among a list of eight countries cited for poor security and lack of cooperation with US authorities. Trump ordered the new restrictions Sunday to replace an expiring measure that had locked him into politica....
N. Korea, Venezuela, Chad among 8 countries on new US travel banWASHINGTON: President Donald Trump issued a new travel ban Sunday that saw North Korea, Venezuela and Chad among a list of eight countries cited for poor security and lack of cooperation with US authorities.
Trump ordered the new restrictions to replace an expiring measure that had locked him int....
North Korea, Venezuela, Chad among 8 countries on new U.S. travel banWASHINGTON DC, USA – North Korea, Venezuela and Chad were added Sunday, September 24, on a new list of countries targeted by a US travel ban due to poor security and lack of cooperation with American authorities.
Sudan, one of 6 majority-Muslim countries on the original travel ban, was removed ....
Sudan student sentenced to hang for killing policemanKhartoum, Sudan, Sep 24 – A court in Sudan on Sunday sentenced a university student to death after convicting him of killing a policeman during protests in the capital last year, a defence lawyer said. Asim Omer, who was studying at Khartoum University, was arrested in December 2016 and charge....
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Sudan student condemned to hang for killing of policemanKHARTOUM: A court in Sudan on Sunday sentenced a university student to death after convicting him of killing a policeman during protests in the capital last year, a defence lawyer said.
Asim Omer, who was studying at Khartoum University, was arrested in December 2016 and charged with killing the ....
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Trump travel ban expires Sunday; new restrictions expectedWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is expected to announce new restrictions on travel to the United States as his ban on visitors from six Muslim-majority countries expires Sunday, 90 days after it went into effect.
The Department of Homeland Security has recommended the president sign off ....
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Student sentenced to death for killing policemanA court in Sudan on Sunday sentenced a university student to death after convicting him of killing a policeman during protests in the capital last....
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Sudan student sentenced to death for killing policemanKHARTOUM: A court in Sudan on Sunday sentenced a university student to death after convicting him of killing a policeman during protests in the capital last year, a defence lawyer said.
Asim Omer, who was studying at Khartoum University, was arrested in December last year and charged with killing....
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The Latest: South Sudan official expresses optimism at UNUNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Latest on the United Nations General Assembly (all times local):
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South Sudan's first vice president says the government is confident that peace will soon return to the world's newest nation after nearly four years of civil war.
Tabo Deng Gai told the U.N. Ge....
