As many as eight rounds of suspected mortar fire has been in reported in Mogadishu, Saturday evening. The explosions occurred in Hamarweyne, Yaqshid and livestock market in Huriwaa district - reports

CIA chief says Ukraine's incursion into Kursk alarmed Russian elites washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/…

Algeria's 78-year-old president expected to win second term voanews.com/a/algeria-s-78…

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Incumbent Algerian president Abdelmadjid Tebboune secured a landslide victory in a race marked by low voter turnout trtworld.com/africa/tebboun…

Ethiopia warns rivals against invasion as regional tensions rise bbc.com/news/articles/…

Egyptian FM Badr Abdelatty meets with UAE President, discusses regional security issues, including Gaza, Sudan, the security of the Red Sea, Libya and Somalia. dailynewsegypt.com/2024/09/08/egy…

At least 48 killed in Nigerian fuel truck explosion  voanews.com/a/at-least-48-…

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NEW: Turkey to attend Arab League summit for first time in 13 years • Hakan Fidan’s years-long normalisation efforts with Arab countries are now paying off • Syria, a full member of the League, also approved Fidan’s participation in the summit middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-at…

#BREAKING At least 52 dead in fuel tanker explosion in northern Nigeria: official

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud received General Michael E. Langley, Commander of United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) in Mogadishu. The two discussed advancing the #Somalia-#US. security partnership and joint counter-terrorism efforts.

BREAKING: James Earl Jones, a pioneering actor of the stage and screen who lent his voice to Darth Vader, Mufasa and CNN, dies at 93 - The Associated Press

#BREAKING Australia plans to ban children from using social media and setting a minimum age limit as high as 16, the prime minister says

UN offers to monitor any eventual cease-fire in Gaza  voanews.com/a/un-rights-ch…

Guinea-Bissau police seize over 2 tons of cocaine from Venezuelan flight voanews.com/a/guinea-bissa…

In Ethiopia, only 5.4% of students pass Grade 12 exam addisstandard.com/5-4-of-student…

BREAKING: The Palestinian WAFA news agency says an Israeli strike on Mawasi in the Gaza Strip has killed at least 40 people and wounded 60. apnews.com/article/israel…

Somalia, US to Deepen Security Cooperation, Bolster Counter-Terrorism Efforts en.goobjoog.com/somalia-us-to-…

#China: Uyghur reporter working for Voice of America Kasim Kashgar, discovered that 12 of his former colleagues were sentenced to prison as a retribution for his journalism work. Through his story, RSF sheds light on Beijing's boundless repression of journalists. rsf.org/en/how-china-t…