Somali people
Somali president’s son to be brought to Türkiye: Minister
Justice Minister Yılmaz Tunç has announced that the Somali president's son Mohamed Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who was involved in the accident that led to the death of motorcyclist Yunus Emre Göçer, will be brought to Türkiye.
Africa gets lion’s share of Turkish foreign assistance
In line with the governmentâs eagerness for making the Turkish opening of Africa a legendary success story, the African continent received the biggest share of overall assistance provided for different regions by Turkeyâs aid agency in 2013.
Somali port poised for facelift with Turkish help
The Somali government's grand vision for Mogadishu port under its new Turkish managers sees modern container ships replacing wooden dhows, new cranes easing the back-breaking work of porters and a surge in state revenue as traffic rises.
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Somali, African troops recapture key port from Shebab
Somali troops backed by African peacekeepers on Oct. 5 recaptured the last major port in Somalia held by the Shebab, removing a key source of revenue for the Islamist militia
Bulgarian Village Demands that Immigrants Leave Accommodation Site by end-October
Residents of the western Bulgarian village of Kovachevtsi have issued a declaration demanding that the immigrants accommodated at the National Children Ecological Complex leave by October 30.
UN-funded African troops raped vulnerable Somalis: HRW
Internationally-funded African Union troops in war-torn and impoverished Somalia have raped women and traded food aid for sex, Human Rights Watch said in a damning report on Sept. 8.
"Some of the women who were raped said that the soldiers gave them food or money afterwards in an apparent attempt to frame the assault as transactional sex," the HRW report said.
Migrants who survived Samos boat sinking arrive in Athens
The 32 migrants who survived their boat capsizing off Samos last week, an incident in which 22 people lost their lives and another seven have yet to be found, have arrived in Athens.