President Isaac Herzog hosted Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi, known as “Irro,” at his residence in Jerusalem on Sunday – the first-ever visit by a Somaliland head of state to Israel.

In the halls of the United Nations, this bloc of states speak—and vote—with one voice. Jerusalem must actively work to change that.

“I live my life as a grateful person because of you,” Takudzwa Chitima tells Dr. Lior Sasson 14 years after undergoing complex pediatric heart surgery.

While the Western world was still lingering in the quiet post-Christmas period, Israel created facts that reach far beyond the Horn of Africa.

“There is a big effort underway now in Africa to support Israel,” Ugandan Pastor Robert Kayanja told JNS.

“There is an environment of intellectual terrorism against Israel in the African Union,” said the Roman Catholic chaplain to the A.U.