Kenya: Ban Fish From Tanzania and Somalia, Lamu Group Tells Kenyatta

Fishermen in Lamu County want President Uhuru Kenyatta to ban the sale of fish in Kenya by their counterparts from Somalia and Tanzania. The call is by at 6,000 fishermen from Kiunga and Ishakani on the border of Lamu and Somalia. Others are from Mkokoni, Kiwayu, Ndau, Faza, Kizingitini and Pate – all in Lamu

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Former Al-Shabaab leader running for office South west election

The South West State of Somalia. Former Al-Shabaab leader Mukhtar Robow Ali should be in prison or execute former Al-Shabaab funder he committed a lot of crimes Rape Murderer Blackmail, Extortion killing thousands innocent. Somali people Somali government rewards him as to run office South West election is insulted those families lost loved one. Mukhtar

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Turkey will not accept attempts to seize eastern Mediterranean resources, Erdoğan says

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan warned Sunday that Turkey will not allow oil and gas extraction in eastern Mediterranean through plans excluding the nation and the Turkish Republic off Northern Cyprus (TRNC). “We will not accept attempts to seize natural resources in eastern Mediterranean through exclusion of Turkey and the TRNC,” Erdoğan said at a ceremony

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Somali National Intelligence suspends contract signed by the former Somali security minister

Somali National Intelligence and Security Agency said it has suspended a multi-million contract signed by the former Internal Security Minister, Abdirisack Omar Mohamed. According to the official twitter post by the security agency published on Saturday evening, the contract was awarded by former minister Abdirizack Mohamed in the unclear bidding process. The agency said it

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UN envoy arrives in Garowe, meets with Puntland Governor

A delegation led by Nicholas Haysom, the UN Special Representative for Somalia and head of the Assistance Mission Unsom  has arrived in Garowe, the capital of Puntland on Saturday. Upon arrival, the UN envoy received a warm welcomed from state officials an cheering crowd before being escorted to the presidential palace, where he held talks

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Khashoggi murder ordered from highest levels of Saudi gov’t, Erdoğan says in Washington Post op-ed

The order to kill Jamal Khashoggi came from the highest levels of the Saudi government, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said late Friday in an opinion piece in The Washington Post detailing Turkey’s stance on the killing of the journalist in the kingdom’s Istanbul consulate. “Saudi Arabia still has many questions to answer about Jamal Khashoggi’s

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South Africans make bricks from human urine

South African researchers say they have made bricks using human urine in a natural process involving colonies of bacteria, which could one day help reduce global warming emissions by finding a productive use for the ultimate waste product. The grey bricks are produced in a lab over eight days using urine, calcium, sand and bacteria.

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Attack in central Egypt leaves 7 Coptic Christians dead

At least seven Coptic Christians were killed Friday in a shooting attack by unknown assailants in Egypt’s central Minya province, local officials have said. Egyptian media outlets quoted Minya Governor Qassem Hussein as saying that at least seven people were killed — and another 13 injured — in an attack on a bus carrying Christian

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Oprah backs Stacey Abrams in historic Georgia governor’s race

Media mogul Oprah Winfrey lent her star power on Thursday to Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams, who is vying to become the first female black governor in the United States, while saying she has no political aspirations of her own. “I am here today because Stacey Abrams cares about the things that matter,” Winfrey told a

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Protest against Governor of Puntland Abdiwali Gas in Bosaso

Bosaso- Somali Times . The Protest against Governor of Puntland Abdiwali Gas in Bosaso.The provincial capital of Bari region on Friday. Clan leader Abdikadir Ahmed Xarago, in the Bari region, was arrested today in the town of Bosaso, where Puntland authorities have not yet commented . The protesters are demanding that freedom of movement be

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