ENVIRONMENTAL crimes such as wildlife trafficking and illegal logging have overtaken the drug trade as the major income source for militias and terrorists in the DRC, Kenya, Mali, Somalia and elsewhere around the world, accounting for more than a third of their revenue. A new report by global policing agency Interpol, shows that of the

The U.K. would be welcomed into the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) “with open arms” after Brexit, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said. Abe’s comments to Financial Times came just before the crucial few weeks that will shape a Brexit deal between the U.K. and the EU. He said Britain would lose its role as a gateway

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Cabinet approved a plan to bring some 1,000 Ethiopian Falash Mura who have children living in Israel to the country. The plan approved on Sunday was put forward by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon. Under the plan, the Interior Minister will evaluate and approve the entry of

Mogadishu- Somali Times Somali Prime Minister, HE Hassan Ali Khaire, welcomed the  UK Minister of State for Africa , Harriet Baldwin, to Mogadishu on her first mission. Prime Minister Khaire and minister The Right Honourable Harriett Baldwin discussed the relationship between the two governments, the political and economic gains and the support of the British government

Turkish authorities have concrete information on the disappearance of prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who has been missing for six days, a deputy chairman of Turkey’s ruling AK Party said on Sunday. Yasin Aktay told broadcaster CNN Turk that Khashoggi had not left the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, which he had entered on Tuesday to

TOKYO (Reuters) – Russian qualifier Daniil Medvedev stunned home favourite Kei Nishikori in the final to claim the Japan Open title after a comfortable 6-2 6-4 victory in Tokyo on Sunday. Medvedev came out of the blocks fast and Nishikori, aiming for his third title at this event, could not cope with the big-hitting Russian

Mogadishu- The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mr Ahmed Isse Awad, received at his office in the Ministry a copy of the credentials of the new Ambassador of France to Somalia . Ms. Aline Kuster-Menager. Congratulating the Ambassador on her appointment. Minister Ahmed Awad expressed the hope

A trip was not planned by the Somalia federal government Somali spy chief Hussein Osman Hussein today in Baidoa region.After reaching Baidoa, they were welcomed by the officials of the Baidoa region of Somalia, parliamentarians and other members, and the Somali spy chief and his delegation will be staying in Baidoa town in the Bay

Roving militias killing civilians. Prisoners stripped naked and rolled in hot ashes. “Mafia”-style murders and violence that forced more than a million people from their homes. That’s the legacy that Mustafa Omer, the new president of Ethiopia’s gas-rich Somali region in the east, will have to overcome following the ouster after 11 years of the

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan assured investors and the public that there was no economic crisis in Turkey and the sudden rise in exchange rates were only manipulative moves, saying that the country will follow its own programs and come up with its own solutions to reach its goals. Speaking at the Justice and Development Party