Mogadishu-A suicide car bombing by Islamist group al Shabaab hit a European Union armoured convoy in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Monday, damaging one vehicle but causing no casualties, police and the Islamists said. A Reuters witness saw men towing their damaged vehicle after the explosion hit its rear end. The armoured vehicles had Italian and

KUWAIT (Reuters) – Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived in Kuwait on Sunday, state media reported, amid expectation that he will discuss oil supplies and a Kuwaiti mediation effort to resolve Saudi Arabia’s conflict with Qatar. Prince Mohammed will hold talks with Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, state news agency KUNA reported.

Mogadishu – Warsheikh District in the Middle Shabelle region in the Somali capital, the Somali Federal Government prepares a tourist destination for the country. The director of the Ministry of Information Ministry of the Federal Government of Somalia, Mr Abdirizaq Abdi Abdullahi, who was part of the federal government who arrived in Warsheikh, said the

The Dubai International Airport is operating as normal following an attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, according to authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Sunday. “Air traffic in the UAE is ongoing normally and naturally,” the Civil Aviation Authority said on Twitter. Earlier Sunday, the Houthi-run Al-Masirah television said a Sammad-3 drone had carried

Somalia’s economy and society are rising, like the proverbial Sphinx, from the ashes of civil war. Mogadishu’s post-conflict economic recovery reflects a savoury mélange of government reforms, investments by Somalia’s new business elite, remittances by the diaspora and new groundswells of international goodwill and financial flows. A new deal for Somalia is in the offing.

At least 832 people have been killed in an earthquake and a tsunami struck by the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, according to the State Department’s Disaster Management Agency. Many are said to be stranded in collapsed buildings, while the blast is nearing a thousand. Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo, arrived today on the island of Sulawesi,

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mr. Ahmed Issa Awad, addressed the United Nations General Assembly on a number of issues related to the political and economic situation in the country.The Minister focused his focus on the security, political and economic gains that the Federal Government achieved.

Former Deputy Speaker of the Kenyan National Assembly Farah Maalim has alleged that the US is secretly mining and exporting minerals from Somalia. In a tweet the Kenyan politician who is a regular commentator on Somalia and Horn of Africa issues fell short of naming the minerals he alleges to be secretly exported. ” Every

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s attorney general on Friday filed terrorism charges against five suspects held for involvement in a grenade attack at a rally attended by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in June. Two people were killed and scores wounded in the explosion in the center of the capital Addis Ababa on June 23 that

“Ethiopia and Eritrea have opened a new chapter in their relationship, ending two decades of conflict,” he told world leaders on the third day of the Assembly’s annual general debate. Citing his Prime Minister’s continued actions for peacemaking in the region, he detailed the extensive lengths to which Ethiopia has fostered peaceful relations with other