WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A proposed regional security alliance bringing together the United States, Gulf allies, Egypt and Jordan, is at risk of credibility if a Gulf dispute is not resolved, Qatar’s foreign minister said on Friday. Saudi Arabia, the Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt cut off travel and trade ties with Qatar in June 2017, accusing

Mogadishu – Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency says it captured Somali explosives expert from the al-Qaeda linked al-Shabab group in the Somali capital and obtained key intelligence information. In a tweet sent on Friday, the agency says its special forces, acting upon an intelligence tip offs have captured the unnamed bomb expert whom officials

UK, Somalia, Italy and Ethiopia brought together international partners in support of Somalia’s security, political and economic reforms.Minister for Africa Harriett Baldwin co-hosted the meeting at the UN General Assembly in New York, with Foreign Minister Ahmed Issa Awad of Somalia, State Minister Hirut Zemene of Ethiopia and Enzo Moavero Milanesi, Minister of Foreign Affairs

A Copenhagen policewoman is being investigated for embracing a niqab-wearing protestor during a demonstration against a ban on face veils, the force’s complaints body said on Wednesday. The incident, in which the protester appeared to be crying, was captured by a Reuters photographer on Aug. 1 when a countrywide ban on the wearing of face

JOHANNESBURG (AP) – The European Union says it has approved 100 million euros ($116 million) in its first-ever budget support to Somalia’s government in the latest sign of confidence in a country long shattered by conflict. The EU announcement comes a day after the World Bank said it would provide $80 million in direct financing

Somaliland’s separatist administration is said to have been a major contributor to a military base in the coastal city of Saylac over the past few months. The report comes after a series of meetings between the Somali Federal Government and the Government of the Federal Republic of Russia in New York on the sidelines of the

The US Department of Defense (DoD) announced on 24 September that it had awarded a USD12.3 million contract to the North Carolina-based company URS Group to carry out emergency runway repairs at Camp Baledogle (Bahle Dogli) in central Somalia. The DoD said the work will include “full depth patching and overlay to allow required airfield

Mogadishu-Some of the roads in Mogadishu are closed today, with public transport on the streets not crossing the intersections in the city. Banadir junction, Zoobe, KM4, staff and others closed, in the Government, according to Source witnesses said. It is unclear why the roads are closed, but a police official said security reasons have been

Washington-The World Bank Group’s Board of Directors endorsed the first four-year Country Partnership Framework .CPF for Somalia and approved two investment programs worth $80 million. The CPF outlines the Bank’s strategy to support the government’s goal to expand service delivery, build resilience to climatic shocks, and boost economic opportunities in Somalia. As the country’s first

King Salman inaugurates biggest transport project in Middle East, which is expected to carry millions of passengers annually. Saudi Arabia launched a high-speed railway Tuesday connecting Islam’s holiest cities. The 450-kilometer (280-mile) Haramain High-Speed Rail system linking Makkah and Medina is expected to relieve traffic congestion and is also part of efforts to boost tourism