Relations between Washington and Ankara will strengthen with investment and trade President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Wednesday in his speech to top U.S. executives at the Presidential Palace Complex in Ankara. Turkey will not compromise on free-market principles, Erdoğan said according to the text of his speech seen by Reuters, and Turkey will continue

Rwanda’s president on Wednesday warned a prominent opposition leader and others newly released from prison to be “humble” and “careful” or they’ll end up behind bars again. President Paul Kagame’s address to new lawmakers was his first public comment since the surprise weekend release, with no explanation, of more than 2 100 prisoners including Victoire

The European Union must end the “blame game” on migration and instead focus on working more with foreign countries and further strengthening its border to bring down arrivals, the chairman of the bloc’s leaders said. The 28 EU leaders are meeting in the Austrian city of Salzburg to tackle migration once again, an issue that

AT LEAST three children were killed in Somalia today when their school was hit by an air strike in the south of the country. Their school in the town of Sakow was bombed, along with the main hospital which is said to have been destroyed. The school is run by the al-Shabaab jihadist group which

The government of Ethiopia and the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) discussed modalities of peace talks in Asmara, Eritrea yesterday. Ethiopian government delegation was led by Minister of Communications and Chairman of the Somali People Democratic Party, Ahmed Shide, according to Yemane Gebremeskel, Eritrea’s Information Minister. The ONLF side was led by its Chairman, Admiral

Qatar on Tuesday welcomed a Turkish-Russian agreement to establish a demilitarized zone in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province. According to a Tuesday statement released by Qatar’s Foreign Ministry, the agreement will prevent the death of civilians and avert a feared humanitarian crisis. The ministry also voiced its support for continued efforts to find a political solution

Germany’s coalition government forced out the nation’s spy chief on Tuesday for his controversial comments and contacts with far-right politicians. Hans-Georg Maassen, head of the domestic intelligence agency BfV, had sparked a debate in the country by contradicting Chancellor Angela Merkel on recent far-right unrest in eastern Germany. Despite Merkel’s strong condemnation of the far-right

Britain should not give preferential treatment to citizens from the European Union in its post-Brexit immigration system, a report commissioned by the British government said on Tuesday. The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC), an independent body which gives the government advice on migration, also said Britain should make it easier for higher-skilled workers to migrate than

The historic meeting between the leaders of Djibouti and Eritrea on Monday ‘opens a new page to promote peace and stability in the region’, the Saudi Arabia foreign minister, Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir said. Eritrea’s president Isaias Afwerki met his Djibouti counterpart, Ismail Omar Guelleh met in Saudi Arabia, one day after the Gulf nation

Dr Farah Ali Shire, announced in Bosaso today that he is among the candidates for the presidency of Puntland. Dr Farah Ali Shire, former Puntland State minister for finance, told Somali Times that he had been discussing the issue of his campaigns on a number of issues, including security, economic and social security. stable Puntland.