The Saudi Arabian government reportedly sent $100 million to the Trump administration toward its operations in Syria Tuesday – the same day that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo landed in Riyadh – timing that some are calling too good to be true. According to The New York Times, the funds were allegedly committed by the

Mogadishu -Eritrea and Ethiopia’s foreign affairs chief have arrived in Mogadishu, as Somali government officials welcomed Adan Adde airport. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Federal Government of Somalia Mr. Ahmed Issa Awad, other Ministers of the Somali Federal Government and the Ethiopian Ambassador to Somalia welcomed the delegation. Ethiopia and

The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde canceled her plans to attend Future Investment Initiative, an economic conference in the Saudi capital Riyadh. Move comes amid the ongoing investigation into the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. “The Managing Director’s previously scheduled trip to the Middle East region is being deferred,”

In the elections that took place in Belgium on Sunday, a 21-year-old Somali woman made history for becoming the first of her kind to win a seat in the council. Sarah Mohamed Khalif, who is also the first ever Somali woman to take political office in the country, has been voted to represent Belgium Socialist

Washington Post journalist and Riyadh critic Jamal Khashoggi was drugged, murdered and his body was cut into pieces, several news outlets reported on Tuesday citing several Turkish officials speaking on the condition of anonymity. As a Turkish investigator team and prosecutors conducted a nine-hour search in Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul, reports surfaced that Turkish

UN human rights chief on Tuesday called for lifting the immunity of the Saudi consul general and consulate workers in Istanbul to shed light on the case of a missing Saudi journalist. Jamal Khashoggi, a columnist for the Washington Post newspaper, has long been feared killed at the consulate after he entered on Oct. 2

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Tuesday named Ahmed Shide as finance minister to replace Abraham Tekeste, the state broadcaster said. Shide was government spokesman before the appointment. Abiy, who took office in April after several years of unrest forced his predecessor to quit, moved to re-constitute his cabinet to make it more inclusive. newsnsideHe

The largest association of independent businesspeople in Turkey has opened an office in Somalia as part of its drive to expand into Africa. The Independent Industrialists’ and Businessmen’s Association (MUSIAD) now has 209 contact points in 79 countries, the group said on Tuesday. Ibrahim Uyar, the head of MUSIAD’s foreign organization and development commission, said

London-Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu met with British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt in London Monday and discussed a range of issues. Among the topics addressed in their closed-door meeting was the case of missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, which Hunt said remains “deeply concerning”. “The UK fully supports the Turkish investigation into the incident as

Alphabet Inc’s Google on Monday became the latest company to drop out of a business conference in Saudi Arabia. Pressure has mounted on Saudi Arabia since prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a U.S. resident, Washington Post columnist and critic of Saudi policies, went missing. He was last seen entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on