The Governors of Somalia’s federal member states said Saturday that they had suspended all ties with the official Somali Federal government. At the end of a crucial four-day conference in the southern coastal city of Kismayo, the Governors of Galmudug, Hirshabelle, Jubaland, Puntland and South West states accused the Mogadishu government of failing to handle

Police in Mombasa County has arrested 163 Pakistanis living in the country illegally in week-long operation. Coast Regional Police Commander Noah Mwivanda said the Pakistanis were found with fake or expired work permits.”Those arrested were found engaging in car sales business or working in the export processing zones (EPZ,” Mr Mwivanda.The police boss said the

The number of foreign students applying for financial support in Turkey in 2018 exceeded 135,000, according to the head of Turkey’s state-education institution.“This year, we received 135,000 applications from more than 150 countries in the world,” Abdullah Eren, the president of Turkey’s Presidency for Turks Abroad and Related Communities (YTB), told Anadolu Agency in an

The new government in Islamabad on Saturday assured Beijing that the multi-billion dollars economic corridor project will remain a priority for the country. “China-Pakistan Economic Corridor [CPEC] is vital for the socio-economic development of Pakistan and it will prove to be a game changer to the region,” Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said, during

The Somali government has asked the all-state regional administrations. to provide accountability for “using the federal funds to the federal government”. It also asked the authorities to bring the 2017 cash back into the account. Central bank Somalia. Current Governors meeting in Kismayo A letter from the Somali government Finance Minister’s office said that “a

The United States should suspend military aid to Uganda over the government’s human rights record, the U.S. lawyer for a prominent critic of President Yoweri Museveni said on Thursday. The call broadened criticism of the government by opposition lawmaker Robert Kyagulanyi, a musician known by his stage name Bobi Wine. Authorities charged Kyagulanyi with treason

Vocal city Pastor Godfrey Migwi has warned President Uhuru Kenyatta from taking more loans from China, saying that it could be a trap to colonise Kenya. The Clergy argues that the loans from China are a crafty means by the Chinese to colonise African countries by advancing them loans they cannot repay. In turn, the

Djibouti – Djibouti and Eritrea have reached an early agreement to curb the conflict over the border between the two countries. The two sides, based on the Eritrean occupation of the Eritrean invasion of the Dumera, resulted in the withdrawal of troops from the Asmara military force and raided  Djiboutian border. After a long time, Eritrea

The London Court of International Arbitration has ruled that the Government of Djibouti cannot terminate its agreement with the Dubai-based DP World over the control of the Doraleh Container Terminal. DP World said in a press statement that the court’s decision comes after Djibouti attempted to terminate its agreement with the UAE company and replace

Ethiopia reopened its embassy in the Eritrean capital Asmara on Thursday, the state-affiliated Ethiopian Fana Broadcasting said, a further sign of improving ties after the Horn of Africa neighbours signed a peace accord on July 9. Eritrean and Ethiopian leaders have moved swiftly in the past two months to end two decades of hostility since