Sudan, Qatar Sing $4 billion deal to develop Suakin Seaport

Sudan and Qatar on Monday signed a $4-billion agreement to develop the former Ottoman port city of Suakin in northeastern Sudan. “The agreement was signed in line with instructions of the leadership in both countries on the necessity to boost joint cooperation in the fields of transport and communications,” Sudanese Transport Minister Makkawi Awad told

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Somalia, Kenyan Presidents Discuss a border dispute

The governor of Gedo region Mr. Mohamed Mahmoud Mohamed has talked about the situation in Somalia between the two countries in the conflict-ravaged country. The chairman said that a special meeting between the delegations of the two countries and discussed solutions achieve this and to implement the terms agreed upon by the President of Kenya,

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Somalia asked for UN action against UAE base in Berbera

Somalia has urged the United Nations Security Council to take action against the construction of a United Arab Emirates military base in Somaliland. Speaking at the Security Council on Tuesday, Mr Abukar Osman, Somalia’s ambassador to the UN, said the agreement between Somaliland and the UAE to establish the base in the port city of

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South Africa, Hermanus protests: More than 100 Somali spaza shops torched

About 120 Somali-owned small businesses have been torched in Zwelihle, Hermanus, in violence associated with community protests, a group of Somali shop owners said on Tuesday. “I ran with my children and my wife,” said one man who did not want to be named or photographed. “They burnt my shop, my house, and they turned

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President Mohamed receives credentials from the new Mauritinian Ambassador to Somalia

Mogadishu-President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, H.E. Mohamed Abdulahi Mohamed on Tuesday received credentials from the new Ambassador from the Islamic Republic of Mauritania,H.E. Wadad Walid Sayid who was appointed to represent his country here in Mogadishu-Somalia, The Ambassador conveyed a message from the President of the Republic of Mauritania, Mr. Muhammad Wald Abdul-Aziz

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State Minister for foreign affairs is looking for thorny files with the UAE Ambassador.

Mogadishu -The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Somali Government . Mr. Abdulkadir Ahmed Kheir Abdi, today welcomed the ambassador of the United Arab Emirates Mr. Mohammed Ahmed Othman Al Hammadi. During the meeting there discussed several issues including the agreement illegal between the government and the company, DP World with the

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Angola charges son of ex-president dos Santos with fraud

The son of Angola’s ex-president, José Filomeno dos Santos, has been charged with fraud relating to a $500 million transaction out of an account belonging to the central bank, the prosecutor general’s office said on Monday. Dos Santos is the highest profile figure to be charged since President Joao Lourenco succeeded former leader Jose Eduardo

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Somalia to start talks with Kenya over a border dispute

Nairobi – Delegates from Somalia and Kenya are scheduled to start talks over border dispute on Tuesday in Nairobi.Kenya started constructing security wall along Somalia-Kenya border after Al-Shabaab militants waged deadly attacks inside Kenya. Speaking to the media, Gedo governor, Mohamed Mohamud Mohamed said Somalia and Kenya would engage in dialogue to resolve the border

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Somali Lawmakers to take vote of confidence motion against the Jawari Speaker next Saturday

Mogadishu-Deputy Speaker of the House of the People of the Federal Parliament, Mr. Abdiweli Sh. Ibrahim Mudey said that the lawmakers will meet next Saturday 31st of March and then debate and take vote of the motion against the Speaker, Mr. Mohamed Sh. Osman Jawari, Mr. Mudey said in a statement issued today that the

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DP World Wins 30-Year Concession for Greenfield Port of Banana in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, Group Chairman and CEO, DP World and Jose Makila Sumanda, Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Transport and Communications, Democratic Republic of the Congo, at the signing of the Port of Banana concession in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – DP World has won a 30-year

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