The East African Community  needs $78 billion in the next ten years to fund more than 200 infrastructure projects in the five member states. The key projects to be funded include the Standard Gauge Railway hydropower, oil and gas projects across the region, which together are to cost $62.2 billion. Leaders from the EAC member

Polling stations on Friday opened in Djibouti for legislative elections boycotted by the main opposition, Movement for Development and Freedom party. According to the party, three years after promise of electoral reforms, nothing has been done in that direction. They argue that the process lacks transparency and credibility. The ruling party is, however, expected to

Chaos reigned in Parliament Thursday after cabinet minister Obert Mpofu refused to answer questions regarding the claimed theft of $15 billion in revenues due to government from diamond mining at Marange. Mpofu was appearing before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and Energy. He was mines minister when, according to former president Robert Mugabe, the

 The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, H E  Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, met Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Hakan Çavuşoğlu and his delegation. Mogadishu President  thanked the Turkish government for its support in all its support to Somalia and praised the brotherly relations between Turkey and Turkey. Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister thanked the warmly welcomed

Mogadishu-A delegation led by Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Hakan Çavuşoğlu has arrived in Mogadishu, a visit to Somalia. The government officials welcomed the delegation as the Deputy Prime Minister of Somalia, Mahdi Mohamed Guled, saying that this visit is part of the strengthening of relations between the two countries. Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister visits Turkey’s

Somalia is still in the forefront of the world’s most corrupt country.This year’s report, released by the agency, shows that Somalia, one of the countries in Africa, ranked first in corruption. The agency assesses the corruption that has been committed by the government officials without any penalties. The agency quoted experts as saying that these

Mogadishu, At the ceremony, the Minister Mr Abukar Islow  was accompanied by The new spy chief, Mr Hussein Osman Hussein, who has been in office for the past three months. “I urge the Somali Intelligence Agency to work differently and we will double our intelligence and work to bring this country to peace and prosperity,”

Nairobi — The International Monetary Fund IMF has refuted claims that Kenya lost access to its $1.5 billion standby loan in June clarifying that the precautionary financing remains in place until the end of March 2018. IMF representative in Kenya Jan Mikkelsen says the government continues to have access to resources since last June, “subject

Ankara-Diplomatic training for Ten Somali diplomats from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation under the auspices of the Turkish Diplomatic Academy began yesterday on Monday in Ankara, In a speech to the minister plenipotentiary of the Turkish Diplomatic Academy, Ms. Burcu Çevik, stressed the depth of fraternal relations between Somalia and Turkey, noting

Mogadishu—The Governor of the Benadir Region, who is also the Mayor of Mogadishu, H.E. Abdirahman Omar Osman and the heads of the Regional Courts, the president of the Court of Benadir, Mr. Aweis and the president of the Benadir Regional Court of appeal Mr Salah discussed ways to improve the service of the courts to