File Photo /Somali Times By Professor Abdiwahab Sheikh Abdisamad Doesn’t President Hassan Sheikh know that Russia & Somalia have had a long history of friendship & cooperation? Wasn’t the Russian-led USSR that helped nascent Somalia set up its military to defend its borders in 1964 when the collective west wholly declined Somalia’s request? Read: Somalia

By Anadolu Agency In its 20-year history, Facebook, among the most widely used social networks globally, continues its journey under the “Meta” umbrella despite controversies over data security and competition violations. Founded by Mark Zuckerberg and three friends in a Harvard University dorm room on Feb. 4, 2004, Facebook continues to be the most widely

A photo combo of Confederation of African Football (Caf) President Patrice Motsepe (L) and Tanzanian investor Mohammed Dewji. By The East African Football in Africa is some sort of religion. But beyond the passionate cheers and talent, it has started making business sense, attracting some of the richest folk in the land. Two prominent figures,

Hage Gottfried Geingob, President of Namibia, speaks during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, November 2, 2021. Photographer Hannah McKay/File Photo By Reuters Namibia’s President Hage Geingob, 82, died in hospital early on Sunday, the presidency said, weeks after he was diagnosed with cancer. Geingob had been in charge of the

By Anadolu Agency Turkish law enforcement on Saturday caught a foreign national wanted for drug trafficking in an operation in Istanbul, the country’s interior minister announced. Rawi Ali Quershi was arrested in the Kagithane district of the metropolis in the “Cartel-5” anti-drug operation conducted by security forces, Ali Yerlikaya said on X. Quershi, wanted with

Vice President of Sinn Fein Michelle O’Neill arrives to vote at a polling station during local elections in Coalisland, Northern Ireland, May 18, 2023. Photographer Clodagh Kilcoyne/File Photo By Reuters Michelle O’Neill will become the new leader of Northern Ireland’s regional government on Saturday, the most significant milestone yet in the shift to a new

A satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC shows a military base known as Tower 22 in northeastern Jordan on Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. A satellite image taken Monday of the Jordanian base targeted by a bomb-carrying drone that killed three U.S. soldiers appears to show damage at the site. The damage can be seen in

Cabinet Secretary for Defence Aden Duale speaks at the Defence Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya on September 26, 2023. Photo/AFP By Xinhua News Agency Kenya on Thursday launched a national peace support operations fund whose goal is to ensure that troops deployed to regional and global hotspots are adequately resourced and equipped. Defence Cabinet Secretary Aden

By Anadolu Agency The Italian Coast Guard rescued 49 migrants attempting to travel from North Africa to Europe after their boat sank in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Lampedusa Island on Thursday. A patrol boat belonging to the Coast Guard intervened and rescued the migrants, which were said to be from Ivory Coast,

By Xinhua News Agency China has remained Africa’s largest trading partner for 15 consecutive years, with bilateral trade reaching a record 282.1 billion U.S. dollars in 2023, a Ministry of Commerce official said on Wednesday. “Economic and trade cooperation is the ballast and propeller of China-Africa relations,” said Ministry of Commerce official Jiang Wei said