Somalia PM Hamza rejected an oil drilling agreement with Liberty Petroleum

File Photo/Somali Times The Prime Minister of Somalia, Hamza Abdi Barre, strongly opposed a recent agreement with an American company called Liberty Petroleum. The agreement rejected by Prime Minister Hamza was signed by the American company with the Minister of Petroleum and Minerals of Somalia, Abdirisaq Omar Mohamed. Read: Why is Somalia an unfortunate country?

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African Development Bank chief criticizes opaque loans tied to Africa’s natural resources

Akinwumi Adesina, President African development bank, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Lagos Nigeria, Tuesday , March. 5, 2024. The head of the African Development Bank is calling for an end to loans given in exchange for the continent’s rich supplies of oil or critical minerals used in smartphones and electric car

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US intelligence warns Netanyahu’s far-right government ‘may be in jeopardy’

By Anadolu Agency The US intelligence community has warned that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government “may be in jeopardy” amid growing public discontent against his leadership. “Netanyahu’s viability as leader as well as his governing coalition of far-right and ultraorthodox parties that pursued hardline policies on Palestinian and security issues may be in jeopardy,”

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Somalia Hassan Sheikh’s government is facing a widespread financial crisis and the causes

File Photo/Somali Times The government of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud is reported to be difficult economic times. In general, the capital city where the government sits is reporting a type of financial crisis that has not been seen in recent times by the public and politicians. Read: Why is Somalia an unfortunate country? Every time

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Banks fight bid to limit right to sell loan property

Banks have opposed a petition seeking to compel them to obtain court orders before selling off any property charged as security for loans. Photo/Shutterstock By Business Daily Africa Kenyan commercial banks have opposed a petition that seeks to compel them to obtain mandatory court orders before selling off any property charged as security for loans

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Biden says he has no plans to speak to Netanyahu

By Anadolu Agency US President Joe Biden said Monday that he has no plans to speak with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “No,” Biden told reporters when asked if he has scheduled a meeting with Netanyahu. Asked whether he plans to schedule such a meeting, he said: “We’ll see what happens.” About his plans to

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UK weighs approval of Abu Dhabi-backed Telegraph newspaper buyout

Copies of The Daily Telegraph are displayed on a rack in a supermarket in London, Britain, January 20, 2024. Photographer Belinda Jiao/File Photo By Reuters Britain’s government is weighing whether to approve a UAE-led takeover of Britain’s Daily Telegraph amid howls of protest from politicians, journalists and even a former spy chief that the deal

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Muse Bihi began targeting Awdal people in Somalia during Ramadan

File Photo Somali Times/Warlord Muse Bihi Abdi Somalia, the Minister of State Mohamed Ali Haga, held a press conference, as a representative of the parliamentarians and officials of the federal government from the northern regions of Somalia, especially Awdal region. Read: Somali warlord Muse Bihi admitted killing women and children in Las Anod Minister Haga

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Ultra-Orthodox Israeli chief rabbi says Jews will leave country if forced to join army

By Anadolu Agency Israel’s Chief Sephardic Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef has threatened that ultra-Orthodox Jews will leave the country if they are forced to serve in the army, local media reported. “If they force us to join the army, we would all fly out of the country, buy tickets, and go,” Channel 12 reported on Saturday

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Somalia Minister of Internal Affairs Fiqi says after 30 years the national flag will be brought to Hargeisa

File Photo/Somali Times The Minister of Internal Affairs of Somalia, Ahmed Moalim Fiqi, who spoke last night at an event in Mogadishu, spoke about the issue of Hargeisa administration, saying that after 30 years, the flag of Somalia will be brought to Hargeisa. Read: Why is Somalia an unfortunate country? Fiqi declared that the federal

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