File Photo/Somali Times The President of Puntland Said Abdullahi Deni is about to get an extension from the members of the House of Representatives, before the elections scheduled for January 2024. Reliable sources told Somali Times say the number of Puntland parliamentarians who are advocating for the extension of the term of government institutions, especially

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Credit Photo/AFP By The East African Ethiopian National Defence Forces (ENDF) are facing new allegations of atrocities in Amhara region, just a month after authorities in Addis Ababa imposed a state of emergency in the area to deal with a local rebellion. And the Amhara Association of America (AAA), a

Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan presents medium-term economic programme forecasts in Ankara, Turkey, September 6, 2023. Murat Cetinmuhurdar/PPO/Handout via Reuters/File Photo By Reuters Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that Ankara could part ways with the European Union if necessary when asked about the recent adoption of the European Parliament’s report on Turkey. Speaking to

A destroyed market area in al-Fasher, the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur state on September 1, 2023. By The East African The international community has developed fatigue over the Sudan conflict as the country veers towards a failed state, rights watchdogs say. A group of 50 human rights organisations led by theExecutive Director of Human

Chinese permanent representative to the United Nations Zhang Jun By Anadolu Agency The Chinese permanent representative to the United Nations said that seeking foreign support to get independence by Taiwan is a “dead end,” state-run media reported on Friday. In a statement, Zhang Jun strongly reacted to Taiwan’s move to submit a joint letter to

Somali Times Photographer Abdirisaq Abdirahman/SSC-Khatumo state leader Abdiqadir Ahmed Aw-Ali The leader of the SSC-Khatumo state Abdiqadir Ahmed Aw-Ali Fidhiye, called on the Federal Government of Somalia to give his region the right to be a Somali. Leader Firdhiye said that the battle that took place in Las Anod was based on two views, a

File Photo/Somali Times Somalia Puntland Minister of Information, Eng. Mohamoud Aidid Dirir said that the federal government of Somalia does not have a strategy in the war against the Al-Shabab terrorist group. The minister of information said that the federal government has destroyed the troops trained in Eritrea, which he said were enough to destroy

By The Associated Press Newly reelected Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa swore in a new Cabinet on Tuesday after appointing one of his sons and one of his nephews to deputy minister posts. Mnangagwa’s Cabinet was largely made up of loyalists from his ruling ZANU-PF party. The move to appoint his 34-year-old son David Kudakwashe Mnangagwa

Police detain Patsy Stevenson as people gather at a memorial site in London’s Clapham Common park following the kidnap-murder of Sarah Everard, in London, Britain, March 13, 2021. Photographer Hannah McKay/File Photo By Reuters London’s police force has apologised and paid “substantial damages” to two women detained at a vigil held in memory of Sarah

Russian President Vladimir Putin (2nd R) and North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (3rd R) inspect the Russian spaceport Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia’s Amur region in the Far East on September 13, 2023. By Anadolu Agency President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said Russia and North Korea have opportunities to develop military cooperation, despite UN sanctions. Speaking