Former Somali PM Abdiweli Gas says President Hassan Sheikh should go to Hiran people and listen to their concerns

File Photo/Somali Times The former prime minister of Somalia and the former president of Puntland administration, Abdiweli Mohamed Ali Gas has called on the federal government of Somalia to deal with the issue of Hiran people. In an interview given by Abdiweli Gas, he said that President Hassan Sheikh is required to go to Hiran

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Miraa farmers pay the price of a slump in exports, cartels

By Business Daily Africa Alexander Mwenda, a Miraa farmer in Gaciongo, Igembe North chopped down his earlier treasured trees three weeks ago sparking uproar, shock and disbelief among other growers and dealers in Meru county. Mr Mwenda has been in the miraa-growing venture for two decades but was irked by the low prices and hired

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Libya: 27 killed in Tripoli clashes

By Anadolu Agency At least 27 people have been killed in armed clashes in the Libyan capital that erupted late on Monday, according to medics. The Libyan government’s Emergency Medicine and Support Center stated on Tuesday that it recorded 27 fatalities and 106 injuries in Tripoli. “The center’s crews were able to evacuate 234 families

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Kenya launches an inquiry into alleged abuses by a British Army training unit — including a murder

Credit Twitter Kenya’s president William Ruto By The Associated Press A parliamentary committee in Kenya has launched an inquiry into alleged human rights violations and ethical breaches by a British army training unit that has been active for decades in the country the U.K. calls “our defense partner of choice in East Africa.” The British

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France has maintained power for certain African dictators

A photograph appear on the Internet By Dr Abdiwahab Sheikh Abdisamad France has maintained close ties with certain African leaders in West Africa, frequently putting their interests ahead of democracy and human rights. They have backed Equatorial Guinea’s president since 1979, Cameroon’s president since 1983, and even approved Ivory Coast’s president altering the constitution to

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Ethiopian airstrike on a town square in the restive Amhara region kills 26, health official says

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, left, accompanied by House speaker Tagesse Chafo, right, addresses the parliament in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Nov. 15, 2022. Authorities in Ethiopia are carrying out mass arrests of hundreds, even thousands, of people in the capital after deadly unrest in the country’s Amhara region, lawyers and witnesses said.

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The East African Federation (EAF) And The Somali Republic – Analysis

Photographer Somali Times/Somalia shady president Hassan Sheikh Eurasia Review By Hamid Masheye The Federal Republic of Somalia (3) will soon join the East African Community (EAC) but the EAC is different from all other regional economic integrations by explicitly stating its intention to create a federal sovereign country called the East African Federation (EAF). (1)

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Russian rouble sinks, Kremlin blames loose monetary policy

Sheets of the newly designed Russian 100-rouble banknotes are seen at the Goznak printing factory in Moscow, Russia July 6, 2022. Moscow News Agency/Handout via Reuters By Reuters President Vladimir Putin’s economic adviser rebuked the central bank on Monday as the rouble slid past 101 per U.S. dollar, blaming its 30% year-to-date slump on loose

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Niger’s junta vows to try former president for ‘high treason’

By Anadolu Agency Niger’s military junta vowed Sunday to prosecute ousted President Mohamed Bazoum for “high treason” and undermining the country’s “internal and external security.” The statement was read by Col. Amadou Abdramane, the spokesperson for the National Council for the Safeguarding of the Country (CNSP), the group of soldiers that seized power after detaining

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Shippers warned to stay away from Iranian waters over seizure threat as US-Iran tensions high

In this photo released by the U.S. Navy, the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan travels through the Red Sea, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. Western-backed maritime forces in the Middle East on Saturday, Aug. 12, warned shippers traveling through the strategic Strait of Hormuz to stay as far away from Iranian territorial waters as possible to

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