The Commander of the Somali Defense Forces, Gen. Ibrahim Sheikh Muhidin met with senior officials of the United Nations Office in Somalia. This meeting focused on the security transition process in Somalia, especially the second phase of the reduction of African Union forces. During the meeting, the head of the United Nations support office in

File Photo/Somali Times The Hargeisa administration has said that 9 soldiers were killed in an attack by the Ga’an Libah Mountains rebels on a police force in the Sahil region. Hargeisa SNM militia leader Muse Bihi and Minister of Interior Mohamed Kahin Ahmed, who spoke to the media, said that an ambush was carried out

By Business Daily Africa Miraa farmers in Kenya are projecting a dip in sales after Somalia granted Ethiopia 10 days of exclusive khat market access every month. Nyambene Miraa Trade Association (Nyamita) chairman Kimathi Munjuri said cargo airlines operating from Nairobi had received instructions from Mogadishu not to allow miraa cargo from August 11. The

A ship docked at the port of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. Photo/Shutterstock By The East African Tanzania’s High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition by four private citizens challenging the legality of the government’s new ports management deal with the United Arab Emirates and have it voided on constitutional grounds. A three-judge High Court

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa greets party supporters at a campaign rally in Harare, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023. Mnangagwa addressed thousands of supporters in a speech laden with calls for peace, days after his supporters were accused of stoning an opposition activist to death ahead of general elections set for Aug. 23. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi) By

By Anadolu Agency Mali has indefinitely suspended the issuance of visas to French nationals, its Foreign Ministry said Wednesday, in the latest standoff between the West African nation and its former colonial master. In a statement, the ministry said the move was reciprocal after it “learned, with surprise” through the press that the French Foreign

A photo combination of video frame grab images of the four women arrested and arraigned in a military court in Mogadishu, Somalia, based on charges of assisting the Al Shabab on August 9, 2023. Four Somali women have appeared before a military court in Mogadishu, facing charges related to terrorism, according to The East African

Migrants are seen on a dinghy following a failed attempt to cross to the Greek island of Lesbos, as a Turkish Coast Guard boat aproaches them, on the waters of the North Aegean Sea, off the shores of Canakkale, Turkey, March 6, 2020. Photographer Umit Bektas By Reuters Britain said it had struck a deal

By Anadolu Agency Niger’s military junta has blocked officials from the African Union, a West African regional bloc and the UN from visiting the country, a letter by the Foreign Ministry seen Tuesday showed, foiling the latest diplomatic attempts to reinstate the country’s ousted president. Diplomats from the African Union, the UN and the Economic

By Anadolu Agency The Indian parliament began debating Tuesday a no-confidence motion that opposition parties have brought against the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Last month, the Lok Sabha – the lower house of parliament – admitted the motion, brought in by India’s newly formed opposition alliance against the government. While the Indian ruling