File Photo/Somali Times This article is from African Arguments The election of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in September 2012 was heralded internationally as an almost messianic break from the past, an end to Somalia’s never-ending progression of corrupt “transitional” governments and the beginning of a brave new era. Once in office, Hassan Sheikh was feted

Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson By Anadolu Agency Political crisis in Sweden is threatening to come to a head after Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson warned on Friday that she would resign if Justice Minister Morgan Johansson is voted out of office in a no-confidence vote initiated by the far-right Democrats of Sweden. “The political decisions

A Kenya Airways aircraft at JKIA By Business Daily Africa The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has revoked a licence it had granted Kenya Airways (KQ) to maintain UK-registered aircraft after it failed a compliance audit. The national carrier said the agency withdrew the licence because, during the certification audit, the agency requested that

Queen Elizabeth II waves to the crowd during the Platinum Jubilee Pageant outside Buckingham Palace in London, Sunday, June 5, 2022, on the last of four days of celebrations to mark the Platinum Jubilee. The pageant will be a carnival procession up The Mall featuring giant puppets and celebrities that will depict key moments from

Rafael Nadal beats Casper Ruud to win 14th French Open titles: Credit to The Associated Press Photographer Thibault Camus The French Open men’s singles final between Rafael Nadal beats Casper Ruud to win 14 French Open titles a 14th championship at Roland Garros and 22nd major trophy overall. 6-3, 6-3, 6-0. Rafael Nadal has taken

By Reuters President Vladimir Putin warned the West that Russia would strike new targets if the United States started supplying Ukraine with longer-range missiles, the TASS news agency reported on Sunday. If such missiles are supplied, “we will strike at those targets which we have not yet been hitting,” Putin was quoted as saying in

File Photo/Somali Times Somalia corrupt President Hassan Sheikh says we have to negotiate Al-Shabab of their territory and open talks with them. In an interview with outlet media in Mogadishu, Somalia corrupt president Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud said Al-Shabab had merged into areas under its control. The Somalia president said his first step is to negotiate

By Anadolu Agency Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Saturday that the West does not allow Ukraine to conduct talks with Russia. Lavrov accused the West, led by the UK and the US, of turning Ukraine into an instrument of restraining and exhausting Russia. He said in an interview with the public broadcaster of the

By The Associated Press Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei acknowledged Saturday that Iran took two Greek oil tankers last month in helicopter-launched raids in the Persian Gulf. The confiscations were retaliation for Greece’s role in the U.S. seizure of crude oil from an Iranian-flagged tanker the same week in the Mediterranean Sea over violating

USS KEARSAGE aircraft carrier is seen moored in Fortojning pa strommen in Stockholm, Sweden on June 03, 2022. More than forty warships belonging to NATO countries arrived in Stockholm in the frame of Baltic Operations “Baltops 22” where sixteen nations participate with over forty-five maritime units, more than seventy-five aircraft and approximately seven thousand personnel.