Ex-Somali spy chief says Ikran Tahlil killed by Roble, foreign spies

Former Somalia’s Director General of the National Intelligence and Security Agency, Fahad Yasin, has spoken for the first time in detail about the case of Ikran Tahlil Farah, an NISA officer who was reportedly captured by Al-Shabab and killed, which created a strong tension. Fahad Yasin in the third part of a series of interviews

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Prince Charles calls UK’s Rwanda migrants policy ‘appalling,’ reports say

Britain’s Prince Charles. Hugh Hastings/Pool via Reuters By Reuters Prince Charles has privately described the British government’s plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda as “appalling”, two media reports said, as the first flight taking refugees to the East African country is due to leave next week. Charles, heir to the British throne, has been

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Top 8 most expensive African countries to rent property

By The African Exponent Accommodation is one of humanity’s most basic requirements. However, it does not come cheap. This notion is particularly problematic in Africa, where millions of people are forced to live in shanties and slums due to a lack of adequate housing. In this article, we’ll look at the eight most expensive African

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UK’s first flight taking migrants to Rwanda can go ahead, court rules

Demonstrators protest outside the Royal Courts of Justice whilst a legal case is heard over halting a planned deportation of asylum seekers from Britain to Rwanda, London, Britain, June 10, 2022. Reuters /Toby Melville By Reuters Britain’s government overcame a legal challenge to its controversial policy to begin deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda as the

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US annual inflation hits 8.6% in May, highest since 1981

By Anadolu Agency Annual inflation in the US hit 8.6% in May, the highest since December 1981, official data showed on Friday. The figure was above market forecasts of 8.3%. “The increase was broad-based, with the indexes for shelter, gasoline, and food being the largest contributors,” according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Energy

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Kenya’s drug miraa exports, flights to Somalia to resume

Kenya will resume exports of miraa (khat) to Somalia in two weeks following a thawing of relations that saw President Uhuru Kenyatta make his first trip to Mogadishu Thursday since the renewing of diplomatic ties between the two countries last June. According Business Daily Africa reported. Kenya’s Agriculture Secretary Peter Munya said Mr Kenyatta brokered

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Ex-spy chief Fahad Yasin says Ahmed Madobe is a foreign project planted in Somalia

File Photo/Somali Times Somalia former spy chief Fahad Yasin says Ahmed Madobe is a foreign project planted in Somalia. Former Somali intelligence director Fahad Yasin in an exclusive interview lashed out at the Jubaland Kenyan puppet Ahmed Madobe, calling it a foreign project planted in Somalia. Fahad Yasin, with an angry look on his face,

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President Hassan Sheikh says Egypt–Ethiopia conflict is nothing to do with Somalia

Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud says they do not need Egypt’s support to Somalia, Somalis needs to support themselves. Somalia president Hassan Sheikh receiving Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli on Thursday. Mohamoud Madbouli paid a visit to Mogadishu on Thursday to attend the inauguration ceremony of new Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud, the tenth president

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Boris Johnson a bad role model for children, says social mobility tsar

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson: Credit to Photographer Oli Scarff Reuters The Guardian By Jamie Grierson The government’s social mobility tsar has said she does not think Boris Johnson is a good role model for children. Katharine Birbalsingh, who was appointed chair of the Social Mobility Commission (SMC) in 2021, told Sky News that while

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Corrupt President Hassan Sheikh meeting with Uhuru Kenyatta to kill more Somalis-lifting ban drug Miraa

Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud is in a closed meeting with Uhuru Kenyatta and the Minister of Defense Wamalwa discussing about war on terror and withdrawal of Somali special forces SNA forces from Gedo region. Minister of Agriculture of Peter Munya and Roble Bahaane are negotiating about lifting the ban on Miraa. Somalia closed access

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