Britain tells airlines to stop selling flights they can’t deliver

British Airways and Easyjet aircraft are parked at the South Terminal at Gatwick Airport, in Crawley, Britain, August 25, 2021. Reuters/Peter Nicholls/File Photo By Reuters Britain’s Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has told airlines to stop selling tickets for flights they cannot staff after a spate of cancellations caused widespread disruption for holidaymakers. Airports across Europe

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Somalia special forces captured senior Al-Shabab leader

Somalia’s special forces captured the senior Al-Shabab terror network leader on Wednesday. Mohamed Abdi Mukhtar nickname Sakhrawi, was arrested by Danab and Jubaland regional security forces during a large-scale operation targeting militants west of Kismayo. The military says that four of Sakhrawi’s bodyguards were killed during his arrest. The Somali special forces say that it

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Somalia president Hassan Sheikh leaves office 2026 will be the richest man in Africa

Somalia corrupt president Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud and his whole family in the past stealing Somalia public funds 10 September 2012 – 16 February 2017 more then $500 million according Somali officials told Somali Times. The time he was in office for 5 years he never paid civil servants, army forces, police and the whole ministry

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Kenya takes Sh138bn World Bank loan in months

Signage of the World Bank logo. Photo/Pool By Business Daily Africa Kenya took Sh137.93 billion from the World Bank and rich countries in four months to April as it raced to plug the more than Sh1 trillion budget deficit. The new borrowing is part of Sh433.1 billion that the Treasury is targeting from external lenders

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Rwanda says ‘will not sit idly by’ if attacked in dispute with Congo

Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) soldiers take their position following renewed fighting near the Congolese border with Rwanda, outside Goma in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo May 28, 2022. Reuters/Djaffar Sabiti By Reuters Rwanda will retaliate if it suffers further attacks from neighbouring Democratic Republic

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Boris Johnson faces growing Tory calls for confidence vote

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson looks on during a visit to the CityFibre Training Academy in Stockton-on-Tees, Britain May 27, 2022. James Glossop/Pool via Reuters/File Photo The Guardian By Jessica Elgot Andrea Leadsom criticises PM’s ‘failure of leadership’ as another MP submits letter to 1922 Committee Boris Johnson is facing mounting calls for a confidence

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Israel, UAE boost ties with free trade pact

Israel’s Minister of Economy and Industry Orna Barbivai, UAE Minister of Economy Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri and other officials present the Free Trade Agreement they signed, which is the first such agreement Israel has with an Arab county, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates May 31, 2022. Anuj Taylor Strap Studios-GPO/Handout via Reuters By Reuters

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Turkey summons French, German envoys over recent rallies by supporters of PKK terror group

By Anadolu Agency After supporters of the PKK terror group recently held demonstrations in France and Germany, the Turkish Foreign Ministry on Monday summoned the envoys of both countries to lodge a protest, the top Turkish diplomat said on Tuesday. Speaking at Anadolu Agency’s Editor’s Desk at the agency’s headquarters in the capital Ankara, Mevlut

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Philippines complains of Chinese fishing ban and ‘harassment’ at sea

By Reuters The Philippines on Tuesday said it had filed a diplomatic protest with China for unilaterally declaring a South China Sea fishing ban, and complained also of harassment and violations of its jurisdiction by Beijing’s coast guard. The foreign ministry in a statement accused the Chinese vessels of disrupting a joint marine scientific research

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Somalia president Sheikh’s government faces financial challenge may not pay civil servants’ wages

File Photo/Somali Times The Somali Financial Management Board, including Somalia foreign experts, has called on the new Somali government to take immediate action on government revenues and budgets as well as contracts. The commission said delays in the elections and the prolonged transition period had hampered international budget support to Somalia. The commission’s report is

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