By Petroleum Economist The country might seem like an unlikely destination for oil and gas investors, but the recent award of seven offshore blocks to US independent Coastline Exploration demonstrates how it is working to revive its upstream sector. Somalia is one of the last major unexplored petroleum frontiers. In the past, it attracted the

Photo Somali Times/ Somalia South West leader Abdiaziz Lafta Gareen Somalia South West governor Abdiaziz Lafta Gareen has slammed Mohamed Hussein Roble, saying he would never accept political checkpoints and extortion. Lafta Gareen argued that the road was paved and that lowlife Roble was illegally holding seats in the administration, in exchange for others he

File – People hold posters of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, near the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul, Oct. 2, 2020, marking the two-year anniversary of his death. In a surprise development, the prosecutor in the case against 26 Saudi nationals charged in the slaying of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi requested Thursday March 31,

The two front-runners in the race to succeed President Uhuru Kenyatta in the August election, Deputy President William Ruto (right) and Opposition Leader Raila Odinga By Business Daily Africa President Uhuru Kenyatta’s successor will require an average of Sh3.74 billion daily to repay the country’s mounting debts, underlining the heavy debt burden the new government

Ambassador Francisco Madeira, the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission: Credit to Photo Amisom Mogadishu, 07 April, 2022: The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, commends the role of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), the share of state building in Somalia and the fight against

By Anadolu Agency German police conducted coordinated raids against neo-Nazi groups in multiple cities early on Wednesday. Hundreds of police officers searched dozens of buildings in 11 federal states, targeting suspected members of neo-Nazi groups Combat 18, Atomwaffen Division, Knockout 51 and Sonderkommando 1418, public broadcaster ARD reported. An active soldier was among 50 suspects

TB2 drone of Turkish drone-maker Baykar is seen at a stand during the first day of SAHA EXPO Defence & Aerospace Exhibition in Istanbul, Turkey, November 10, 2021. Reuters/Umit Bektas/File Photo By Reuters Ukraine received almost 30 times as much defence industry equipment from Turkey in first quarter as it did a year earlier, while

Sudanese demonstrators take to the streets to protest last year’s military coup which deepened the country’s political and economic turmoil, in Khartoum, Sudan, Thursday, March. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Marwan Ali) By The Associated Press Sudan’s pro-democracy groups called for mass protests on Wednesday, denouncing an October military coup that plunged the country into political turmoil

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. Photo/ AFP By Business Daily Africa The US government has revealed that emergency loans from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) cushioned Kenya’s economy from near collapse amid protests from Kenyans over the mounting public debt. US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen asked the US Congress to continue providing support to the

U.S. President Joe Biden greets friend and former President Barack Obama during an event on the Affordable Care Act, the former president’s top legislative accomplishment, as Vice President Kamala Harris reacts in the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 5, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis By Reuters Former President Barack Obama returned to