File Photo/Somali Times The Danab Commandos of the Somali National Army have carried out heavy operations in Hiran and Middle Shabelle regions in the past few hours, killing the Al-Shabab leader and 60 other Al-Shabab fighters. The state-run media quoted Danab officials as saying that the troops had set fire to areas taken over by

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a video address to the nation, following the initiative of the country’s lower house of parliament and security council to recognise two Russian-backed breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine as independent entities, in Moscow, Russia, in this picture released February 21, 2022. Sputnik/Alexey Nikolsky/Kremlin via REUTERS By Reuters President Vladimir Putin

Crude oil storage tanks are seen from above at the Cushing oil hub, in Cushing, Oklahoma, March 24, 2016. Picture taken March 24, 2016. REUTERS/Nick Oxford By Reuters Oil prices jumped more than $2 on Tuesday on supply disruption worries as tensions between Russia and Ukraine escalated after Moscow ordered troops into two breakaway regions

By Anadolu Agency Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed his country’s armed forces late Monday to carry out “peacekeeping operations” in the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics. The two separate presidential decrees ordered Russia’s Foreign Ministry to conduct negotiations on the establishment of diplomatic relations with the “people’s republics” and to formalize the agreements with

The corrupt chairman of the Federal Electoral Commission, Muse Yusuf is corrupt paid by UAE, Kenya-sources say Muse has been meddling Somalia elections and paid by foreign actors. Muse work puppet Said Abdullahi Deni who is a senior informant when it comes to UAE and Kenya, according to our sources inside Federal Election Commission told

File Photo Somali Times/Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo have publicly rejected an oil revenue sharing deal signed by the Petroleum Minister Abdirashid Mohamed Ahmed and coastline exploration. On Saturday, Petroleum Minister Abdirashid Mohamed Ahmed announced that Somalia had signed a production sharing agreement with Coastline Exploration Ltd (‘Coastline’), a US

Somalia’s Attorney General Suleiman Mohamed has appointed a committee of prosecutors to investigate and take appropriate action against the oil deal signed by Somalia’s Minister of Petroleum and Minerals Abdirashid Mohamed Ahmed. “I have ordered and appointed prosecutors to investigate and take appropriate action on the oil agreement signed by the Somali Minister of Petroleum

President Uhuru Kenyatta with World Bank Country Director for Kenya Keith Hansen. By Business Daily Africa World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have stepped up lending to Kenya over the past three years, which has seen Chinese loan deals reduce, firming the grip of Bretton Woods institutions on East Africa’s biggest economy. Data

A helicopter flies over troops during the joint military drills of the armed forces of Russia and Belarus at a firing range in the Brest Region, Belarus February 19, 2022. Vadim Yakubyonok/Belta/Handout via REUTERS By Reuters U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed in principle to a summit over Ukraine, the

Photo Somali Times/Former Somalia’s spy chief Fahad Yasin Beledweyne, the Hiran region, the election of six members of the House of the People of the Somali Parliament is underway in HirShabelle. The election was won by Hop-086 by National Security Adviser Fahad Yasin , whose election is being closely watched. The seat was also contested