Somalia’s many candidates for Puntland’s lower house of parliament have accused the Puntland governor of blocking seats for members of his cabinet and allies. Candidates have described it as “unfortunate” that evil warlord Said Deni, who had previously sent President Farmajo to the polls, has now closed the clan-based seats to private individuals. They warned

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during the weekly question time debate at Parliament in London, Britain, January 19, 2022. UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/Handout via REUTERS By Reuters A British Conservative lawmaker said he would meet police to discuss his accusations that Boris Johnson’s government had attempted to “blackmail” parliamentarians who were suspected of trying to

FILE – Liz Truss, Britain’s Foreign Secretary, leaves 10 Downing Street after a Cabinet meeting held ahead of the Budget being delivered by the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak in London, Oct. 27, 2021. Revelations that Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his staff partied while Britain was in a coronavirus lockdown have provoked public

By Anadolu Agency Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni urged the UN Security Council on Thursday to enact reforms that would give Africa permanent representation there. Opening a meeting in the capital Kampala attended by officials representing 10 African Union member states, Museveni said the 1.3 billion people on the African continent deserve representation on the Security

UAE uses ‘humanitarian diplomacy’ to mend fences with Somalia Diplomatic relations between Somalia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been at their lowest point since 2018, when Somalia accused the small Gulf country of interfering in its internal affairs and instigating chaos. According to Anadolu Agency reported. In 2018, Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security

In this photo provided by UK Parliament, Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons, in London, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022. Johnson has apologized for attending a garden party during Britain’s first coronavirus lockdown, but brushed aside opposition demands that he resign for breaching the rules his own

By Anadolu Agency Denouncing Washington’s “hostile policy and military threats,” North Korea has said it will consider resuming “all temporally-suspended” defense activities to bolster its defenses against the US. The announcement made by Kim Jong Un during a Politburo meeting of the ruling Workers’ Party on Wednesday apparently referred to Pyongyang’s self-imposed moratorium since 2017

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson looks on as he leaves Downing Street, in London, Britain, January 19, 2022. REUTERS/John Sibley By Reuters LONDON, Jan 20 (Reuters) – A senior Conservative lawmaker accused the British government on Thursday of intimidating and attempting to “blackmail” those lawmakers they suspect of wanting to force Prime Minister Boris Johnson

Ministry of National Treasury and Planning Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani By Business Daily Africa Kenya will retain Citi Bank and JP Morgan to arrange its fifth Eurobond to be issued this year, looking to raise up to Sh250 billion. The Treasury told the Business Daily Wednesday that the two investment banks, which also helped Kenya

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold, forward-deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet in the Indo-Pacific region, transits the Philippine Sea, June 14, 2018. Sarah Myers/U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS By Reuters Chinese forces followed and warned away a U.S. warship which entered waters near the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea, the country’s military