Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said the country will shut down several embassies, including one in Kenya, to manage costs, with most diplomats working as non-resident ambassadors. Ethiopia on Monday announced plans to cut the number of embassies it has in other countries by at least half in a bid to save costs. In a briefing

Aircraft with 6 crew, 22 passengers including 1 child on board, lost contact with air traffic control, say media reports Authorities in Russia lost contact with an AN-26 plane with several people on board in the eastern Kamchatka region, local media reported on Tuesday. The plane was en route to Palana from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia’s Sputnik

Photo: Credit Facebook A Borama town in Awdal region of Somalia report says that the police force operating in the town killed a young Amoud University student Ibrahim Salad tonight, according to various reports. Some reports indicate that the Salad was killed, he was wearing the flag of Somalia, while others say that the shooting

Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan receives Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the Presidential Airport in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates November 27, 2019. WAM/Handout via REUTERS By Ghaida Ghantous, Marwa Rashad Rare public disagreement between the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia over OPEC policy points to a growing

File – In this Friday, June 25, 2021 file photo, Luxembourg’s Prime Minister Xavier Bettel leaves at the end of the first day of an EU summit in Brussels. Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel was in observation in hospital early Monday, July 5, 2021 “as a precautionary measure” after he had tested positive for COVID-19

Boris Johnson is to announce on Monday that the lifting of most remaining Covid-19 restrictions in England will go ahead on 19 July. Photograph: Reuters By Aubrey Allegretti and Linda Geddes Boris Johnson to press ahead with final stage of unlocking in England amid huge rise in infections Boris Johnson is to announce that the

File Photo/Somali Times/Somali governors meet prime minister in Mogadishu to finalise 2021 election. As Somalia prepares for elections starting later this month, debate has ensued on just how deep the clan will play in determining who takes which seat. This week, Prime Minister Hussein Roble announced the final timetable for elections, indicating Senate elections will

Photo/Somali Times The Federal Electoral Commission has recently elected a new chairman following a vote held today in Mogadishu. There are 5 candidates running for the chairmanship of the Federal Electoral Commission: 1- Mohamed Hassan Irro, 2- Liban Ahmed Hassan (Liban Shuluq), 3- Abdi Hiis Adan 4- Abdiaziz Yusuf, 5- Mohamed Muse. In the second

Photo: Credit Twitter The United Arab Emirates has spoken at a meeting in Mogadishu between its ambassador to Somalia Mohamed Ahmed Al-Osmani and former Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud. A statement from the UAE embassy in Mogadishu said that the former president shared with the ambassador Mohamed Ahmed Al-Osmani the UAE’s contribution to the reconstruction

In this photo released by the Joint Task Force – Sulu, rescuers search for bodies from the site where a Philippine military C-130 plane crashed in Patikul town, Jolo province, southern Philippines on Sunday, July 4, 2021. The Philippine air force C-130 aircraft carrying troops crashed in a southern province after missing the runway Sunday,