Liberal Party state director Sam McQuestin.CREDIT:PHILIP BIGGS By The Age-Political reporter Paul Sakkal The Liberal Party has dropped its candidate for a federal seat in Melbourne’s north-east because she receives payments from her uncle who is a minister in the Somali government. Zahra Mustaf was set to run for the notionally marginal seat of Jaga

A Kenya Railways cargo train. By Business Daily Africa The Chinese operator of the standard gauge railway (SGR) has demanded billions of shillings in unpaid bills before handing over fully to Kenya. Africa Star Railway Operation Company Ltd (Afristar), the Chinese company contracted to run the train service, has listed clearing of its debts as

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Monday, Aug. 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and LOLITA C. BALDOR The United States showed no sign Monday of stepping up airstrikes in Afghanistan despite accelerating Taliban gains there. A Pentagon spokesman emphasized that Americans now see the fight

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak arrive for a Cabinet meeting, in London, Britain October 13, 2020. REUTERS/Simon Dawson/Files By Reuters LONDON, Aug 9 (Reuters) – British Prime minister Boris Johnson has full confidence in finance minister Rishi Sunak and has no plans to reshuffle his cabinet team, Johnson’s

Russian tourists gather at the Egyptair check-in desk at the Domodedovo International Airport outside Moscow, Russia, Monday, Aug. 9, 2021. The Russian state aviation agency, Rosaviatsiya, has cleared eight Russian airlines to operate flights to Hurghada and Sharm El Sheikh from 43 cities all across Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr) By SAMY MAGDY Cairo (AP)

Harun Aydin, the Turkish national who was to accompany DP William Ruto to Uganda: Credit Daily Nation. According to Daily Nation reported Harun Aydin, the Turkish national who was detained by security on Saturday at Wilson Airport after jetting in from Uganda, has been deported. His lawyer Ahmednasir Abdullahi, accompanied by Kapsaret legislator Oscar Sudi,

Photo/Somali Times Kenyan Foreign Minister Raychelle Omamo visited Mogadishu on Sunday, 8 August 2021, with her high delegation met the prime minister of Somalia Mohamed Hussein Roble to negotiate the maritime case and how Kenya will import the Khat drug which effect Somali families and health. Mr Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo’s political turmoil and Roble’s response

People visit the Volkswagen booth during a media day for the Auto Shanghai show in Shanghai, China April 19, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo By Yilei Sun, Tony Munroe BEIJING (Reuters) – In late December 2019, managers at Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) headquarters in Wolfsburg realised they might have a serious problem in China, the company’s biggest market

Foreign Affairs CS Ambassador Raychelle Omamo and her Somalia counterpart Mohamed Abdirizak hold bilateral talks in Mogadishu on August 8. By The Star, Kenya Somalia has maintained that the maritime dispute with Kenya will be decided by the International Court of Justice. This emerged on Sunday during Foreign Affairs CS Raychelle Omamo’s maiden official visit

Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta held bilateral talks with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson in London on January 21, 2020. By Business Daily Africa Travellers from Kenya remained banned to the United Kingdom in the latest update that took effect yesterday, coming days after President Uhuru Kenyatta’s visit to Britain. The UK last week updated countries