China-built tallest skyscraper in Africa topped out in Egypt’s new capital

Photo: Credit Xinhua News Agency Sui Xiankai / This photo taken on June 17, 2021 shows the Iconic Tower being topped out at the construction site of the central business district (CBD) project in new administrative capital, Egypt. With a commanding view of the modern buildings sprouting up in the central business district (CBD) of

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Kenyan Somalis worried over kidnappings, murder

Photo: Credit Facebook Abductions followed by hefty ransoms demands with threat of torture, death increasingly reported to police The rate at which Kenyan-Somali girls and children are being kidnapped, abused or murdered if ransom is not paid, is alarming residents in the Kenyan capital on Thursday. Kenyan-Somali’s are living in fear in the capital after

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European Union cuts KDF pay in Somalia by Sh4.9bn

Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) in Somalia. Donor reimbursements to Kenya for its troops fighting Al-Shabaab militia in Somalia have been cut 66 percent or Sh4.9 billion in the new financial year starting July, as the UN-backed planned date for exit draws closer. A report tabled in Parliament by the Treasury showed that the European Union

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Zambia’s first president Kenneth Kaunda dies at age 97

File – In this Jan. 25, 2015 file photo, former Zambian president, Kenneth Kaunda, attends the inauguration ceremony of the Patriotic Front’s Edgar Lungu, in Lusaka. The country’s first president, Kaunda, 97, has been admitted to hospital, his office announced Monday, June 14, 2021, as the southern African country battles a surge in COVID-19. (AP

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Hassan Sheikh fully supported former Al-Shabab leader Mukhtar Robow

Photo/Somali Times Former Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud, openly talked about the arrest of Sheikh Mukhtar Robow Ali who has been detained by the federal government for almost three years in Somalia. Hassan Sheikh first described the arrest of former Al-Shabab leader Mukhtar Robow as a kidnapping, and his arrest was illegal. Former Al-Shabab commander

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Britain being ‘held to ransom’ by people refusing to take vaccine, says top Tory MP

Credit: Reuters Simon Dawson/Liam Fox is seen outside Downing Street in London, Britain January 30, 2020. By Jimmy Nsubuga Conservative MPs angry at the delay of the end of lockdown have spoken out. Boris Johnson on Monday delayed by a month his plans to lift the last COVID-19 restrictions in England after modelling showed thousands

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“Forever Wars”: Our Hidden Shield

Photo/Somali Times By Thomas H. Henriksen President Biden’s retreat from Afghanistan has generated deep concern about US anti-terrorism policy. Two time zones to the west of the mountainous country, the president’s actions raise questions about other possible withdrawals from small quasi-wars against terrorist militias in Africa. The news media give scant publicity to the terrorist

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Somali government request economic support from Qatar

Photo/Somali Times Somali foreign minister, Mohamed Mohamoud Abdirizak recent visit to Qatar, met with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Qatar, Saad Bin Sultan, who has submitted a bid to support the country. The meeting further bilateral support to Somalia, Qatar, especially in the security and economy. The two officials agreed that the importance

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Sudan’s prime minister warns of risk of chaos, civil war

Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok attends a joint news conference with French President Emmanuel Macron and Sudan’s Sovereign Council Chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (not seen) during the International Conference in support of Sudan at the Temporary Grand Palais in Paris, France, May 17, 2021. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/Pool Sudan’s prime minister warned on Tuesday of the

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Russian expert explains what to expect from Putin-Biden meeting in Geneva

By Elena Teslova Andrey Kortunov lists issues where Russia, US can work together, also those that can only lead to ‘pointless discussion’ If Russian and US presidents manage to agree on issues of arms control, strategic stability, some points of regional conflicts, and stop “the war of embassies,” the meeting can be considered successful, a

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