Somali Foreign Minister says agreement has been reached on elections

Photo/Somali Times The United Nations Security Council convened today for a special session on the situation in Somalia, and was addressed by members of the Somali Foreign Ministry Mohamed Abdirizak and United Nations Special Representative to Somalia James Swan. First, Somali Foreign Minister Mohamed Abdirizak said in his speech to the Security Council that an

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UK to send 250 specialist troops to Somalia to battle Al Shabab terrorists

By MARCO GIANNANGELI BRITAIN is to send 250 troops to Somalia as the country battles against Al Shabab terrorists. The move, to take place “within the next 12 months:”, will represent the first official engagement of the new Army Ranger regiment. It comes just months after the creation of the Special Operation Brigade was announced

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UK borrowing shows first annual fall since start of pandemic

British Pound Sterling banknotes are seen in a box at the Money Service Austria company’s headquarters in Vienna, Austria, November 16, 2017.REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger By David Milliken, Andy Bruce Britain’s massive public borrowing began to head downwards last month for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, bolstered by a brightening economic outlook

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Mali’s president and PM remain detained by mutinous soldiers

File – In this Thursday Sept. 21, 2006, file photo, Mali’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Moctar Ouane addresses the 61st session of the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters. Mutinous soldiers arrested Mali’s transitional President Bah N’Daw and Prime Minister Ouane, Monday, May 24, 2021, hours after a government

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Turkey to export drones ‘for 1st time’ to NATO, EU member

The ‘Bayraktar TB2’ (Armed Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) is seen in Istanbul, Turkey on February 22, 2021. ( BAYKAR – Anadolu Agency ) Turkey, Poland ‘walking firmly’ towards $10B bilateral trade volume target, says President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Turkey is set to export unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to Poland, in what will be “the first time

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Ethiopia accuses United States of meddling over Tigray

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed speaks at a news conference at his office in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia August 1, 2019. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri/File Photo Ethiopia accused the United States on Monday of meddling in its affairs after Washington announced restrictions on economic and security assistance over alleged human rights abuses during the conflict in the northern

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Somali Foreign Minister praises outgoing Chinese Ambassador

Photo/Somali Times The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Federal Government of Somalia, Mohamed Abdirizak Mohamud Abubakar, on Monday paid tribute to the outgoing Qin Jian, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to the Federal Republic of Somalia in Mogadishu. The Minister thanked the outgoing Chinese Ambassador for his outstanding work

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Foreigners arrested on Bali for alleged drug possession

British national Kenneth Daniel Kutsch, right, and Italian national Francesco D’alesio, walk as they are shown to the media during a police press conference in Badung, Bali, Indonesia, Monday, May 24, 2021. The British hotel owner and the Italian tourist were arrested for alleged possession of narcotics on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali, police announced

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Fury over “state piracy” as West weighs action against Belarus

A Ryanair aircraft, which was carrying Belarusian opposition blogger and activist Roman Protasevich and diverted to Belarus, where authorities detained him, lands at Vilnius Airport in Vilnius, Lithuania May 23, 2021. REUTERS/Andrius Sytas By Reuters Western politicians accused Belarus on Monday of state piracy amounting to a “warlike act”, searching for a way to retaliate

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Uhuru Kenyatta’s in-law, step-mother renew properties fight

Margaret Gecaga. By SAM KIPLAGAT President Uhuru Kenyatta’s brother-in-law Udi Gecaga is locked in a new court battle over the ownership of eight properties in Nairobi’s Muthaiga with his stepmother, who faced eviction from one of the homes. The Court of Appeal has allowed Margaret Gacigi Gecaga to challenge the arbitration ruling that gave Udi

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