Photo: Credit Twitter Kenya Defence Forces officers at the scene of the incident in Somalia. By DERRICK OKUBASU Several Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) officers are feared dead after a car they were travelling in hit an improvised road bomb. A statement by Counter Terrorism & National Security Intelligence Service (CTNSIS) indicated that the incident occurred

Photo: Credit AP/Kamran Jebreili, File. By JON GAMBRELL A Kenyan who wrote compelling dispatches under a pseudonym about the challenges of living as a low-wage worker in Qatar and advocated for their rights has been detained under unclear circumstances in the energy-rich nation. The arrest of Malcolm Bidali draws renewed attention on the limits of

Spanish Guardia Civil officers try to stop people from Morocco swimming and entering into the Spanish territory at the border of Morocco and Spain, at the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on Monday, May 17, 2021. Authorities in Spain say that around 1,000 Moroccan migrants have crossed into Spanish territory (Antonio Sempere/Europa Press via AP) By

Photo/Somali Times UCID party chairman Faisal Ali Warabe welcomed a recent statement by Somaliland’s deputy interior minister that they would take action against the Hawiye community, which has recently expressed support for candidates running in Somaliland’s elections. Faisal said foreigners living in Somaliland, who are understood to be part of the Hawiye communities in Somaliland,

Bill Gates stepped down from the Microsoft board in 2020. He said he was doing so to focus on philanthropy. Photograph: Charles Platiau/Reuters By The Guardian Board members reportedly felt his presence was inappropriate during the investigation into a romantic relationship last year Board members at Microsoft decided in 2020 it was not appropriate for

The recent torrential rains across Somalia have affected around 166,000 people, the United Nations humanitarian agency said on Monday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said while the rains have reduced in some areas, it is alarming that Somalia has been hit by a double climate disaster, with drought declared on

Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, president of the Department of Civil Aviation, CEO and chairman of The Emirates Group speaks with journalists at the Arabian Travel Market exhibition in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday, May 17, 2021. The Middle East’s largest airlines saw its passenger levels plummet by 70% last year and furloughed more

Photo: Credit AP /Mulugeta Ayene, File Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has issued a warning against countries are interfering in his country’s affairs, according to the state news agency ENA. Abiy said he would not allow delays in the general election to be used for other agendas, which he said were being pushed by powerful

By OTIATO GUGUYU The Treasury has announced a new crackdown on wealthy tax evaders as part of its budget for the year starting July, setting the stage for travel bans, asset freeze and deactivation of Personal Identification Numbers (PINs). The clampdown is revealed in a commitment that Kenya made to the International Monetary Fund (IMF)

The Somali federal government has banned a Kenyan-registered company from operating in the country after it unloaded equipment for the Somaliland elections in Hargeisa from Nairobi. Credible sources with the Somali Civil Aviation Authority told Somali Times that the airline, Astral Aviation, was banned after violating Somali airspace, which flew to Hargeisa without a permit.