Prime Minister Roble meets with security officials

Photo/Somali Times Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia Mohamed Hussein Roble today addressed a joint press conference in Mogadishu. The Prime Minister has listened to reports on the security situation in the capital and the security is preventing terrorist groups plotting and planning to kill enemy civilians. Prime Minister Roble also said that

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Somali 60th Division Commander visits demining training troops

Photo/Somali Times Commander of the 60th Division of the Somali National Army Brigadier General Mohamed Sheikh Abdullahi inspected a number of troops undergoing demining training at the UK Training Camp in Baidoa. The commander was welcomed by the leaders of the troops and the army has been training better to prevent crime against peace Al-Shabaab

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Explainer: Who are the rebels threatening to take Chad’s capital?

A Chad army tank is seen on the street, as fighters from the rebel Front for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT) appeared to be moving toward the capital according to the United States, in N’djamena, Chad April 19, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer By Edward McallisterDavid Lewis Libya-based rebels have set their sights on Chad’s capital N’Djamena

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Denmark tells some Syrians to leave, separating families

Faeza Satouf, a Syrian refugee who was granted asylum in Denmark in 2015, talks to The Associated Press during an interview in Nivaa, Denmark, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. Ten years after the start of the Syrian civil war, Denmark has become the first European country to start revoking the residency permits of some refugees from

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Somalia warns of the Kenya-Djibouti plan for African Union summit

File Photo/Somali Times The Somali government says Kenya and Djibouti is conducting a diplomatic campaign to persuade the African Union Commission to include its agenda of the Somali elections’ statement. Somali Information Minister Osman Dubbe, who recently held a press conference in Mogadishu, said the Somali government was warning of further information on plans by

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Slain Chad leader’s son takes power as rivals slam ‘coup’

Photo: Credit AFP/Four Star General and head of the Republican Guard in Chad, Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, 37, son of Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno is seen at a polling station in N’djamena on April 11, 2021. Chad faced an uncertain future Wednesday as the son of slain leader Idriss Deby Itno took power in

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Kenya seeks debt expert ahead of Eurobond issue

Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani. The Treasury is seeking experts to help the country restructure its external commercial loans to reduce the cost and improve its debt sustainability measure. The Treasury said in a notice on Tuesday that the expert will be tasked with drawing up the best options for Kenya to restructure its liabilities

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Mozambique’s Nyusi vows to restore peace in gas-rich Cabo Delgado

Mozambique’s President Filipe Nyusi attends a signing ceremony following the talks with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia August 22, 2019. Sputnik/Alexey Nikolsky/Kremlin via REUTERS Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi said on Wednesday the government will work to restore peace in the country after a deadly militant attack last month near multi-billion-dollar gas projects backed

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Indonesia looking for submarine that may be too deep to help

Indonesian Navy ship KRI Singa sails to take part in the search for submarine KRI Nanggala. By NINIEK KARMINI JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s navy ships on Thursday were intensely searching for a submarine that likely fell too deep to retrieve, making survival chances for the 53 people on board slim. Neighboring countries rushed their

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UAE may impose virus curbs on unvaccinated people, official says

Photo: Credit Associated Press/ AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in a fridge at the local vaccine center in Ebersberg near Munich, Germany. The United Arab Emirates has warned it could impose restrictions on people who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 as the region’s business and tourism hub pushes its immunisation campaign. The country of some 9

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