Somali Police Chief issues statement on election security

Photo/Somali Times Somali Police Force Commander General Abdi Hassan Mohamed Hijar issued a statement at a meeting he had with the National Electoral Security Committee. Commander Hijar, who chaired the meeting, said they focused on accelerating efforts to ensure national security. The security of the elections in the country to elections in an environment that

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A Somali business owner’s body is found in the outskirts of Nairobi

Photo: Credit Facebook Bashir Mohamed. Somali business owner becomes target and killed in Nairobi A missing businessman was found dead in Nairobi. Bashir Mohamed, a businessman who went missing weeks ago, has been found dead on the outskirts of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, according to his relatives. The body was found in a bush about

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UK journalist at centre of Diana storm denies link to her death

Martin Bashir, one of the anchors of the ABC news program ‘Nightline’, takes part in a panel discussion at the ABC television network Summer press tour for television critics in Beverly Hills, California July 26, 2007. REUTERS/Fred Prouser/File Photo A former BBC journalist found to have deceived Princess Diana in order to secure an explosive

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Iran says inspectors may no longer get nuclear sites images

File – In this May 28, 2020, file photo, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, center, is surrounded by a group of lawmakers after being elected as speaker of the parliament, in Tehran, Iran. Iran’s parliament speaker says international inspectors may no longer access images of the Islamic Republic’s nuclear sites. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File) By NASSER KARIMI

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UK’s Queen Elizabeth visits new aircraft carrier before Asia voyage

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks with a group of senior figures from the armed forces during a visit to HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier in Portsmouth, Britain, May 21, 2021. Leon Neal/Pool via REUTERS Britain’s Queen Elizabeth visited the country’s new aircraft carrier on Saturday, named in her honour, before it leads a flotilla

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Is Somalia moving into the future or is it stuck in the past?

Photo/Somali Times The conference, chaired by the Prime Minister of Somalia, Mohamed Hussein Roble, was attended by the governors of Puntland, Said Abdullahi Deni, Galmudug, Ahmed Abdi Kariye/ Qoor Qoor, Southwest Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed/Lafta-Gareen, Hirshabelle Ali. Gudlawe Hussein and Jubbaland Mr. Ahmed Mohamed Islam Madobe. A meeting of the National Electoral Consultative Council between the

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Nepal president dissolves parliament, new election in November

Photo: Credit Reuters President Bidya Devi Bhandari. Nepal plunged into fresh political turmoil on Saturday as President Bidya Devi Bhandari dissolved parliament and fixed general elections in November amid a worsening COVID-19 outbreak. The surprise announcement comes after a presidential statement said neither the caretaker Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli, nor opposition leader Sher Bahadur

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Biden to host George Floyd’s family at White House

File – In this Aug. 28, 2020, file photo, people carry posters with George Floyd on them as they march from the Lincoln Memorial to the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington. As the anniversary of George Floyd’s murder approaches, some people say the best way to honor him is for Congress to pass

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African Union urges civilians and soldiers to share power in Chad

Mahamat Idriss Deby, son of late Chadian President Idriss Deby, attends his father’s state funeral in N’Djamena, Chad, April 23, 2021. Christophe Petit Tesson/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo The African Union on Thursday called for civilian and military leaders in Chad to share power until elections can be organised following the death of President Idriss Deby

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UK like an ‘enemy state’ to EU nationals detained by Border Force

One Spanish airline worker had to show border officials his flight-attendant schedule to convince them he was not an illegal migrant. Photograph: Steve Parsons/PA By Lisa O’Carroll Confused over regulations, Home Office border staff meet legitimate visitors and workers with suspicion EU citizens living and working in the UK have revealed how they are being

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