File Photo/Somali Times The outgoing parliament convened on April 12th 2021 to extend Farmajo’s term by two years, with opposition from the Upper House, regional administrations, the National Salvation Forum, civil society and even the international community, led by Europe, United States and the UK rejected their extension plan. The list of MPs who submitted

File Photo/Somali Times By AFP Somalia, where a controversial law has just extended the president’s expired term by two years, is mired in a political crisis over the failure to organise elections. The country has been in chaos since the fall of the military regime of President Siad Barre in 1991, followed by a clan

Payment, electronic money institutions not to mediate platforms that offer trading, custody, transfer, crypto asset issuance The Turkish Central Bank will ban the use of crypto assets in payments as they entail significant risks for the parties to the transactions. Payment and electronic money institutions will not be able to mediate platforms that offer trading,

André has been the US ambassador to Djibouti since 2017, having previously served as US ambassador to Mauritania, from 2014 to 2017. André is a veteran diplomat, having worked in diplomacy since the 1990s, and has served in nine foreign missions, mostly in Africa. André’s appointment comes amid strained relations between the United States and

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Photograph: Reuters By Patrick Wintour Mohammed bin Salman warned of damage to Saudi-UK relations if Premier League refusal not ‘corrected’ The Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, warned Boris Johnson in a text message that UK-Saudi Arabian relations would be damaged if the British government failed to intervene

An Ethiopian woman who says she was gang-raped by armed men is seen during an interview with Reuters in a hospital in the town of Adigrat, Tigray region, Ethiopia, March 18, 2021. The Ethiopian government did not respond to the woman’s specific allegations but promised perpetrators of sexual violence would be punished. Picture taken March

A section of Lamu Island. By BRIAN NGUGI Kenya will auction new oil and gas exploration blocks in the Lamu Basin on the Indian Ocean territory within a year as the country looks to attract new investment in the petroleum sector. Petroleum and Mining Principal Secretary Andrew Kamau said the offshore blocks will be put

Photo/Somali Times Last night’s clashes in parts of Mogadishu between General Sadaq John and Farmajo’s troops subsided following the efforts of Galmudug Governor Qoor Qoor, a relative of Sadaq. Reports say that Qoor Qoor has succeeded in preventing a clash between Farmajo’s forces and the former Benadir regional police commander in the Shirkole neighborhood of

Photo/Somali Times Somalia on Wednesday warned the international community not to interfere in its national affairs after foreign nations questioned the move by Parliament to extend President Mohamed Farmajo’s term by two years. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Mogadishu will not tolerate external interference and threats on sensitive internal matters which solely falls within

United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, April 14, 2021. United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Brussels on Wednesday for talks with European and NATO allies about Afghanistan, Ukraine and other matters. (Johanna Geron, Pool via AP) By MATTHEW LEE BRUSSELS