Ethiopia’s Somali State President Mustafa Mohammad. Border clashes between Ethiopia’s Afar and Somali regions have killed at least 100 people, a regional official said on Tuesday, the latest outbreak of violence ahead of national elections in June. Around 100 civilians were killed since clashes broke out on Friday and continued through Tuesday, Ahmed Humed, deputy

Photo/Somali Times Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble has visited some of the soldiers wounded in a deadly al-Shabaab attack on military bases in Barire and Awdhegle in the Lower Shabelle region. Prime Minister Roble listened to a report from hospital officials on the condition of the soldiers, and also have conversations the wounded soldiers,

Political deputy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran, Abbas Araghchi, right, arrives at the Grand Hotel Wien where closed-door nuclear talks with Iran take place in Vienna, Austria, Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Foreign ministry officials from the countries still in the accord, the so-called Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, are meeting in Vienna

Total of 2,728 people currently under detention, 38 of them sentenced, says Assistance Association for Political Prisoners At least 570 people in Myanmar have been killed since the country’s military seized control on Feb. 1, a Myanmar-based civil rights group said. As of April 5, 570 people were confirmed killed by the military junta, a

File Photo/Somali Times The Somali government has closed the case against former Jubaland security minister Abdirashid Janan, who recently reached a deal with the government. The attorney general’s office that issued the decision to close Janan’s case is based on the public interest in justice. The Benadir Regional Court, where Janan’s case and arrest warrant

Abdulrahman al-Sadhan and his sister Areej al-Sadhan, prior to his detention (Courtesy of Areej al-Sadhan) Abdulrahman al-Sadhan’s arrest was reportedly linked to an anonymous Twitter account that voiced concerns over human rights in the kingdom A Saudi terrorism court sentenced a local aid worker to 20 years in prison, weeks after his family reported that

File – In this November 2019, file photo, renowned Japanese scriptwriter Sugako Hashida speaks during an interview in Atami, west of Tokyo. Hashida, best known for the internationally popular TV drama series “Oshin,” has died of lymphoma. She was 95. Hashida had been treated for the illness since earlier 2021. She died Sunday, April 4,

Photo: Credit AFP/Olivier Douliery/The International Monetary Fund Headquarters in Washington, DC. By Paul Wafula Kenya’s public debt has ballooned by more than Sh1 trillion in the last one year under the cover of fighting Covid-19 pandemic. This now makes the period between March 2020 and March 2021 as Kenya’s worst in terms of borrowing, after

Photo/Somali Times According to Somali officials which told Somali Times former Puntland governor and Aran Jaan leader Abdirahman Farole has been tested postive of Coronavirus. ”Aran Jaan leader Abdirahman Farole had a interview with outlet media this morning and he was coughing a lot. Then after the interview he went to the hospital for testing

Photo: Credit Toyota TGR’s new GR 86 Toyota City, Japan―On April 5, 2021, TOYOTA GAZOO Racing (TGR) gave the new GR 86 its world debut in an online event held together with Subaru Corporation (Subaru). Following the GR Supra and GR Yaris, the new GR 86 is the third global model in TGR’s GR series