Prince Philip is laid to rest as somber queen sits alone

From front left, Britain’s Prince Charles, Prince Andrew. Prince Edward, Prince William, Peter Phillips, Prince Harry, Earl of Snowdon and Tim Laurence follow the coffin the coffin makes it’s way past the Round Tower during the funeral of Britain’s Prince Philip inside Windsor Castle in Windsor, England Saturday April 17, 2021. (Leon Neal/Pool via AP)

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Farmajo meets with representatives of the international community

File Photo/Somali Times Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo is meeting with representatives of the international community in Somalia at the Afisyoni Tent. The meeting will be the first between the president and the representatives of the international community in Somalia after Parliament passed a two-year extension for Farmajo. Several countries, including the United States, the

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Funeral to praise Philip’s ‘courage’ and support for queen

In this 2003 photo released by Buckingham Palace Friday April 16, 2021, a personal photograph of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh at the top of the Coyles of Muick, Scotland, in this photo taken by Sophie The Countess of Wessex in 2003. (The Countess of Wessex/Buckingham Palace via AP) By DANICA

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UK woman says UAE denied her work visa due to Somali heritage

File Photo/Somali Times The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has reportedly refused to issue a work visa for a British woman allegedly due to her Somali heritage. The woman, named Samia, took to Twitter yesterday to announce that a school in the UAE had initially offered her a position which she called her “dream come true.”

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Kenyan researcher Rashid Abdi rejects spying charge in Somalia

Kenyan researcher Rashid Abdi, who works with Sahan, a research think-tank with offices in Somalia, Kenya and the United Kingdom. By Aggrey Mutambo Kenyan researcher Rashid Abdi and his colleagues at Sahan, a research think-tank, have rejected accusations of spying and leaking State secrets in Somalia. A Somali court earlier indicted Mr Abdi and five

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Somali security forces to lead in fighting al Shabaab – Amisom

Photo/Somali Times By NANCY AGUTU Amisom and Somali National Army agreed on strategies for Somali security forces to take a lead role. During a two-day meeting to evaluate security sector gains in Somalia, Amisom and Somali National Army agreed on strategies for Somali security forces to take a lead role. Representatives from the United Nations

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Somalia’s outgoing parliament behind Farmajo’s two-year extension holds US, EU and UK passports and may face sanctions.

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

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Somalia: A deadly, chaotic decade

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

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Turkish Central Bank to ban use of cryptos in payments

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,

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US names new ambassador to Somalia

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

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