The latest from the conference Afisyoni

The center of the tent in Afsiyoni’s barrack conference election issues signed by Somalia, the government and federal state leaders. The long-awaited conference was marred by a bitter feud between federal leaders and some state leaders who refused to attend a series of conferences called for by Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo. But with the

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U.S. Says Somali state Governors it cannot leave Mogadishu until an agreement is reached 2021 election

File Photo/Somali Times The United States has told state Governors it cannot leave Mogadishu until an agreement is reached 2021 election. The US Embassy in Somalia said in a statement posted on its Twitter account that the letter was addressed directly to the presidents of Puntland, Jubaland, Galmudug, Southwest and Hir Shabelle. The Somali people

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The council of foreign agents has sent a letter about Farmajo to the international community

Photo/Somali Times The recently announced council of foreign agents has announced the destruction of Somalia’s government. In Mogadishu the council has sent a statement in English against President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo to the international community. The Forum’s long message was sent to US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs,

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Jamal Khashoggi: Saudi crown prince ‘served with lawsuit’ accusing him of kidnap and assassination

Photo: : Credit/Associated Press Amr Nabil/Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. By Andrew Buncombe Lawyers for the fiancee of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi say they have served the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman with a legal complaint – allowing proceedings against the Saudi royal to proceed. Last year, Hatice Cengiz, who was poised to

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Turkey will not crack down on Egypt’s opposition

Prominent Egyptian opposition figure based in Istanbul Ayman Nour on 24 November 2020 [Esra Bilgin/Anadolu Agency] Prominent Egyptian opposition figure based in Istanbul Ayman Nour has denied claims that Turkey had urged the closure of opposition media outlets or it would hand over opposition figures to Cairo, news agencies reported on Friday. Nour, owner of

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Killings of Asian women renew push for tougher U.S. hate crime laws

Jami Webb places flowers outside Young’s Asian Massage following the deadly shootings in Acworth, Georgia, U.S. March 19, 2021. Webb is the daughter of Xiaojie Tan, the owner of the spa who was killed in the shootings. REUTERS/Bita Honarvar By Nathan Layne, Andy Sullivan The killings of six women of Asian descent in Georgia this

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Somali Minister of Information Osman Dubbe says, ”I don’t want to see our former presidents working with foreign agents.”

File Photo/Somali Times Somali Minister of Information Osman Abukar Dubbe held a press conference in Mogadishu to rule out the possibility that the government agency is out of date and illegal. “If the government agency is not working, who will talk about the maritime case in ICJ? If the government agency is not working, who

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Kenyan spokesman Ahmed Madobe says Farmajo deployed more troops in the Gedo region

File Photo/Somali Times Jubaland governor has accused the federal government of deploying troops and heavy weaponry in the Gedo region. Kenyan puppet Ahmed Madobe said in a statement, that heavily armed soldiers arrived in Gedo region on Friday raising tension in the region. Kenyan spokesman Ahmed Madobe warned that President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo will be

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Egypt rebukes Ethiopia’s use of ‘sovereignty language’ over dam

Egypt’s Foreign Ministry yesterday expressed its anger over Ethiopian officials’ use of “the language of sovereignty” in their recent statements about the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). “It is regrettable that the Ethiopian officials use the language of sovereignty in their speeches about the utilisation of the resources of a transboundary [Nile] river,” the ministry’s

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U.S. keen to strengthen security ties with India, says Defense Secretary Austin

Photo: Credit Reuters By Aditi Shah, Nigam Prusty The United States would like to elevate and strengthen security ties with India, especially in information sharing and logistics, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told his Indian counterpart on Saturday. Austin is making the first visit by a top member of U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration to India

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