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

A construction site in Nairobi. By CONSTANT MUNDA Default on mortgages and loans advanced to the transport sector has crossed the Sh100 billion mark in the wake of layoffs, business closures and travel restrictions triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic. The transport and real estate sectors topped loan defaults over the nine months to December last

Air-to-air in-sight missile Bozdogan, developed in Goktug project, hit target with first shot, says Erdogan Turkey has managed to be one of the few countries with air-to-air missile technology, said Turkish president on Wednesday. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Twitter that Turkey has become one of the few countries with air-to-air missile technology.

File – In this Saturday, May 25, 2019, file photo, Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed arrives for the swearing-in ceremony of Cyril Ramaphosa at Loftus Versfeld stadium in Pretoria, South Africa. Somalia’s parliament on Monday, April 12, 2021 voted to effectively extend the mandate of the president and federal government by two years in an

Photo/Somali Times The outgoing president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has this evening signed the extension law approved by the outgoing corrupt Somali members of parliament yesterday. Somalia’s Information Minister Osman Abukar Dubbe posted a statement on his Facebook page saying that, Farmajo had signed the law approved by corrupt members of parliament. “The former President of