As part of restructuring Somali army, barracks built by Turkey handed over to authorities, says National Defense Ministry Turkey on Saturday handed over military barracks to Somalia, according to an official statement. “As part of restructuring the Somali Armed Forces, the Northern Barracks – 1st Stage Facilities built by Turkey in Mogadishu were handed over

Credit Reuters By Sarah Young, Clara-Laeila Laudette, Laurence Frost The race to roll out vaccination passports is spurring competition among travel companies and tourist destinations for the large number of Britons set to receive COVID-19 shots before the summer. Thanks to its swift vaccine deployment here, Britain is the only major European country likely to

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday won a vote of confidence in the lower house of Parliament, the speaker said. Khan won 178 votes in the 341-seat National Assembly, well above the 172 votes he needed to survive. On Wednesday, Khan announced to seek a vote of confidence from Parliament after his party’s unexpected

A medical clinic that was looted and vandalized in Zana, is seen in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. The United Nations in its latest humanitarian report on the situation in Tigray says the “humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate” as fighting intensifies across the northern region. (Medecins Sans Frontieres via AP)

Photo/Somali Times ”Mogadishu seaport restaurant Lul-Yemeni has twenty innocent people feared dead or injured after a car bomb blast has targeted a busy restaurant near the Mogadishu seaport on Friday evening,” Somali police spokesman said. Police spokesman Sadaq Adan Ali told Somali Times after the explosion that an explosive-laden car hit the restaurant, adding investigations

File Photo/Somali Times Somali prime minister Roble said talks with the opposition presidential candidates to end the election stalemate in the country have collapsed. Somali prime minister Mohamed Hussein Roble said the government has made a number of concessions during the three day talks at the Dècalè Hotel inside Adan Adde International Airport in Mogadishu.

Over past decade, cost of conflict in Syria estimated at $1.2 trillion in GDP, says report by humanitarian group In addition to millions of people dead or displaced, the economic cost of the decade-long Syrian war is more than $1.2 trillion in lost gross domestic product (GDP), according to a new report by a humanitarian

Oil spills By Takudzwa Hillary Chiwanza. The environment and its inhabitants have to bear the brunt of such negligence. Africa is a continent that is abundantly blessed with natural resources. But ever since imperialism showed its grim face to the continent through brutal colonial conquests, the control of such natural resources passed from the hands

A U.S.-led international training mission for African militaries in Diffa, Niger, March 2014 Joe Penney / Reuters By Marcus Hicks, Kyle Atwell, and Dan Collini The United States Needs to Think Regionally to Win Under President Donald Trump, the United States withdrew troops and resources from Africa as part of a broader national security shift

File Photo/Somali Times There may be a delay in the meeting called by President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo. At Thursday 04 March 2021 a meeting is scheduled for Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, who called on regional and Benadir regional leaders to attend to finalize the 2021 election talks. The Governor of Puntland Said Deni and