Turkey eyes becoming 10th largest global economy

Turkey engaging in major investments, projects to be among top 10 largest global economies, says nation’s president Turkey is engaging in major investments and projects, hoping to become one of the world’s top 10 largest global economies, the country’s president said Saturday. ”To make our country one of the 10 biggest economies in the world,

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Ahmed Madobe and Deni allies with Uhuru Kenyatta instead of President Farmajo

File Photo/Somali Times The Jubaland president said there was a lot of controversy over the Gedo region, especially the Garbaharre district administration, which are one of the areas scheduled for the Somali parliamentary elections. President Ahmed Madobe, who spoke at length about the challenges facing Jubaland said that he attended the summit with the aim

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President Farmajo’s extension of the government’s term of parliament is legally allowed

Photo/Somali Times Somalia is likely to miss a February 8 deadline to choose a new president after three days of negotiations between the central government and federal states which collapsed on Friday without resolution over the disputed electoral process. President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo and Somalia’s five regional leaders reached an agreement on September 17 that

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Farmajo says Somalia’s election has foreign countries controlling their sovereignty and internal affairs.

Photo/Somali Times The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo today addressed a special session of the House of the People of the Somali Parliament. President Mohamed Farmajo has said the political situation in the country and political parties are still in dispute and he is, as he finished the Dhusamareb conference.

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Farmajo may not give up the top job

Photo/Somali Times The Somali federal government and regional leaders in delayed elections ended without agreement with the central Dhusamareb city on late Friday. Following the three-day talks, Somali Information Minister Osman Dube told Somali Times the leaders will meet again in future foreign countries interfering in the talks with Somalia’s sovereignty controlling their internal affairs.

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Bus driver killed wife ‘after she asked him to move out because he had Covid’

Hussein Egal, 66, allegedly murdered 57-year-old Maryan Ismail at their flat in Edmonton, north London (Picture: Central News) By Sam Corbishley A bus driver bludgeoned his wife in a ‘frenzied’ attack after she asked him to move out because he was suffering from coronavirus, a court heard today. Hussein Egal, 66, allegedly murdered 57-year-old Maryan

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US ‘prepared’ to release Khashoggi murder report

Biden administration says it will comply with law after former President Donald Trump blocked report’s release The Biden administration said Friday it is “prepared” to release an unclassified report detailing its understanding of who is responsible for the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters that the administration

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Upper House Speaker says, ‘No meeting requested by Farmajo has been reported to us.’

Photo/Somali Times A statement from the Upper House said no meeting was reported after the Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo was scheduled to address the Somali Parliament tomorrow. The statement from the Upper House read as follows, ‘All senators of the Upper House are informed that no joint meeting has been requested by the President

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The latest: Farmajo will address parliament tomorrow for a two year extension in office

Photo/Somali Times A message has been sent to the members of the Somali parliament informing them that President Farmajo will address tomorrow for a two year extension in office of the President of Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo. The president is expected to travel from Dhusamareb where no agreement has yet been reached between the federal

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The latest from the Dhusamareb conference

Photo/Somali Times A meeting between federal, regional and Benadir leaders is still underway in Dhusamareb, the capital of Galmudug. The president of the Jubaland state of Somalia, Ahmed Madobe, has called on the people of the Gedo region to work for the peace and stability of the region. Sources from Villa Somalia told Somali Times

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