Mogadishu car bombing killed over 20 in a restaurant

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

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The Somali Prime Minister and puppets opposition presidential candidates talks 2021 election collapse

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.

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Syrian war cost $1.2 trillion since 2011: Aid group

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

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Oil Spills in Nigeria Reveal The Ugly, Ruthless Face of Capitalism

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

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Great-Power Competition Is Coming to Africa

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

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Kenya-UAE puppets Said Deni and Ahmed Madobe reject regional leaders meeting

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

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EU says it expects financial services deal with UK, but trust an issue

Puzzle with printed EU and UK flags is seen in this illustration taken November 13, 2019. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Britain and the European Union are on course to agree a deal on regulatory cooperation in financial services this month, but the UK’s actions in Northern Ireland makes it harder to

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World shares track Wall St decline as bond yields rebound

A currency trader gestures at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, March 4, 2021. Asian shares fell Thursday, tracking a decline on Wall Street as another rise in bond yields rattled investors who worry that higher inflation may prompt central banks to raise ultra-low interest

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Kenyans with egg allergies warned over Covid-19 jab

Kenya Health Principal Secretary Susan Mochache at a Press briefing on March 3, 2021. If you are allergic to chicken and eggs, then you are ineligible for the Covid-19 vaccine. The Health ministry warned Wednesday that front-line workers with specific allergies should not take the jab. There are protocols that have to be followed before

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President Farmajo holds emergency meeting with health workers, Benadir regional administration and civil society organizations

Photo/Somali Times The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, met with the National Commission for the control of COVID-19 and the Civil Society to hear a report on the health and economic implications of the resurgence of the epidemic. The Minister of Health of the Federal Government of Somalia, Dr Fawzia

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