The Ministers noted that Amisom continues to experience challenges especially in respect to predictable funding including lack of force multipliers and enablers. The duo urged the United Nations to consider financing Amisom through UN assessed contributions. Kenya and Algeria have called for the extension of Amisom mandate in Somalia. In a joint communique between Kenya’s

President Joe Biden signs executive orders after speaking about the coronavirus, accompanied by Vice President Kamala Harris, left, and Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, right, in the State Dinning Room of the White House, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and

UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab. Kenya is set to receive at least Sh8 billion from the UK to fund the construction of affordable housing. UK Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab said Wednesday the funding — which would come in tranches — is part of the UK government’s support of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s vision of providing 100,000

Farhiya Iman moved to St. Cloud, Minn., in the city’s first wave of refugees from Somalia. Now she’s working to change the environment through cultural education.Jaida Grey Eagle. By Kirsti Marohn Farhiya Iman is single-handedly helping to overcome barriers in her community by teaching others about her native Somali culture and language, one phrase at

Photo/Somali Times The governor of Puntland State of Somalia Said Abdullahi Deni today met with the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Somalia, Amb. James Swan. The meeting was a Zoom video call and the two sides discussed the situation in the country and the 2021 elections. The two officials focused on resolving

Photo/Somali Times The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Somali Government, Mohamed Abdirasak Mohamoud, held a private meeting with Volkan Bozkir, the current President of the 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. During the meeting, which took place in the United States, the two leaders discussed the situation in Somalia, which is currently

A session of the United Nations Security Council (Photo: VNA) New York (VNA) – Vietnam supports the democratic process in Somalia, particularly the upcoming elections, Minister Counsellor Nguyen Phuong Tra, Deputy Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations, has said. At the informal dialogue with between the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and Somalian

File Photo/Somali Times Internal and external forces have ominously converged in recent weeks, threatening the tentative state of stability in Somalia. Domestically, President Mohammed Farmaajo’s efforts to manoeuvre his path to re-election in 2021 are sparking considerable internal strife, while internationally, a hurricane of potentially harmful geopolitical winds is circling around Somalia. In particular, events

Photo/Somali Times The EU on Wednesday launched a fisheries and livestock project to expand the Somali economy and improve the lives of farmers. Speaking during the launch ceremony in the capital Mogadishu, Nicolas Berlanga Martínez, the EU ambassador to Somalia, said the 14.7 million euro ($17.7 million) project is aimed at revitalizing the Somali economy,

Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Jill Biden holds the Bible during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021.(Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP) By JONATHAN LEMIRE, ZEKE MILLER and ALEXANDRA JAFFE WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe