Top EU officials, British premier to sign trade agreement Wednesday The European Council announced Tuesday that it has adopted by written procedure the decision on the signing of the EU-UK trade deal. The agreement will be signed by the two parties Wednesday. European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen

Photo: Credit Reuters By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) – Britain on Wednesday became the first country in the world to approve a coronavirus vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca as it battles a major winter surge driven by a new, highly contagious variant of the virus. AstraZeneca said the authorisation was for a two

Since our troops entered Somalia on October 16, 2011, Kenyan regions bordering Somalia have never been at ease. Mandera, Wajir and Garissa counties continue to suffer intermittent terror attacks orchestrated by the Al-Shabaab militia despite relentless efforts by our gallant security officers to keep the outlaws at bay. For instance, on December 18, a chief

Somali government officials on the border between Somalia and Kenya said they have arrested two men who were carrying money which came from the United Arab Emirates. Government officials said the number of people arrested was two men and the money they were carrying, although they did not say how much money was seized. The

Ambulances outside the Royal London Hospital, in London, Tuesday Dec. 29, 2020. England Health Service figures show hospitals now have more Covid-19 patients than during April’s first-wave peak, with fears of increased figures because of a Christmas social spread still to come. (Dominic Lipinski/PA via AP) By JILL LAWLESS LONDON (AP) — British officials are

Mandera MCAs have raised concerns over alleged presence of a foreign militia group and an increase of Somalia soldiers at the border. In a statement yesterday, the lawmakers described the state of insecurity in Mandera town as “very tense”, with residents forced to flee their homes over fears of a possible attack. County Assembly Majority

Safaricom CEO Peter Ndegwa. Safaricom has put on ice plans to launch Kenya’s first fifth-generation (5G) mobile internet services in a retreat that will see the telco focus on growing 4G network in the race to boost data use. Peter Ndegwa, the Safaricom CEO, says there is no plan to launch the 5G network in

Madalena Gordiano was enslaved from the age of eight and worked as a domestic servant for a White family — Screenshot via Fantástico By FRANCIS AKHALBEY Labor inspectors in Brazil have rescued a Black woman who was enslaved from the age of eight and worked as a domestic servant – without receiving any remuneration or

Photo/Somali Times The Electoral Commission team will elect President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo as a plan The Federal Electoral Implementation Team informs election stakeholders that there has been a change in the Upper House election schedule originally scheduled for December 31, 2020 to January 6, 2021. The Committee shares with the Heads of State of the

Coronavirus takes more than 500,000 Europe in 2020 but vaccines bring ray of hope for future In the final days of 2019, Brexit negotiations between the UK and the EU were undoubtedly the biggest news item for Europe. Disgruntled voices kept pouring in from all camps in Britain and EU member states as everybody had