Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud in Berlin, Germany on 21 February 2020 [Abdulhamid Hoşbaş/Anadolu Agency] Saudi Arabia wants to be part of any deal between the incoming US administration and Iran, Foreign Minister Faisal Bin Farhan told America’s CNBC on Saturday. Bin Farhan said that any deal with Iran would

Photo/Somali Times By Vanda Felbab-Brown With many focused on the dangerous conflict in Ethiopia, Somalia is facing a triple security crisis. If unaddressed, it could severely jeopardize the country’s halting progress. As I’ve written previously, the first crisis is that Ethiopia’s instability and ethnic strife harm Somalia’s security. The second, discussed here, is upcoming parliamentary

Photo/Somali Times Ethiopian national security adviser Gedu Andargacho’s has arrived in Mogadishu, where he met with President Farmajo, delivering a message from Abiy Ahmed. Mr Gedu Andargacho arrived in Mogadishu today and was welcomed at the airport by Presidential Security Adviser Abdi Said Mohamed Ali and Ethiopian Ambassador to Somalia Jamaudin Mustafa. Ethiopian Ambassador to

Photo/Somali Times Candidates for the presidency of Somalia have expanded their conference in Mogadishu, with new officials joining them. Speaker of parliament Mohamed Mursal Sheikh Abdirahman and his first deputy Abdiweli Sheikh Ibrahim Mudey joined the conference. The conference has been taking place for the past three days at the Jazeera Hotel in Mogadishu. The

In this Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020 file photo, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street in London, to attend a weekly cabinet meeting at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, in London. Boris Johnson’s office said late Saturday Nov. 21, 2020, there are plans to end the England-wide lockdown as scheduled on Dec.

Photo: Credit Travel Plugged Forces of Ethiopia’s Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) have destroyed an airport in the town of Axum, state-affiliated Fana broadcaster said on Monday, after federal troops gave them a three-day deadline to surrender. TPLF leader Debretsion Gebremichael said the government ultimatum was a cover for its defeats on three fronts. Ethiopian

In this Nov. 9, 2020, file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits a new coronavirus lab at Ben-Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, Israel. Israeli media reported Monday, Nov. 23, 2020 that Netanyahu flew to Saudi Arabia for a clandestine meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, which would mark the first known encounter

Security forces dispatched to region and investigation launched At least five worshippers were killed and 40 others kidnapped when armed gunmen attacked a mosque in northwestern Nigeria, local media reported Sunday.”The attack by armed gangs occurred at a mosque in Zamfara state. The imam was among those reportedly abducted. Muhammed Shehu, a spokesperson for the

An abandoned water project in Kenya. The United States markets regulator has filed charges against an American who defrauded American investors $7.2 million (Sh788.3 million) for a fake desalination project in Kenya. Verley Lee “Rocky” Sembritzky, Jr. collected money from unsuspecting Americans and instead used part of the money to buy luxury cars, jewelry, and

In this Oct.29, 2020 file photo, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy attends a ceremony in Nice, southern France. Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy wants authorities to drop an investigation into alleged illegal financing of his 2007 campaign by the regime of late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. A French-Lebanese businessman this week backtracked on claims he