Photo/Somali Times The latest, Fifteen of the new ministers are from the previous cabinet, with Deputy Prime Minister Khadar Mohamed Gulaid, Finance Minister Abdirahman Duale Beyle, Foreign Minister Ahmed Isse Awad, and Health Minister Fowzia Abiikar Nur, Gamal Hassan Planning all holding on to their posts. Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has praised Somali new

As new virus numbers hit post-lockdown peak, Brigitte Macron in 7-day confinement after exposure to positive case France’s first lady has gone into isolation for seven days following her exposure to a person who tested positive for COVID-19, her office announced on Monday. Brigitte Macron, 67, will self-quarantine at the Elysee Palace on Monday, Oct.

Photo/Somali Times Somalia’s new prime minister announced same cabinet of former prime minister Hassan Ali Khaire on Monday evening in Mogadishu. Fifteen of the new ministers are from the previous Cabinet, with Deputy Prime Minister Khadar Mohamed Gulaid, Finance Minister Abdirahman Duale Beyle, Foreign Minister Ahmed Isse Awad, and Health Minister Fowzia Abiikar Nur, Gamal

Photo: Credit Pinterest Ilwad Elman Somali-Canadian peace activist Ilwad Elman has been awarded the 2020 German Africa Prize. The German Africa Foundation has confirmed she will be honored later this month in Berlin by German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas. She may only be 30, but Ilwad Elman is already considered one of Somalia’s leading voices

President Donald Trump, Friday, Oct. 16, 2020, in Fort Myers, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) By Will Krumholz According to anonymous officials, President Trump told his top advisers to draw up plans to get troops out of Somalia. Roughly 800 troops are currently there to help the Somali government fight al Shabab, a terror group and

A government spokesman said Monday, Oct. 19, 2020 that the stadium will have room for 500 patients and will be equipped with oxygen therapy for those who need it. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File) WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s government is transforming the National Stadium in Warsaw into a field hospital to handle the surging number

Kash Patel, a deputy assistant to president, reportedly met secretly with Assad regime officials A White House official traveled to Syria earlier this year to hold secret talks with the Bashar al-Assad regime in a bid to secure the release of American hostages there, according to a report Sunday. Citing officials from President Donald Trump’s

Containers are seen at the Yangshan Deep Water Port in Shanghai, China, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, October 19, 2020. © REUTERS/Aly Song BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s economic recovery accelerated in the third quarter as consumers shook off their coronavirus caution, although the weaker-than-expected headline growth suggested persistent risks for one of the

Emirati President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahayan inspects members of the Welsh Guards at Windsor Castle during a state visit to the UK in April 2013 (AFP) Referred to by his lawyers as ‘the client’ to preserve his anonymity, it has been revealed that Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan owns some of the UK capital’s

Photo/Somali Times The Federal Government of Somalia has allowed Ethiopian khat to enter Somalia legally, while Kenya remains under a ban on the khat trade. Ethiopian-based National Airways has landed at Aden Adde International Airport and Hargeisa carrying a truckload of khat known as Hereri. It is the first time since the onset of the