Photo/Somali Times/Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi. BY ROBERT KLUIJVER The government may be calling the UN’s bluff, but while it engages in this high stakes contest, many ordinary people are fed up. On 25 October, authorities in Somaliland suspended their relations with the United Nations “until further notice”. The semi-autonomous state did not provide reasons

Dictator Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki. According to sources In Eritrea told Somali Times Eritrea is involving civil war in Ethiopia The growing concern is the small country in northern Eritrea’s neighboring Tigray region, shielding Abiy Ahmed’s decision, but there are no doubt that there have been reports of heavy recruitment of Eritrean youth and military

Photo: Credit Reuters Abiy Ahmed. Abiy Ahmed made his name as a reformer – but was there always an authoritarian waiting to come out? The beginning of the week saw Abiy Ahmed, the prime minister of Ethiopia, in one role: a forward-looking statesman, with a vision of peace and prosperity, and a tailored suit. The

After staggering high on Saturday, numbers fall by nearly half at end of weekend France saw a sharp drop in coronavirus infections Sunday, a welcome respite after three days of watching numbers careen out of control. A staggering 86,852 cases were recorded Saturday — an all-time high for the country — but they fell by

President-elect Joe Biden gestures to supporters Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Donald Trump is facing pressure to cooperate with President-elect Joe Biden’s team to ensure a smooth transfer of power when the new administration takes office in January. The General Services Administration is tasked with

Photo/Somali Times Currently Kenya receives 32,268 tourists from Somalia annually. Some half a million Somalians also reside in the Kenyan refugee camps with about 1.5 million integrated over time. Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Macharia Kamau has said there are great unexploited trade opportunities between Kenya and Somalia. He cited tourism, which he said remains greatly

Photo/Somali Times A high level Kenyan delegation has arrived in Mogadishu in the last few hours. The delegation is led by the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kenya Amb. Macharia Kamau, with their visit taking one day. According to reports, the Kenyan delegation met with officials from the Somali Ministry of

In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a meeting in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020. On Sunday, Rouhani called on President-elect Joe Biden to “compensate for past mistakes” and return the U.S. to Tehran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. (Iranian

Photo: Credit Reuters Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Saudi Arabia, which may have more to lose from Joe Biden’s U.S. election victory than other Arab states, has taken its time to comment after the defeat of Donald Trump whose Middle East policies and staunch opposition to Iran had Riyadh’s backing. As other Arab

Benard Cheruiyot Sang finishes men’s race first, Diana Chemtai Kipyogei wins women’s title Kenyan athletes clinched crowns in the 42nd Istanbul Marathon, the world’s only intercontinental footrace, on Sunday. Benard Cheruiyot Sang finished the race in 2 hours, 11 minutes and 49 seconds to come first in men’s category. In women’s race, Diana Chemtai Kipyogei