Amina Mohamed qualifies for next round in race to head WTO

Kenyan Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed. The Kenyan candidate in the race for World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General post, qualified on Friday for the next round of tests after convincing member states of her capabilities. WTO General Council Chair David Walker announced that Ms Amina Mohamed and four other candidates will stay in the race after

Read More

NHS Nightingale hospital in Birmingham on high alert to reopen as cases soar

(Image: PA) Around fifty attendees, including those from the military, health professionals and those who helped construct the facility, at the official opening of the NHS Nightingale Hospital Birmingham By Joseph Wilkes The NHS Nightingale hospital in Birmingham has been placed on “higher alert” to reopen in the next 48-72 hours, it is reported. Dr

Read More

Who is the new Somali Prime Minister Roble?

President Farmajo nominates. Mohamed Hussein Roble is the new Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia. Mohamed Roble, 57, was born in Hobyo, Mudug region, in 1963. He grew up in Mogadishu and received his primary education. He was a student at Gahayr National University and attended the College of Engineering. After the collapse

Read More

Taiwan scrambles jets as 18 Chinese planes buzz island

Taiwanese domestically built Indigenous Defense Fighters (IDF) take part in the live-fire, anti-landing Han Kuang military exercise, which simulates an enemy invasion, in Taichung, Taiwan July 16, 2020. REUTERS/Ann Wang TAIPEI/BEIJING (Reuters) – Taiwan scrambled fighter jets on Friday as 18 Chinese aircraft buzzed the island, including crossing the sensitive mid-line of the Taiwan Strait,

Read More

EU Parliament urges arms embargo on Saudi Arabia

EU lawmakers push for ending arms export to Saudi Arabia over killing of journalist Khashoggi, Yemen war The European Parliament on Thursday urged the EU member states to impose arms embargo on Saudi Arabia over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and Yemen war. In the EU arms export report adopted on Thursday, EU lawmakers

Read More

President Farmajo names new Prime Minister

Photo/Somali Times The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has appointed a new Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia, replacing Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire. A statement from Villa Somalia said the President, after extensive consultations on Presidential Decree, appointed Mohamed Hussein Roble as the new Prime Minister of

Read More

The latest Farmajo and regional leaders reached an agreement

Photo/Somali Times The Federal Government of Somalia and the heads of the country’s regional administrations have reached an agreement on most of the contentious issues at the conference in Mogadishu,  According to sources President Farmajo advisor told Somali Times, it is understood the terms of the debate most, and changes took place. The issue of

Read More

Exclusive: Suspected arms dealers moved millions in Somali money transfers, report says

Photo: Credit Pinterest Somali money transfer companies moved more than $3.7 million (£2.8 million) in cash between suspected weapons traffickers in recent years, including to a Yemeni under U.S. sanctions for alleged militant links, according to a report seen by Reuters. The findings by a Geneva-based research group, the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime,

Read More

UK’s Johnson warns of tougher measures in COVID-19 fight

In this grab taken from video, Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons, London, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020. (House of Commons/PA via AP) LONDON (AP) — Britain imposed tougher restrictions Thursday on people and businesses in parts of northeastern England as the nation attempts to stem the

Read More

Crook Omar Abdirashid should talk about maritime disputes with a Kenya and Somalia case.

Crook Omar Abdirashid who put Somalia’s situation maritime disputes against Kenya, he never talked about what he had done the time he was the Somalia Prime Minister stealing millions of aided dollars to Somalia people who were in need. Corrupted Former Somali Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke said in an interview with outlet media

Read More