Photo/Somali Times Farmajo after the challenge of the extension two years. Hopes for President Farmajo and the House of Representatives to extend the mandate of the Federal Government of Somalia are fading, with claims that the election has been postponed, in order to implement. One-person, one-vote system. President Farmajo is in Dhusamareb for a fifth

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani gives a press conference in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi) Iran unveiled a surface-to-surface ballistic missile that Defence Minister Amir Hatami said had a range of 1,400 kilometres and a new cruise missile on Thursday, ignoring U.S. demands that Tehran halt its missile programme. The surface-to-surface missile,

FILE – In this Feb. 29, 2020, file photo, Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny takes part in a march in memory of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov in Moscow, Russia. Navalny has been poisoned and hospitalized on Thursday morning, Aug. 20, 2020 his spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh said on Twitter, Navalny felt unwell on a flight back

The shilling has weakened to a record low of 108.50 units against the dollar, continuing its losing streak. The shilling has weakened to a record low of 108.50 units against the dollar, continuing its losing streak. Wednesday’s run marked the tenth straight day for the shilling to trade above 108 units since embarking on a

Photo/Somali Times A five-day meeting between a delegation from the Federal Government and the Turkish company Albayrak, which operates the main port of Mogadishu, has finally reached an agreement. The Somali delegation included Acting Minister of Ports and Maritime Transport Maryan Aweys, Acting Minister of Finance Abdirahman Duale Bayle, advisers from the Prime Minister’s Office,

People queue in line to check-in for a British Airways flight to Heathrow airport, Friday Aug.14, 2020 at Nice airport, southern France. British holidaymakers in France were mulling whether to return home early Friday to avoid having to self-isolate for 14 days following the U.K. government’s decision to reimpose quarantine restrictions on France amid a

BY PAUL D WILLIAMS The United States has effectively been at war with the Harakat Shabaab al-Mujahidin (known as al-Shabaab) for well over a decade, but the costs and risks are rising and there is no end in sight. My research suggests the United States should stop framing its strategic goal as victory over al-Shabaab

A Nuclear Power plant. Kenya is set to build a $5 billion (Sh540 billion) nuclear power plant on a site in Tana River County Kenya is set to build a $5 billion (Sh540 billion) nuclear power plant on a site in Tana River County over the next seven years with funding from private investors. The

Malian troops and citizens gather outside the private residence of Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita in Bamako, Mali Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. Mutinous soldiers surrounded the private residence of Keita on Tuesday, firing shots into the air and a West African regional official confirmed that the president and prime minister had been detained, following several

Photo: Credit Associated Press Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a news conference, Jerusalem, Aug. 13, 2020. JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel would oppose any U.S. F-35 warplane sales to the United Arab Emirates despite forging relations with the Gulf power, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday, citing a need to maintain Israeli military