Photo/Somali Times A car bomb has exploded in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu. The blast, which was heard throughout Mogadishu, was reported to have taken place at the Lido Beach hotel in Mogadishu. The bomber struck shortly after noon in front of a crowd of mourners, who had gathered to watch the funeral procession. Witnesses confirmed that

Photo/Somali Times Speaker of the upper house Abdi Hashi Abdullahi called President Farmajo a violator of the constitution and other laws in the country and interrupted his speech at the 7th session of parliament. Abdi Hashi said the president of opening his speech yesterday in order to protect his constitutional duty, but he himself violated

Kigali, the cleanest city Rwanda’s progressive move from its disastrous history to being one of the leading economic forces on the continent is remarkable. And in that narrative one expects to find reports about how Rwanda is a repressive country, under the leadership of its president, Paul Kagame. But more remarkable is how the East

Photo/Somali Times The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, today, 15 August 2020, delivered an unscheduled address to the House of the People of the Federal Parliament, which is also on the verge of extinction, at the opening of the Dhusamareb 3rd Conference between Federal Member States and Leadership. Federal Government.

Photo/Somali Times The Somali National Army (SNA) Danab Commandos planned an operation in the Kuntuwarey district of Lower Shabelle region. This was successful as the plan have rescued 33 minors who were forcibly taken from their parents to be educated by Al-Shabaab in extremist ideologies. When the troops took control of the district, they went

Turkey has diplomatic and trade ties with Israel, but relations have been strained for years. [AP] Turkey is considering suspending diplomatic ties with the United Arab Emirates and withdrawing its ambassador after agreement between the Gulf state and Israel to normalise ties was revealed, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. The Turkish foreign ministry also said

Photo/Somali Times We wish Farmajo to swallow his extension plan and look at the future of Somalia. He appears to be a dictator that never gives up power. It is very sad. Somali President Mohamed Farmajo is expected to ask lawmakers for a two-year extension. President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo is expected to address parliament tomorrow.

Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa speaks during a meeting with US President Donald Trump, May 21, 2017, in Riyadh. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci) Bahrain is likely to follow the UAE in signing a peace agreement with Israel, an Israeli official said yesterday. The Hebrew Kan channel quoted the unnamed official as saying “Bahrain

Photo: Credit Sombank By Alex Hamilton Somalia-based Sombank has selected a cloud-based deployment of the Temenos Islamic banking solution. The bank plans to implement the full front-to-back Temenos platform, which combines Temenos Infinity and Temenos Transact. Temenos claims its “scalable innovative technology” provides “superior features” for Islamic banks to offer their customers Shariah products. Founded

President Donald Trump, accompanied by From left, U.S. special envoy for Iran Brian Hook, Avraham Berkowitz, Assistant to the President and Special Representative for International Negotiations, U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, President Donald Trump’s White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, smiles in the Oval Office at the White House,