Protesters tore down a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis along Richmond, Virginia’s famed Monument Avenue on Wednesday night. The statue in the former capital of the Confederacy was toppled shortly before 11 p.m., news outlets reported. Richmond police were on the scene and videos on social media showed the monument being towed away as

Aden Farah replaces Keria Ibrahim as speaker of House of Federation The upper house of Ethiopia’s parliament elected a new speaker on Wednesday. A majority of members of the House of Federation voted for Aden Farah, vice president of the Somali Regional State. He replaces Keria Ibrahim, who held the position since April 2018 and

Photo/Somali Times The Bank’s current portfolio in Somalia totals $298 million, covering operations in agriculture, water and sanitation, transport, social and energy, and multi-sectoral projects In early 2020, Somalia, with support from the United Kingdom Government and the European Union, settled its arrears to the African Development Bank, paving the way for the lifting of

Dubai said on Tuesday that its ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum is making state-linked property firm Meraas part of his Dubai Holding investment vehicle. The move, which was announced in a statement by Dubai’s media office, follows a sharp downturn caused by the coronavirus crisis, which has hit the emirate’s main economic sectors of

Photo/Somali Times The Speaker of the Upper house calls for urgent dialogue on 2021 elections. The house of representatives held an emergency meeting today on Tuesday, calling on national and regional leaders to push the long-suffering Somali people to political turmoil, and to stem the tide, achieving effective governance based on consensus-building democracy. The committee

The European Union called on all parties involved in the Libyan conflict to end military operations and engage in peace talks in a joint statement signed Tuesday by EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell and the foreign ministers of France, Germany and Italy. The document addresses international actors as well, urging the “withdrawal of all

Cash reimbursed to Kenya for its troops fighting Al-Shabaab militia in Somalia by the European Union (EU) and its partners in the first 10 months of the current financial year declined by a third amid the ongoing fight against global Covid-19 pandemic and Nairobi’s gradual withdrawal of the forces. Latest exchequer statistics show refunds from

Photo: Credit Reuters President Pierre Nkurunziza, a fitness enthusiast who increasingly relied on religion and repression to rule the impoverished and unstable central African nation of Burundi for 15 years, has died, the government announced on Tuesday. He leaves behind a nation dotted with the unmarked graves of his political opponents, an economy in tatters

Air France: Photo Credit (Associated Press/Francois Mori) PARIS (AP) — France’s government is pumping 15 billion euros ($16.9 billion) in rescue money into the pandemic-battered aerospace industry, in hopes of saving its hundreds of thousands of jobs and keeping plane maker Airbus and national airline Air France globally competitive. In exchange for aid, companies will

Photo/Somali Times Somali Foreign Minister Ahmed Issa Awad in an exclusive 25-minute interview with Al-Araby Television spoke on a number of issues concerning the country’s foreign policy, and was asked about the country’s pivotal role. Has regional, Arab, African and international issues. The Minister, who appeared to be a highly publicized figure, answered these questions