Kenya has started negotiating a withdrawal from Somalia by 2021. The country is set to leave as Ethiopia’s influence continues to rise. Kenya has achieved a lot since it intervened in 2011. Its intervention was a “game changer”, contributing to a momentum that led to al-Shabaab losing all major Somali cities. But it has fallen

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during a family photo session with other leaders and attendees at the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, June 28, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo As the United States pressed Saudi Arabia to end its oil price war with Russia, President Donald Trump

In this May 30, 2017, file photo, a Standard Gauge Railway cargo train rides from the port container depot on a Chinese-backed railway costing nearly $3.3 billion, opened by Kenya’s president as one of the country’s largest infrastructure projects since independence, in Mombasa, Kenya. African leaders in 2020 are asking what China can do for

Photo: Credit Twitter According to European Union Ambassador to Somalia Nicolas Berlanga on Twitter. Conference with Mogadishu Mayor Omar Finnish to express EU solidarity, support and encouragement. The EU allocated extra 5,5 mill EUR to Benadir. I praised his commitment to calm demonstrators last Saturday and requested transparency with citizens about the impact of COVID-19

U.S. President Donald Trump answers questions during an interview with Reuters about the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and other subjects in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., April 29, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he believes China’s handling of the coronavirus is proof that Beijing “will do

Some 728 people have died in Iran over the past two months after drinking methanol in the mistaken belief that it protects from the coronavirus. The Ministry of Health announced yesterday that the consumption of toxic methanol has increased over the past two months following rumours that neat alcohol protects from the coronavirus. Earlier this

Mevlut Cavusoglu says Turkey ‘always stands by friendly & brotherly Somalia’ Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Wednesday attended a high-level meeting on Somalia via video conferencing. Organized by African Union, the conference discussed “steps to be taken together to support political transition and peace processes in the aftermath of #COVID19,” Cavusoglu said on Twitter.

Dan Labernik, owner of Labby’s Grill and Bar in Fargo, N.D., is seen on Tuesday, April 28, 2020. The establishment has been closed to customers for six weeks after North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum put restaurants and bars on his list of business closings because of the coronavirus. Labernik is doing prep work to resume

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his partner Carrie Symonds leave after the annual Commonwealth Service at Westminster Abbey in London, Britain March 9, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/File Photo British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s fiancée, Carrie Symonds, gave birth to a healthy baby boy at a London hospital on Wednesday, slightly earlier than had been expected.

Qatar has recently been expanding its influence in Eastern and Central Africa. The record of the oil-rich Gulf state in this region so far makes this a cause for concern. At the end of March, Qatar unveiled a new Embassy in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. It is the second-largest Embassy in the city, and