Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (L) meets with US President Donald Trump (R) US president asks Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani ‘to take steps toward resolving the Gulf rift’: White House U.S. President Donald Trump urged an end to regional divisions in the Persian Gulf during a telephone call with

Kenya’s Ambassador to China Sarah Serem is rejecting claims that Kenyans lodged on the streets in China after they were thrown out of their houses or hotels. Ms Serem, speaking for the first time in the face of growing accusations that the government has left stranded Kenyans on their own, indicated the Embassy had intervened

Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) strongly refutes the trumped up and baseless allegations by the Somali Federal Ministry of Information against Radio Hiigsi’s editor, Mohamed Abduwahaab Nuur (Abuuja) held incommunicado since March 7. In a statement on Wednesday 22 April, the Information Ministry weirdly and without any proof of evidence alleged that the imprisoned journalist “is

Two discuss global fight against COVID-19, bilateral ties, regional developments The presidents of Turkey and Somalia on Wednesday discussed the global fight against the coronavirus pandemic in a phone call, according to an official statement. Turkey’s Directorate of Communications said Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Somali counterpart Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo also exchanged views on bilateral

Photo: Credit Reuters Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Oil prices have hit zero. Yes, oil was “sold” this week with producers only asking buyers to pay for transporting it to its final destination. This is the worst collapse in oil markets in history; it is unprecedented for oil to lose 94 per cent

Turkish power producer Aksa Energy allegedly paid $2.5 million in bribes to Ghanaian officials, in order to secure a 2015 contract for building an electricity plant in Ghana, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. The deal was brokered by Asante Berko, then executive director for U.S. bank Goldman Sachs’ London office, who himself purportedly received

President Uhuru Kenyatta has said that Kenyans’ lack of seriousness regarding Covid-19 has turned out to be his government’s biggest challenge in the fight against the pandemic. In a radio interview on Wednesday morning, Mr Kenyatta said many Kenyans are “deliberately taking lightly the threat of Covid-19”, adding that those who recently escaped quarantine at

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the daily coronavirus task force briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 21, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will be issuing a temporary suspension of immigration into the United States and the measure will be in effect for

Photo: Credit NUSOJ Journalist Mukhtar Mohamed Atosh Reporter Mukhtar Mohamed Atosh was arrested by police on 20 April in Baidoa for reporting on the death of a 14-year-old girl after she was raped. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate, the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), have strongly condemned the unfounded arrest

Photo/Somali Times In a statement posted on his Twitter account, EU Ambassador to Somalia Nicolas Berlanga called on the government to stop the persecution of journalists, in order to get a complete picture of the situation in the country. The statement by the EU ambassador to Somalia, came after a meeting of the international community