Why did Prime Minister Khaire meet the COVID-19 prevention committee at the online Video Conference?

Photo/Somali Times Prime Minister Hassan Khaire online video conference with members of the National Committee for the Prevention of Covid-19, is addressing the circumstances, life-saving efforts. The Somali Ministry of Health announced that Coronavirus had infected two officials of the ministry of health. The officials told Somali Times that one of the two individuals was

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Kenya misses out as IMF offers debt relief to 25 countries

Photo: Credit AFP IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva speaks at an event. Kenya’s neighbours Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo are among the first debt relief beneficiaries of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after the multilateral lender approved this year’s loan interest payments waivers for 25 countries. Kenya, which is classified as a lower

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Trump says it’s his call when to ease virus rules, not govs’

President Donald Trump speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House, Friday, April 10, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump claimed the authority Monday to decide how and when to reopen the economy after weeks of tough social distancing guidelines aimed at fighting the new coronavirus.

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Tribute paid to Somali community leader in Sheffield

Abdi Farreh with his daughter Safiya Copyright: Other 3rd Party The proud daughter of a leader of the Somali community in Sheffield has paid tribute to her dad after his death. Abdi Saeed Farreh, aged 83 and who was known as Berberaawii, was buried this week in a service which could only be attended by

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Shares fall, oil loses earlier gains following OPEC deal

A man with a protective mask walks in the rain past an electronic stock board showing Japan’s Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm in Tokyo Monday, April 13, 2020. Asian shares fell Monday amid absence of fresh news after U.S. markets were closed for Good Friday and European, Australian and Hong Kong trading continued

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EU registers Turkey’s first indigenous cars’ design

Designs for TOGG protected in Europe for five-year duration of registry as applications in Asia and America on hold. Turkey’s Automobile Joint Venture Group (TOGG) announced on Monday that the EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) accepted its design registration application. The company completed another important step in the design process, it said in a statement.

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Africans Must Stand Together and Fight Back the Chinese Covid-19 Racism

China racism The media has been replete with reports of Chinese people evicting Africans over claims that they are the ones importing and spreading coronavirus in the country. This has ignited a conversation around the perverse racism against Africans that dominates Chinese society. Anger has been roused, and there are calls for Africans to take

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Somali state minister dies of coronavirus in Mogadishu

Photo/Somali Times Somalia confirmed its second death from coronavirus on Sunday. Khalif Mumin Tohow, justice minister of Hirshabelle state, succumbed to the novel coronavirus in Mogadishu’s Martini hospital a day after he tested positive in the town of Jowhar, the administrative capital of Hirshabelle. Ali Gudlawe Hussein, vice president of Hirshabelle, confirmed his death to

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British PM Johnson discharged from hospital after coronavirus treatment

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street, as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues. London, Britain, March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay/File Photo British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been discharged from hospital and will continue his recovery from COVID-19 at Chequers, his official country residence, his Downing Street office said in a statement

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Somali President congratulates the Somali National Army on its 60th anniversary

Photo/Somali Times The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, has congratulated the officers, deputies, all members of the Somali National Army and their families on the 60th anniversary of the formation of the Somali National Army. The President pointed out that a strong and effective army is vital to our nationhood

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