According to Somaliland standard. The government of Ethiopia eventually halted the plan of Berbera port development this week. The report comes after completing a formal process of acquiring land in Sudan to develop its own port. Specifically, sources report that Ethiopian Finance minister said, Mr Ahmed Shide an announced visit to Hargeisa, Somaliland capital and

A nurse processes a swab at a drive-thru testing site for the new coronavirus and other viruses for employees at UW Medical Center Northwest in Seattle on Monday. | REUTERS Patients with hypertension appear to be at a higher risk of dying from the coronavirus, said a top Chinese intensive care doctor who’s been treating

Somali pirates have attacked a tanker carrying two million barrels of the most valuable cargo in the world today, hand sanitiser. In the early hours of this morning, a tanker loaded with three hundred million litres of hydro-alcoholic gel with a street value of six billion pounds was taken hostage while on route to the

Trader Gregory Rowe prepares for the day’s activity on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, March 9, 2020. Trading in Wall Street futures has been halted after they fell by more than the daily limit of 5%. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) Stocks fell sharply Monday on Wall Street on a combination of coronavirus

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, September 18, 2019. Mandel Ngan/Pool via REUTERS Saudi Arabia’s crown prince meant to send a strong message to critics within the royal family by detaining senior princes this weekend: Don’t you dare oppose my

European Union flags fly outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, February 19, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman The European Parliament will hold an emergency meeting on Monday to consider calling off this week’s plenary session of the EU assembly due to the coronavirus outbreak, two officials said. The parliament had been due to sit in

President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Somali counterpart Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, during his inauguration in Mogadishu, Somalia in 2017 The United States of America and the United Kingdom have called on Somalia to exercise restraint and reduce the presence of security forces in Gedo. In a joint statement with IGAD and AMISOM, the two countries expressed

Sudan’s prime minister survived an assassination attempt on Monday after a blast in the capital, Khartoum, Sudanese state media said. Abdalla Hamdok’s family confined he was safe following the explosion, which targeted his convoy. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. Hamdok was appointed prime minister last August, after pro-democracy protests forced the military

Photo/ Somali Times Villa Somalia confirms President office Somali President Mohamed Abdllahi Farmajo last evening agreed to Kenya’s invitation to visit Nairobi, signalling the calming of tensions that rose last week on Monday. to withdraw a maritime boundary case at the International Court of Justice Kenya-Somalia. Mr Farmajo, who received President Kenyatta’s special envoy and

Photo: Credit Reuters Saudi Arabia imposed a temporary lockdown on Sunday on the eastern oil-producing province of Qatif, home to all 11 people in the kingdom who have tested positive for the coronavirus, and suspended all schools and universities nationwide. The interior ministry announced the lockdown in Qatif, which has a large Shi’ite Muslim population,