COVID-19: Turkish Airlines suspends flights to Somalia

2-week suspension comes after Somalia confirms 1st coronavirus case and suspends international flights. Turkish Airlines on Monday suspended its flights from Istanbul to Somalia after the Horn of African country confirmed its first case of coronavirus and took a similar suspension. The flag carrier has suspended all flights to the capital Mogadishu for two weeks,

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Somali chief spy Fahad Yasin offers Jubaland military commander, Major Mahad $1 million bribe, to overthrow President Ahmed Madobe

Photo/Somali Times/ Jubaland President Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed Islam Madobe promoting Major Mahad Mohamed Islam A senior Jubaland military commander has sensationally claimed the Federal Government is exploring means to capture parts and set base to eventually end Ahmed Madobe’s reign. Major Mahad Mohamed Islam, who was promoted by President Ahmed Mohamed Islam Madobe Saturday told

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Tension as Kenyan fighter jets fly over Jubaland

Kenya Air Force fighter jets patrolling the border with Somalia on Saturday flew over the airspace in Jubaland after clashes between rival forces spilled into Mandera Town. The jets overflew Bula Hawo borderlands and south of the frontier before retreating. It came amid tension after troops from Somalia National Army and the Jubaland clashed. Residents

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In Indian capital, riots deepen a Hindu-Muslim divide

Security force personnel stand guard in a street following Hindu-Muslim clashes triggered by a new citizenship law, in Mustafabad in the riot-affected northeast of New Delhi, India, March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis For years, Hindus and Muslims lived and worked peacefully together in Yamuna Vihar, a densely populated Delhi district. But the riots that raged

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Somalia: Puntland President Deni says, ‘Puntland is a individual country.’

Photo/Somali Times Puntland President Deni “Failure to Resolve Somali Government-Puntland Conflict” The President of Puntland State of Somalia, Said Abdullahi Deni, delivered a speech at a consultative meeting held in Garowe on Sunday, including issues that the Somali government and Puntland administration have not yet resolved. President Said Deni told the State emphasized that the

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EU calls for security meeting over Kenya-Somalia tensions

President Uhuru Kenyatta and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed The European Union has asked Kenya and Ethiopia to organise a security summit on cross-border cooperation following tensions on the Kenya-Somalia border. Mandera County in Kenya, which is near the border, has been tense for more than a week now following clashes between Jubbaland forces and

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Israeli Arab party backs Netanyahu’s rival Gantz

A combination picture shows Benny Gantz, leader of Blue and White party, in Tel Aviv, Israel, November 23, 2019 and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Kiryat Malachi, Israel March 1, 2020. REUTERS/Corinna Kern, Amir Cohen/File Photo The main rival to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won support from Israel’s Arab party on Sunday to form

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Kikuyu, Luo, Kamba numbers down while Somalis, Maasai and Kalenjin up

Ethnicity relates to a shared understanding of culture, language, history or territorial origins of an ethnic group or community. • Between 1969 and 2019, obvious variations of share are noted within the big five — the Kikuyus (from 20.29% to 17.13%), the Luos (from 14.03% to 10.65%), the Luhyas (from 13.39% to 14.35%), the Kambas

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3 Somali nationals arrested for alleged bribery

The SAPS management had praised the officer for living up to his commitment to uphold the law and serve the community with integrity, Rwexana said. File picture: SAPS/Twitter Cape Town – An investigation by a South African Police Service (SAPS) detective in Joe Slovo Park in Milnerton, Cape Town, into an attempted murder on March

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Jordan Prince supports sister Princess Haya in battle against Dubai ruler

Jordanian Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein and Princess Haya [Twitter] Jordanian Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein, half-brother of Jordanian King Abdullah II, has voiced his support for his sister Princess Haya, wife of Dubai ruler Mohamed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum. On his Twitter account, the prince posted a picture of himself with the princess with the

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