President Farmajo offers Jubaland President Ahmed Madobe $ 20 million to resign

Photo/ Somali Times The Corrupt Villa Somalia government offers to bribe him $ 20 million dollars to Ahmed Madobe Jubaland president blamed for Fighting in Gedo region president Farmajo Jubaland President Ahmed Mohamed Islam delivered a speech at the opening ceremony of the Jubaland Parliament today. Ahmed Madobe has described Jubaland, to fight terrorists, as

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U.N. calls for immediate freeze of military operations in Yemen

United Nations Special Envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths, speaks during news conference, in Marib, Yemen March 7, 2020. REUTERS/Ali Owidha U.N. Special Envoy Martin Griffiths on Saturday called for an immediate end to military action by Yemen’s warring parties as renewed violence between the Houthi movement and a Saudi-led coalition threatened peace efforts. Fierce battles

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US prisons, jails on alert for spread of coronavirus

The Rikers Island jail complex stands in New York with the Manhattan skyline in the background. The nation’s jails and prisons are on high alert about the prospect of the new coronavirus spreading through their vast inmate populations. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) The nation’s jails and prisons are on high alert, stepping up inmate screenings,

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Saudi Arabia detains two senior royals, including king’s brother: sources

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Nayef, the interior minister, attends the 34rd session of the Council of Arab Interior Ministers in Tunis,Tunisia April 5, 2017.REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi Saudi Arabia has detained two senior members of the Saudi royal family – Prince Ahmed bin Abdulaziz, the younger brother of King Salman, and Mohammed bin Nayef, the king’s

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Dubai sheikh was to force his 11-year-old daughter to marry MBS, UK court reveals

Photo Credit Reuters Dubai’s sheikh was allegedly lining up his 11-year-old daughter to marry Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, who is 22 years her senior, a UK court heard yesterday. Sheikh Mohammed Al Maktoum reportedly discussed the agreement in February 2019 which would have seen his daughter Princess Jalila – aged 11 – married

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Saudi envoy: Anyone who becomes US president will stop their hostility to Saudi

Princess Reema Bint Bandar Bin Sultan Al Saud [Facebook] With a good chance that both Bernie Sanders or Joe Biden may win the 2020 presidential election, Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the US has predicted that the hostility of the Democratic candidates towards the kingdom will quickly change. “I’ve always found that many times, once a

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Oil price slides on concern over OPEC-Russia deal on output

Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al-Saud, Minister of Energy of Saudi Arabia, arrives for a meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, and non OPEC members at their headquarters in Vienna, Austria, Friday, March 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak) The price of oil is slumping amid doubts that OPEC will succeed in agreeing

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Border row: US pressure may have forced Somalia to back down

Photo/ Somali Times Pressure from the US government may have forced Somalia President Mohamed Farmaajo to announce a climbdown in tensions with Kenya. A day after Nairobi accused Somalia of violating its territorial integrity by having its soldiers fight on Kenyan soil, President Farmaajo placed a call to his Kenyan counterpart, Uhuru Kenyatta, offering to

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Kenya Parliament in for security overhaul amid global threats

 National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi has outlined stringent measures to reinforce security within and outside Parliament in a move that will see members limited to only two visitors at a time. Speaker Justin Muturi chairs the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) that is in charge of the welfare of members and parliamentary staff. While making the

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Boni Khalwale disagrees with Uhuru, says it’s Kenya provoking Somalia

Photo Credit Facebook Boni Khalwale While a section of Kenyans called for action, ex-Kakamega senator Boni Khalwale said the country was on the wrong for “intimidating” the horn of Africa nation- The bullfighter questioned the presence of Kenyan soldiers in Somalia’s soil even after President Uhuru Kenyatta’s warning to Somalia to stop provoking Kenyans irked

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