Netanyahu’s trial to begin on March 17: Israeli Justice Ministry

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem February 16, 2020. Gali Tibbon/Pool via REUTERS JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial will start on March 17, two weeks after Israel holds its third national election in less than a year, the Justice Ministry said on Tuesday. Prime Minister

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Somali President Farmajo ask the Election Commissioners to be re-elected

Photo/ Somali Times Mogadishu-The Independent National Electoral Commissioners met today with the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo. Sources told Somali Times President Farmajo ask the Election Commissioners to be re-elected. Somalia is a corrupted country which is going top to bottom. The committee discussed with the president the national election

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Ethiopia says US plans ‘substantial financial support’

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, center right, walks with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed at the Prime Minister’s office in Addis Ababa, after a meeting on Tuesday Feb. 18, 2020. Pompeo’s visit to Africa is the first by a Cabinet official in 18 months. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via AP) America’s top diplomat in his final

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Who will be replacing President Farmajo 2021? Corruption

Photo/ Somali Times Who Stole a Somali Aid Budget? Somalia’s corruption is leading President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, Prime Minster Hassan Ali Khaire , Financial Minster Abdirahman Duale Beyle and the Foreign Minister Ahmed Isse Awad. They are the top leaders who stole billions of dollars from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey , and the USA. Saudi

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Kenya: Sh40bn arms racket Defense ministry denies involvement

Photo Credit/ Daily Nation/ Former Sports CS Rashid Echesa leaves the JKIA Law Courts on February 14, 2020, after a ruling on his release from police custody, on a police cash bail of Sh1 million, in the Sh40 billion military equipment scandal. By JILL NAMATSI The Defence ministry has denied involvement in the Sh40 billion

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Kenya-Turkey trade relations flourishing: Turkish envoy

NAIROBI, Kenya Monday 17, February 2020: Turkish Ambassador to Kenya, Ahmet Cemil Miroglu speaking to Anadolu Agency in an exclusive interview at his office in capital Nairobi (Photo by: Hassan Isilow) Turkey-Kenya trade volume tripled from $52M in 2005 to $235M in 2019, says Turkish ambassador to Kenya Trade volume between Turkey and Kenya has

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Pompeo blasts corruption, promotes U.S. business in Africa trip

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at a business leaders reception at the Museu de Moeda in Luanda, Angola February 17, 2020. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via REUTERS U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo denounced corruption and touted American business on Monday during the second leg of an African tour in Angola, where the government is

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Pakistan: Several killed in suicide attack at religious rally

Pakistani security officials inspect the scene of the bomb blast in Quetta [Jamal Taraqai/EPA] Explosion takes place near rally organised by the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jammat party in the centre of Quetta. Islamabad, Pakistan – A suicide bomb attack near a religious rally in the Pakistani city of Quetta has killed at least seven people

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Ethiopia’s naive peacemaking could lead to war

Photo/ Somali Times By Michael Rubin Ethiopian Prime Minister Ahmed Abiy is on a high. In October 2019, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded him the Nobel Peace Prize “for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighboring Eritrea.” The committee also cited Abiy’s work more broadly, helping restore Djibouti-Eritrea ties, mediate a maritime

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Turkish-built cars boost share in auto market sales in 2019

The total number of sales of cars manufactured in Turkey over the course of 2019 jumped almost 6% over the previous year, according to Automotive Distributors Association (ODD) data, lowering the share of imported cars. The sale of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles dropped by 22.8% last year to 479,060, down from around 670,000

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