Photo Credit Reuters and Instagram Bill Gates’s daughter Jennifer Gates announced her engagement on Instagram. WASHINGTON: The eldest daughter of Microsoft founder Bill and Melinda Gates, Jennifer, is engaged to an Egyptian Muslim, Nayel Nasser. Both Nayel, 29, and Jennifer, 23, studied at Stanford. Reports in the US media said the couple have been together

President Uhuru Kenyatta addressing Igembe Central residents, Meru County, on February 1, 2020. PHOTO | PSCU President Uhuru Kenyatta has warned that corrupt governors risk being impeached. In a thinly-veiled attack on county bosses on Saturday, President Kenyatta said graft in devolved governments will not be condoned. Speaking at Wang’uru Stadium in Kirinyaga County, the

Photo/ Somali Times Former President of Somalia Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed said al-Shabaab has complete to control Mogadishu and is in control of them. Sheikh Sharif said that the Somali government does not control much of Mogadishu and that al-Shabaab has levied taxes on all businesses in Mogadishu and other government agencies. “Al-Shabaab controls the

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the White House Summit on Human Trafficking in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., January 31, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis U.S. President Donald Trump issued an expanded version of his travel ban on Friday that targets prospective immigrants from Nigeria and five other countries, a

Hands of a nurse administering an injection. Medically-assisted suicide is not legal in Kenya. TRAGIC STORY Diana Elga Akinyi drafted the epitaph just days before she chose to die to free herself from excruciating pain and the numbing effects of medicines. Long before she chose to die, Diana had had to bring herself to terms

Turkish cargo plane en route to Turkey to bring citizens from Wuhan, China, takes off from Mongolia after its refueling A Turkish cargo plane, en route to Turkey to evacuate Turkish citizens from Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the deadly coronavirus outbreak, took off from Mongolia’s capital on Saturday after around two-hours replenishing.

Photo/ Somali Times Somali Federal Minister of Education Abdullahi Godah Barre reiterated that his ministry will not give certificates to students who do not pass the high school diploma. The minister, who held a press conference in Mogadishu, accused the Puntland administration of being responsible for the failure of the four-year negotiations aimed at unifying

Photo/ Somali Times Kismayo, Jubbaland State Director of Information Mohamed Ahmed Sabriye confirmed that Abdirahman Janan arrived in Kismayo by boat from Mogadishu. Jubbaland Minister of Security, Abdirashid Janan, has escaped from the Somali government a few days ago and is looking for him. Jubaland security minister , who had escaped from a detention center

Photo/ Somali Times The African Union (AU) has reiterated its resolve to support Somalia’s peace and security sector efforts towards ensuring stability amid the ongoing drawdown of the AU troops in the troubled Horn of Africa country. The statement was made by the AU Commissioner for Peace and Security, Smail Chergui, as he expressed the

The High Court has dismissed a petition to bar Kenya from participating before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in a maritime dispute with Somalia. Justices Kanyi Kimondo, Robert Limo and Anthony Mrima noted on Friday that issues raised in the petition by 20 Kenyans would be more effectively resolved through diplomatic, legislative, policy and