Photo/Somali Times The Mayor of Mogadishu, Omar Mohamed (Filish), speaking at demonstrations in Mogadishu which opposition group urged Mogadishu traders. He told landowners and businessmen businesswomen to be aware of the extortion money they give to al- shabaab is destroying their children, lives and called on them to refrain from robbing Al-Shabaab, and also advised

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures as he addresses the members of his ruling party, in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019. Erdogan says Thursday his government will submit a bill to parliament that would allow Turkey to send troops to Libya, in support of the U.N.-backed government there. Erdogan said the Libyan government, which

A child in Zanzibar, Africa during the visit of Turkey’s Diyanet Foundation ( RECEP BILEK – ANADOLU AJANSI ) Turkey enhances relations with African countries on multiple fronts, promising a bright future for further cooperation Turkey’s multidimensional foreign policy has led it to seek cooperation and open itself to previously neglected regions, one of which

The attack happened in Nyongoro, Lamu County Suspected Shabaab militants kill three in Lamu bus attack Suspected Al-Shabaab militants attacked a Lamu bound bus on Thursday at Nyongoro area within Lamu County. Lamu County Commissioner Irungu Macharia confirmed the incident. The bus came from Mombasa and was headed to Lamu. There were no details on

Photo/Somali Times Mogadishu­­-Security has been heightened in Mogadishu today following planned protests against the Al-Shabaab attack last week which killed over 95 people. Hundreds of residents have gathered at General Kahiye Police Academy to start the demonstrations in the city with the support of Mogadishu city leadership. government officials will also be taking part in

Mogadishu_Terrorist attacks on 28. December 2019 was behind Terrorist United Arab Emirates Mohamed bin Zayed and his Ambassador Mohamed Ahmed Osman, the Ambassador of the UAE to Somalia met with UN Special Representative James Swan in Mogadishu, and the two-part meeting on was not explained in detail. Somalia’s spy agency NISA and the Office of

Photo/Somali Times Somali special forces Operation comes on heels of al-Shabaab-claimed attack in Mogadishu which killed some 80 people Somali forces on Wednesday carried out an operation against the al-Qaeda-affiliated terror group al-Shabaab in southern Somali, killing 20 al-Shabaab terrorists and liberating seven villages, said an army commander. Osman Abdimalik Malim, a special forces (Danab)

Soldiers board a C-17 aircraft Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020 at Fort Bragg, N.C., to be deployed in Iraq. (Melissa Sue Gerrits/The Fayetteville Observer via AP) Charging that Iran was “fully responsible” for an attack on the U.S. Embassy in Iraq, President Donald Trump ordered about 750 U.S. soldiers deployed to the Middle East as about

FILE – In this March 14, 2019 file photo, relatives of crash victims mourn at the scene where an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 passenger jet crashed shortly after takeoff, killing all 157 on board, near Bishoftu, in Ethiopia. These African stories captured the world’s attention in 2019 – and look to influence events

Photo Credit Daily Nation Kenyans shop at Naivas supermarket in Nyeri on December 21, 2019 as they hope food prices will be more affordable come the year 2020. The Kenyans are cautiously optimistic 2020 will not be a tough year although projections point to a year of economic turbulence that will require families to trim