Somalia: Puntland Governor Deni and UAE Mercenary want to mining and gold in Qandala

Photo/Somali Times Bosaso-Puntland authorities, UAE Mercenary want mining and gold mines in city of Qandala the subdivision of the Ali Salebaan sub-clan to compete with the PDG contract already held by Mr  Bashir Abdullahi Salah and resulting in the deployment of troops Ali Salebaan sub-clan and there were elders in the area led by the

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Gulf carriers fly over Iraq, Iran after military action deters others

Photo Credit Reuters Qatar Airways, Emirates and several other Gulf airlines still fly in Iraqi and Iranian airspace and to cities in both countries, even as other international carriers have rerouted planes since the United States and Iran traded military strikes. Executives and analysts said carriers in the Gulf, a major transit stop between European

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Prime Minister Khaire suspended $ 112 million agreement signed Minister of Finance and Mogadishu mayor to build cities

Photo/ Somali Times The Somali Prime Minister does not get along with the regional State however, this is the main reason Prime Minister cancels sources from Somali officials Mogadishu-The Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia Hassan Khaire has suspended a $ 112 million agreement to build cities in the country, signed today by

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The latest in Mogadishu: Car bomb targets three Turkish nationals in Afgooye

Photo/ Somali Times Three people were killed and about 20 others injured Saturday following a car bomb explosion in Afgooye area. An explosives-laden car blew up near a food café in Afgooye with initial reports indicating it was targeting Turkish contractors who are involved in road construction in the area. Sources told Somali Times the

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Somali military kills more than 40 al-Shabaab militants

Photo/ Somali Times Four National Army soldiers killed in attack More than 40 al-Shabaab terrorists were killed by the Somali National Army (SNA), officials said. Gen. Mohamed Ahmed Taredishe told reporters the terrorists were killed after they attacked a military base in the middle Shabelle region. More than 30 terrorists were wounded during the gunfight

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Chinese virus: Several US airports to screen travellers after mysterious outbreak

A traveler wears a facemask as she stands near the Beijing Railway Station in Beijing, Friday, Jan. 17, 2020. A second person has died from a new form of coronavirus in central China, health authorities said late Thursday. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) By Alex Woodward CDC deploys 100 workers to check passengers coming from Wuhan into

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Djibouti rejects court ruling over Doraleh terminal

Doraleh: DP World, which built the port and ran it for more than a decade from 2006, estimates its losses at more than $1bn. By David Osler The government of Djibouti says it will not accept a London Court of International Arbitration ruling that it should restore the Doraleh Container Terminal concession to DP World,

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Kenya seeking a near $1 billion loan from World Bank

Kenya is in advanced talks with the World Bank for “a fairly priced” loan of up to 100 billion shillings ($991.57 million), nearly half of its required external funding this fiscal year, a senior Treasury official said on Friday. The East African nation wants to cut debt from overseas capital markets, after a borrowing binge

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Uhuru signals anti-terror sting operations

President Uhuru Kenyatta President Uhuru Kenyatta has said that security officers will mount sting operation to flush out Al Shabaab operatives in the North Eastern and Coastal regions which have witnessed a spike in terrorist attacks since December. The Head of State announced the move on Friday as he heralded a fresh war against terror

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Khamenei: Iran gave U.S. ‘slap on face’, calls missile strikes ‘day of God’

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei prays near the coffins of Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who were killed in an air strike at Baghdad airport, in Tehran, Iran January 6, 2020. Official Khamenei website/Handout via REUTERS Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said

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