Civil servants will be blocked from running private businesses or competing for government tenders if the Building Bridges Initiative report. Civil servants will be blocked from running private businesses or competing for government tenders if the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report, which is set to be made public today, is adopted. The proposal, which was

Photo/Somali Times The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation, Ahmed Issa Awad, met yesterday in Saudi Arabia with Saudi counterpart Amir Faisal Bin Farhan Bin Abdallah, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. They also discussed efforts to strengthen bilateral relations and joint cooperation in all areas, and ways to achieve the interests between Mogadishu and Riyadh,

Sudanese Rapid Support Forces (RSF) display gold bars seized from a plane that landed at Khartoum Airport in an investigation into possible smuggling, in Khartoum Sudan May 9, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah Late last year, as President Omar Hassan al-Bashir’s hold on power weakened, one of Sudan’s most feared militia leaders lashed out against the

French soldiers work on a Tiger attack helicopter at a base in Gao, northern Mali, on August 1, 2019. Benoit Tessier, REUTERS Thirteen French soldiers fighting jihadists in Mali were killed in an accident between two helicopters, the French presidency said on Tuesday, the single biggest loss of French troops in combat in the region

Photo, a drug dealer poses with cannabis products as he waits for customers in downtown Lisbon. The European Union agency that monitors drug use says it has detected a trend of escalating violence between gangs operating on the continent. The agency says in its annual report on the drugs market that European consumers increasingly have

Photo/Somali Times Hargeisa, Nine foreign nationals from the United Arab Emirates has been arrested and detained in Hargeisa this morning. The Somaliland police arrested the mens who were trying to leave the airport on their way to the UAE and were arrested at Hargeisa airport. The UAE foreign nationals are accused of illegally hunting wildlife

Photo/AFP Kenya and Uganda have played roles that contribute to “a dangerous stalemate” in South Sudan, a United Nations panel of experts said on Friday. DIPLOMATIC WILL The panel reported that Uganda deployed troops in Yei River State last month, a move it described as violation of the international arms embargo on South Sudan. Uganda’s

Photo/Somali Times Mogadishu, The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, has appoints Mr. Suleiman Mohamed Mohamud to the position of Attorney General and sacked former Attorney General Ahmed Ali Dahir. The nomination came on the recommendation of Chief Justice Bashe Yusuf Ahmed, the need to accelerate judicial reforms and ensure a

London’s transit operator says it is not renewing Uber’s license to operate in the British capital. Uber’s license expires Monday Nov. 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File) London’s transit authority on Monday refused to renew Uber’s license to operate, putting the ride-hailing company’s future in the British capital in doubt. It’s the latest chapter in

Photo/Somali Times Hargeisa, The chairman of the Somaliland Supreme Court, Justice Adan Haji Ali Ahmed, has sworn into the presidency of newly elected National Electoral Commission in the presence of President Muse Bihi. The new members of the National Electoral Commission, just recently approved by the Somaliland House of Representatives, have been sworn under the