Somalia: Puntland Finance Minister, Aran Jaan Proposes Budget 2020 $ 346 million

Photo/Somali Times/Aran Jaan leader Hassan Shire Abdi Corruption Budget Aran Jaan leader Forecast for 2020, $ 346 million Puntland Finance Minister Hassan Shire Abdi Aran Jaan leader today presented his parliamentary budget to the 2020 budget. Proposes Budget 2020 $ 346 million The Budget Forecast for 2020, $ 346 million, passed yesterday from the Cabinet,

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Kenya risks losing port to China casting shadow over India’s outreach in Eastern Africa

Kenya risks losing the lucrative Mombasa port to China. China is now the single largest financier for infrastructure in Africa, funding one-in-five projects and constructing every third one, according to a Deloitte report. Forty out of Africa’s 55 states, along with African Union have signed memoranda. Kenya risks losing the lucrative Mombasa port to China

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More than 100 protestors killed in Iran during unrest: Amnesty International

General view of the highway, after fuel price increased in Tehran, Iran November 15, 2019. Nazanin Tabatabaee/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS/File Photo Amnesty International said on Tuesday that more than 100 protestors had been killed in 21 cities in Iran during unrest that broke out over a rise in fuel prices last week.

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Sweden discontinues Assange rape investigation

In this Wednesday May 1, 2019 file photo, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is taken from court, where he appeared on charges of jumping British bail seven years ago, in London. The alleged rape investigation involving WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is currently in prison in Britain, has been discontinued, a Swedish prosecutor said Tuesday Nov.

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Kenya: High Court gives Jonathan Moi’s widows time to file papers

Faith Nyambura and Jonathan Moi. Faith and Beatrice Mbuli claim their co-wife Sylvia J. has excluded them as beneficiaries of Jonathan’s estate. A judge has granted two widows of former president Daniel Moi’s eldest son Jonathan Toroitich Moi more time file papers in a succession case pending before the High Court. Appearing before Justice Aggrey

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Convicted ex-PM Sharif leaves Pakistan for medical treatment in London

Supporters of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) sprinkle rose petals on a car carrying Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, as he makes his way to the airport to travel for a medical treatment in the United Kingdom, outside his residence in Raiwind, near Lahore, Pakistan November 19, 2019. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif left

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Column: The truth about Somalia shows the absurdity of Trump’s attack on Yovanovitch

Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, at her Capitol Hill appearance during which Trump tweeted an attack on her.(KIrk McKoy/Los Angeles Times) By Michael Hiltzik Veterans of America’s disastrous adventure in Somalia in the 1980s and ’90s must have been shaking their heads Friday when President Trump seemed to blame former U.S. Ambassador to

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UK lawmaker blames HSBC, Stanchart, Baroda in South Africa corruption

Former South African President Jacob Zuma appears in court where he faces charges that include fraud, racketeering and money laundering in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, October 15, 2019. Michele Spatari /Pool via REUTERS/File Photo Corruption under South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma was enabled by international banks, companies and governments which should now seek to recover

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The Latest: Civil war start in Hargeisa Police is shooting demonstrators

Photo/Somali Times Police in Hargeisa have opened fire on the chairman of the party and some of the party’s leaders. Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi Irro who spoke to the Somali Times said that he and his party members were shot on their way to the party headquarters. Speaking to Abdirahman Irro, he stated that this morning

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The Latest in Hargeisa: Police barricade roads ahead of today’s demonstration

Hargeisa, Government block roads leading to the Wadani Party Headquarters in Hargeisa security forces have taken over the headquarters of the Somaliland opposition party Waddani and closed all roads leading to the premises following planned protests set for today. The party’s secretary general Khadar Abdi and spokesman Barkhad Jama were arrested Sunday following a call

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