UN Photo/Rick Bajornas James Swan, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia, briefs the Security Council meeting on the situation in Somalia. November 21, 2019 With Somalia scheduled to hold “one-person, one-vote” elections next year, leaders must act now to break the “stalemate” between the central government

In this Sunday, Nov. 3, 2019 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, chairs the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister’s office in Jerusalem. Israel’s Justice Ministry says the attorney general will deliver his long-awaited decision on whether to indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a series of corruption cases.(AP Photo/Oded Balilty, pool, File)

Artillery fired by the Saudi-led coalition forces yesterday evening hit a gathering of Somali and Ethiopian migrants in the border district of Monabeh in the Houthi-stronghold province of Saada, resulting in ten deaths and 35 injuries. Yemen Press Agency published preliminary images documenting the scenes of the attack against the African migrants in Al-Raqu market

Photo/Somali Times Mogadishu, The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, His Excellency Amb. Ahmed Isse Awad, received today at his office in the Ministry in the capital Mogadishu, a copy of the credentials of the new Ambassador of Japan to the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mr. Ryoichi Horie. Amb. The Minister of Foreign Affairs

The retirement of about 50,000 civil servants is burdening taxpayers after the pension bill jumped by 63.03 percent or Sh10 billion in the first four months to October as the Treasury raised the red flag over the rising expense. Treasury data shows that public pension expenses stood at Sh27.8 billion in the four months to

Central American migrants are seen outside their tents in an encampment in Matamoros, Mexico, at the end of the Gateway International Bridge, where migrants sent back under the “Remain in Mexico” program, officially called the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), await their U.S. asylum hearings, September 14, 2019. Picture taken September 14, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Romero/File Photo

Mogadishu, Almaas Elman the sister of the renowned human rights activist Ilwad Elman was Wednesday afternoon shot dead in the Halane compound in Mogadishu. The circumstances under which the Almaas was killed remained unclear, but sources said a bullet ripped through a vehicle she was. Sources said . Reports said Almaas Elman was pregnant at

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,

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

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.