Netherlands donates $28 million to build more resilient food systems in protracted crises

Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation of the Netherlands Sigrid A.M. Kaag and FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu signing the funding agreement in New York on Monday. A four-year FAO project aims to address conflict and food insecurity in Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan The Kingdom of the Netherlands has contributed $28 million to back

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With Iran on his mind, Trump to speak before U.N. General Assembly

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump attends a working luncheon for world leaders at the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 25, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Barria U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to make his case for keeping pressure on Iran on Tuesday at a United

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Boeing to pay 737 MAX crash victims’ families $144,500 each

FILE PHOTO: Women mourn next to coffins during the burial ceremony of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET 302 crash victims at the Holy Trinity Cathedral Orthodox church in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 17, 2019. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri Boeing Co (BA.N) will pay the families of 346 people killed in two fatal 737 MAX crashes $144,500 each

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Somalia: Puntland government imposes restrictive surveillance measures on media

Photo/Somali Times Authorities in Puntland, an autonomous region of Somalia, announced on 22 September that all the independent media houses and journalists operating in the region will have to register in “order to monitor their daily journalistic work”. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) in condemning the

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Former Somali president Sheikh Sharif said “We cannot allow Farmajo to destroy our country

Photo/Somali Times Former Somali president Sheikh Sharif Mogadishu, The former president of the federal republic of Somalia Sheikh Sharif, who addressed at the press conference held in Mogadishu on Monday talked about Sunday the government’s denied to travel Kismayo where he wanted to attend the inauguration of the newly elected regional President Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed

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Hundreds of thousands stranded as travel firm Thomas Cook collapses

Passengers are seen at Thomas Cook check-in points at Mallorca Airport after the world’s oldest travel firm collapsed stranding hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers around the globe and sparking the largest peacetime repatriation effort in British history, in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, September 23, 2019. REUTERS/Enrique Calvo The world’s oldest travel firm Thomas Cook (TCG.L)

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Arab lawmakers in Israel endorse Gantz for prime minister

Members of the Joint List Ayman Odeh, center, speaks to the press in the presence of Ahmad Tibi, right, and Mansour Abbas following their consulting meeting with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, in Jerusalem, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019. Rivlin began two days of crucial talks Sunday with party leaders before selecting his candidate for prime minister,

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Somalia’s al Shabaab raid military base, loot weapons

Fighters belonging to Somali Islamist militant group al Shabaab stormed an army base near the capital Mogadishu on Sunday, looted it for weapons and then withdrew, a military source, residents and the group told Reuters. The assault began when a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden car into the base in El Salini, 60 kilometers (37

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Dozens of Britons march in southern Spain ahead of Brexit

Photo/Reuters Dozens of Britons marched through the southern Spanish city of Malaga on Sunday to register their concerns about their uncertain status as Britain prepares to leave the European Union. Spain is home to around 300,000 Britons. Together with Portugal, the Iberian peninsula accounts for almost a quarter of all Britons living in Europe, U.N.

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Ex Somali president Sheikh Sharif has been denied to travel Kismayo

The former Somali president Sheikh Sharif has been denied to travel Kismayo Mogadishu, The former Somali president Sheikh Sharif and his delegation to travel Kismayo today, has been denied to travel Kismayo where he wanted to attend the inauguration of the newly elected regional President Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed Islam Madobe. Officials told Somali times Mogadishu

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