Mogadishu mayor, Omar Mohamud Mohamed has held a meeting with the James Swan, the UN envoy in Somalia in which he sought to have the UN play a greater role in rebuilding the city. The mayor said that the city had set in place plans to rebuild the city and that more hands would be

FILE – In this Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019 file photo, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed at the European Council headquarters in Brussels. The 2019 Nobel Peace Prize was given to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Friday Oct. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, file) The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to a dynamic young

President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone) Donald Trump, the president of the United States, launched into an anti-immigrant invective during a campaign rally in Minnesota Thursday night that served as the latest example of how he has grown more brazen, more explicit in his

European Council, President Donald Tusk attends a news conference at the Presidential Palace in Nicosia, Cyprus October 11, 2019. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou/Pool The British and European Union chief Brexit negotiators held a “constructive” meeting in Brussels on Friday, both sides said, as efforts to secure a deal by Britain’s scheduled departure date of Oct. 31 intensified.

Photo/Somali Times Addis Ababa, The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, in his opening remarks at the opening of the Unity Park, a tourism project in Ethiopia, said that facilitating direct flights between Somalia and Ethiopia has had a positive impact on bilateral trade. The President pointed out that the countries

Photo/Irna news An explosion damaged an Iranian oil tanker traveling through the Red Sea near Saudi Arabia on Friday, Iranian media reported. There was no immediate word from Saudi Arabia on the reported blast. State television said the explosion damaged two storerooms aboard the unnamed oil tanker and caused an oil leak into the Red

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani has coffee with Ukrainian-American businessman Lev Parnas at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, U.S. September 20, 2019. REUTERS/Aram Roston/File Photo Two foreign-born Florida businessmen who have been helping President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer investigate political rival Joe Biden have been arrested on charges of

Photo/Somali Times Addis Ababa, Somali President Mohamed Abdulahi Farmajo a delegation arrives in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital on Thursday. Upon arrival at Bole Int’l airport, President Farmajo and his entourage were warmly received by Ethiopian PM, Abiy Ahmed. The mission behind the visit of the Somalian leader to Ethiopia is to participate the IGAD

The UN estimates that as of last June, Indonesia had been a host to almost 14,000 refugees and asylum seekers from Afghanistan, Somalia, Iraq, Myanmar, Sudan, etc. (JP/Dhoni Setiawan) Refugees in Indonesia have staged many rallies this year. The street hosting the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) Indonesia, Jl. Kebon Sirih in Central Jakarta, was

Photo/Somali Times Kismayo, Puntland President Said Abdullahi Deni and a delegation led by him have landed at the airport in Kismayo where he is receiving a warm welcome from the leaders and the public. Jubbaland President Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed Islam Madobe and members of his cabinet and a large crowd of people welcomed Said Deni