Following the signing of a new Petroleum Law and Revenue Sharing Agreement in May of this year, as well as the unveiling of its first ever offshore licensing round (15 blocks covering 75,000 sq. km), the Horn of Africa nation is keen to show the world that it is open for business. The law breathes

The car dealership of Nigerian entrepreneur Basil Onibo in Johannesburg, South Africa was burned down during the latest spate of xenophobic attacks in September 2019 [Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko] At least 640 Nigerians have signed up to take free flights home from South Africa after xenophobic attacks on foreigners, a spokeswoman for Nigeria’s president said on Tuesday.

Abdi Ali. Police (Image) By Lee Peace Police have warned members of the public to not approach a man with links to Sheffield wanted over a murder. Abdi Ali, aged 29, is wanted for questioning over the killing of 47-year-old Shaun Lyall in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, in July last year. Ali, who has spent most of

Photo (AP) Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah Kuwait’s 90-year-old ruling emir has cancelled a visit Thursday with President Donald Trump at the White House after being admitted to a U.S. hospital following an earlier health scare last month. Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah will undergo unspecified tests during his hospitalization, the state-run KUNA

FILE PHOTO – Speaker of the House John Bercow speaks in the House of Commons in London, Britain September 3, 2019. ©UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/Handout via REUTERS Britain’s House of Commons Speaker John Bercow, who played a key role in the three-year Brexit crisis, said on Monday he would stand down from the role, issuing a

File/Photo/Somali Times Somalia’s economy is expected to grow by 2.9% this year, from 2.8% last year, before growth quickens to 3.2-3.5% in the medium term, the World Bank said on Monday. The Horn of Africa country has been in turmoil since 1991, when clan warlords overthrew President Siad Barre and then turned on each other.

At least 5 people including African Union peacekeeping mission forces in Somalia (AMISOM) were killed and several others wounded when a double roadside blasts targeted Amisom convoy in Somalia’s Middle Shabelle region on Sunday, local media reported. The attacks took near African Union forces base in Burane vicinity near the town of Mahaday Middle Shabelle

Rafael Nadal, of Spain, poses with the championship trophy after defeating Daniil Medvedev, of Russia, to win the men’s singles final of the U.S. Open tennis championships Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) Rafael Nadal’s 19th Grand Slam trophy went from inevitable to suddenly in doubt in a thrill-a-minute U.S. Open

U.S. President Donald Trump departs after presenting NBA Hall of Fame player Jerry West with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in the Oval office of the White House in Washington, U.S., September 5, 2019. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said he canceled peace talks with Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders after the insurgent group

Wadajir Party leader posted on his Facebook page, Mogadishu, Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame, Wadajir Party leader said Somali Prime Minister Khaire has to pay compensation for those killed in Baidoa last year.” The Somali Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia Hassan Ali Khaire on his trip to Baidoa. In a statement posted on his