Photo/Somali Times In June 2019 the UK officially opened the new Somali National Army (SNA) training facility. Located in Baidoa. a town 150 miles West of the capital Mogadishu and deep into the country’s interior, it lacks many of the comforts of the capital. Baidoa does not enjoy the constant onshore breeze of Mogadishu and

Abdi Yusuf Hassan An accused pirate who was allegedly part of a Somali crew that kidnapped an American journalist and held him hostage on a hijacked ship while demanding a $20 million bounty was hauled before a federal judge in Brooklyn Wednesday. Abdi Yusuf Hassan, 51 — who is accused of negotiating the writer’s ransom

Specialist Mario Picone works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019. The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank 800 points after the bond market flashed a warning sign about a possible recession for the first time since 2007. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) The threat of a recession doesn’t seem so remote

Photo (AP) By Thomas Colson EU citizens in the UK will reportedly have to produce documentation to prove their right to access free healthcare under the NHS after a no-deal Brexit. The Department of Health indicated that hospital trusts should be prepared to charge some EU citizens who are currently eligible for free treatment “immediately

Photo/Somali Times A government military base in the Lower Shabelle region of Somalia was struck by car bombs and gunfire on Wednesday, residents and a military officer said, and the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group claimed responsibility for the attack. The military officer said the bombs exploded outside the base, in mid-morning attack in Awdheegle,

Mogadishu, The Spokesman of deadly Al Qaeda affiliated extremist group of Al Shabaab, Sheikh Ali Mohamud Raage.“Ali Dheere” has been reported of being injured in an operation that the Somalia National Army conducted Shaam settlement in Lower Shabelle. The SNA carried out the operation on the 11 of August, 2019, which was aimed at flushing

Islamabad sends letter to UNSC president for council meeting on ‘illegal’ Indian moves against Kashmir Pakistan on Tuesday formally requested an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council (UNSC) against recent “illegal” moves by India to “change the status quo” in the northern region of Jammu and Kashmir. Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said

Muhammad Ali Buwe, a refugee from Mogadishu in Somalia. Three years ago, Muhammad Ali Buwe fled the terror of war and death in Somalia, arriving on the shores of Malaysia in the hope of building a new life here. Muhammad, 24, is now married, a father and a community leader of the Somali refugees in

By Michael Rubin, opinion contributor The views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of The Hill BERBERA, SOMALILAND To depart Mogadishu’s heavily-armed international airport Somalia’s “green zone” is an expensive prospect. Decades of lawlessness and instability in Mogadishu make insurance almost impossible. Few foreigners will pass outside the airport’s heavily fortified

Photo/ (AP) The United States is delaying tariffs on Chinese-made cellphones, laptop computers and other items and removing other Chinese imports from its target list altogether in a move that triggered a rally on Wall Street. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said Tuesday that it is still planning to go ahead with 10%