50,000 Ethiopian were employed to work in UAE

Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, said the government signed an agreement with the United Arab Emirates to employ 50,000 workers in Ethiopia in 2019 and year 2020. Abiy Ahmed said was referring to parliamentarians in his country, and noted that the goal of which is to send 50,000 Ethiopian workers to the United Arab Emirates,

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Turkey rejects Greek, EU claims that drilling off Cyprus illegitimate

FILE PHOTO: Turkish drilling vessel Yavuz sets sail in Izmit Bay, on its way to the Mediterranean Sea, off the port of Dilovasi, Turkey, June 20, 2019. REUTERS/Murad Sezer/File Photo Turkey said on Wednesday it rejected Greek and European Union assertions that Turkish drilling for gas and oil off Cyprus was illegitimate, and said it

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Three Al-Shabaab terrorists executed in Mogadishu over the role in 2017 hotel bombing

Photo/Somali Times The Somali National Armed Forces have executed Three Al Shabaab attackers have been executed in Mogadishu for their role in the 2017 attack on the Hotel NASA Hablod. 1-Farhan Mohamed Samatar, 2 Abdinasir Dhagane Hassan 3, Abshir Mohamed faced the firing squad for the incident in which 18 people were killed and injured

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Canada’s Trudeau regains momentum in election race after scandal: poll

FILE PHOTO: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during Canada Day festivities on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada July 1, 2019. REUTERS/Patrick Doyle/File Photo Canada’s Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is regaining momentum after a damaging political scandal and could win a general election scheduled for October, a Nanos Research poll showed on Tuesday. The

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The Director of the Office Somali President said that Maritime case false report by some media outlets

Photo/Somali Times Mogadishu, The Director of the Office Somali President Abdinur Mohamed Ahmed has spoken of a false report by some media outlets, which said it has not changed the State’s position on the issue of the ICJ case. “We strongly denounce the false reports of some of the media that have altered the position

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Amisom, Somali commanders enhance coordination in operations

The African Union Mission in Somalia contingent commanders have resolved to further enhance coordination with the Somali security forces to implement the Somali Transition Plan. The commanders, along with their Somali counterparts, met for three days in Mogadishu to evaluate the progress made in implementing the mission’s concept of operations (CONOPS). During the meeting, the

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Hong Kong protesters to continue after bill declared ‘dead’

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam speaks during a press conference in Hong Kong, Tuesday, July 9, 2019. Lam said Tuesday the effort to amend an extradition bill was dead, but it wasn’t clear if the legislation was being withdrawn as protesters have demanded. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu) Hong Kong protest leaders opposed to the administration

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Japan says it won’t talk or retract export rules on S. Korea

Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga speaks during a press conference at the prime minister’s official residence in Tokyo Tuesday, July 9, 2019. Japan said it has no plans to retract its tightened control on high-tech exports to South Korea, saying it involves Japanese internal policy review. Suga said the review was necessary to appropriately

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UAE troop drawdown in Yemen was agreed with Saudi Arabia: official

Photo/Reuters The United Arab Emirates had been planning its recent troop drawdown in Yemen for over a year and coordinated its move with key ally Saudi Arabia, a senior Emirati official said on Monday. The UAE, a leading member of the Western-backed Sunni Muslim coalition battling the Iran-aligned Houthi movement, is reducing its military presence

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British builder who moved to Kenya to help build hospitals dies in poverty in a mud hut after his wife ‘ran off and sold all his property when he caught her in bed with another man’

Barry Leonard Humber, 80, had moved to the African country in the seventies as part of a joint project with the UK government to send builders to work in the local construction industry By Bridie Pearson-jones  . Barry Leonard Humber, 80, moved to the African country in the 1970s to work. In 1978, he married

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