Photo/Somali Times “The Arab Parliament calls on Kenya to stop its hands on Somali territorial waters, which are an integral part of the Arab waters, and rejects its false pretensions to draw up a new, unfounded map while rejecting its threats to interfere in Somalia’s internal affairs,” read a tweet by the Somali Ministry of

Photo/Reuters A British court on Thursday ruled that the British government had acted unlawfully in allowing arms exports to Saudi Arabia that might have been used in the conflict in Yemen. “The Court of Appeal has concluded that the process of decision-making by the government was wrong in law in one significant respect,” judge said

RISING FROM THE ASHES A professionally trained and well-equipped Somali security force is indeed a game-changer in the fight against terrorism in Somalia. The most recent victories were recorded in Sabiid and Bariire. On 30 April 2018, the African Union Peace and Security Council (AU PSC) endorsed the Somalia Transition Plan (STP). Since then, the

Malawi’s Members of Parliament on Wednesday elected fellow legislator, Catherine Gotani Hara, as speaker of Parliament, making her the country’s first female speaker for the August House.Hara, who belongs to the main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP), won the seat in a tightly contested electoral process, beating former deputy speaker of the house, Esther Mcheka

The Guard said it downed a Global Hawk surveillance drone but the US denied it [AP] Elite force says it shot down American surveillance drone over its territory, but US military refutes the report. Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard said Thursday it shot down a US “spy drone” over its territory, Iranian state television reported. “The

FILE PHOTO: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends the opening of the G20 leaders summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina November 30, 2018. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes/File Photo Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and other senior Saudi officials should be investigated over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi since there is credible evidence they are

To ensure Somalia is fully prepared for ‘one-person-one-vote’ universal elections in 2020/2021, the African Union Mission in Somalia has organised a four-day workshop on electoral security and dispute resolution for senior government officials involved in election planning and management. The workshop, being held in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, is aimed at developing a common strategy

AFP/File / Cris BOURONCLE An estimated 3.3 million people have left Venezuela since the start of 2016, according to the UN. More than 70 million people were counted last year as displaced from their homes, a record that underestimates the real number of refugees and asylum seekers, the UN said Wednesday. In its annual global

President Uhuru Kenyatta’s elder sister has returned a former captain of Karen Country Club, Richard Thande, to court for failing to repay a Sh3 million debt. Kristina Pratt, in papers filed at the Milimani Commercial Courts in Nairobi, says Mr Thande has once again breached a repayment deal reached last September, prompting the latest court

China dispatched members of its People’s Liberation Army to Djibouti two years ago to man the rising Asian giant’s first overseas military base, a key part of a wide-ranging expansion of the role of China’s armed forces. The base’s proximity By Geoff Hill The Chinese military is guilty of “irresponsible actions” toward American forces stationed