U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Thomas D. Waldhauser, commander, U.S. Africa Command and U.S. Ambassador to Somalia Donald Yamamoto made this commitment during a visit to Mogadishu on Tuesday/file U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Thomas D. Waldhauser, commander, U.S. Africa Command and U.S. Ambassador to Somalia Donald Yamamoto made this commitment during a visit to Mogadishu on

Fighting hatred with hatred The police are doing little to prevent mob attacks The charges sound silly but the consequences are not. One Muslim lady’s crime was to wear a shirt printed with a ship’s helm. Her accusers said it looked like the wheel of dharma, so she must be mocking Buddhism, the religion of

Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed reportedly is close with top UAE spy who allegedly ran the businessman Emirati received thousands of dollars a month for intelligence on US policy towards the Middle East, The Intercept says. A businessman from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was paid by his country’s intelligence agency to spy on the US

Kenya has closed its border with Somalia in Lamu indefinitely as security operations against Al Shabaab militants intensify. Lamu County Police Commander Mr Muchangi Kioi said the border will only remain open to security officers. The country has also prohibited residents living in the border villages from any cross-border trade. Mr Kioi said that those

Photo/The coal plant site in Lamu Days after the Nation exclusively reported that Kenya signed a lopsided multibillion-shilling deal for the operation of the Standard Gauge Railway, an American think-tank is warning that the taxpayer is being forced into another Sh900 billion debt trap for the Lamu coal power project. FINANCIAL GOOF The Sh900 billion

Photo/AFP Google took in some $4.7 billion in revenue in 2018 from “crawling and scraping” news websites without paying publishers, according to an industry-sponsored study released Monday which was disputed by the tech giant and media analysts. The study by the News Media Alliance underscores industry arguments about Google and other online giants harming traditional

In Augsburg speech, ambassador says skilled workers and investment are needed for country’s “rebirth.” Somalia’s economy is growing. Its government is stabilizing. And for any of those who have left it for places like Minnesota and are thinking of moving back, the country is ready for them. That was the message Monday from Minister of

By Tim Newman Could human health depend on the creatures of the ocean? The oceans cover more than two-thirds of Earth. As the adage goes, we know more about the surface of the moon than we do about the bottom of the ocean. The sea’s ability to transition from dark, explosive rage to serene, crystal-clear

Sanji Ram, one of the convicted in the case of rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua, leaves the court in Pathankot, in the northern state of Punjab, India, June 10, 2019. REUTERS/Mukesh Gupta A court in north India jailed three men for life on Monday over the rape and murder of an

AFP / Dale DE LA REY Huge crowds marched in blazing summer heat through the streets of Hong Kong in a noisy, colourful demonstration calling on the government to scrap its planned extradition law Hong Kong’s pro-Beijing leader on Monday refused to scrap a controversial plan to allow extraditions to the Chinese mainland, a day