Somalia: journalists mark 2019 World Press Freedom Day

The National Union of Somali Journalists and its affiliate regional member organizations organized hundreds of Somali journalists to mark the World Press Freedom Day celebrated globally every 3th of May. Hundreds of journalists in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu and the federal member states are participating in the celebrations on May 3,2019. Every year, 3 May is

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Regional governors contradict the rules approved by the Somali Council of Ministers

Bosaso, Regional administrations has opposed the laws passed by the cabinet of the federal government in Somalia after a meeting in Mogadishu. Clearly contravening the rules, the Galmudug administration and the Puntland administration have said that there is no consultation with the federal government of Somalia. It was yesterday when an extraordinary meeting held in

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UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt to visit Kenya today

UK Foreign Secretary arrived in Ethiopia on Thursday 2 May, where he attended at the UNESCO World Press Freedom Day celebrations in Addis Ababa. United Kingdom’s Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt will be visiting Kenya today, Foreign and commonwealth office has announced. The Foreign Secretary is visiting Nairobi at the end of a five day tour

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Britain’s two main parties punished in local election for Brexit chaos – partial results

A woman arrives to vote at a Polling Station in Hale, Britain, May 2, 2019. REUTERS/Phil Noble British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservatives and the opposition Labour Party were both punished by English voters in a local election for the deadlock over Brexit, partial results showed on Friday. With more than 40 percent of English

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Pharmaceutical exec guilty of bribing doctors to push opioid

Photo (AP) A pharmaceutical company founder accused of paying doctors millions in bribes to prescribe a highly addictive fentanyl spray was convicted Thursday in a case that exposed such marketing tactics as using a stripper-turned-sales-rep to give a physician a lap dance. John Kapoor, the 76-year-old former chairman of Insys Therapeutics, was found guilty of

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Book on Amisom examines Kenya’s record in Somalia

Successes and failures in Kenya’s eight-year-long military campaign against al-Shabaab are examined in a recently published history of the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom). Kenya’s 4000-plus troops have contributed to Amisom’s rollback of territory controlled by Shabaab, author Paul Williams finds in “Fighting for Peace in Somalia: A History and Analysis of Amisom, 2007-2017.”

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Voters set to punish May’s Conservatives over Brexit delay

A woman arrives to vote at a Polling Station in Hale, Britain, May 2, 2019. REUTERS/Phil Noble English voters are expected to use local government elections on Thursday to punish Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party over its failure to deliver Brexit, revealing a divided and dissatisfied electorate. More than 8,000 seats on English councils

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Iran oil tanker breaks down in Red Sea off Saudi coast

Photo (IRNA) An Iranian oil tanker carrying over 1 million barrels of fuel oil suffered a malfunction in the Red Sea off the coast of Saudi Arabia, authorities said Thursday, raising concerns that the vessel could be leaking. The incident involving the Happiness I came as U.S. oil exemptions for Iranian crude oil purchases expired,

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Turkish defense minister discusses Syria with US envoy

Hulusi Akar meets with James Jeffrey in Istanbul, discusses latest developments, situation east of Euphrates Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar met late Wednesday with the U.S. special envoy to Syria in Istanbul. Akar and James Jeffrey discussed the latest developments in Syria, particularly the situation east of the Euphrates, Turkey’s Defense Ministry said in a

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UK defense chief fired over Huawei leaks, denies involvement

FILE – In this Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018 file photo, Britain’s Defence Minister Gavin Williamson stands in the main chamber during a gathering of NATO defence ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels. British Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson has been fired Wednesday, May 1, 2019 after an investigation into leaks from a secret government meeting about

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