LONDON (Alliance News) – RA International Group PLC said Friday it had secured a new multi-year USD9.8 million support services contract with the United Nations Support Office in Somalia.Under the new deal, RA will provide vehicle and equipment fleet operation and first line maintenance services to UNSOS in up to ten locations in the eastern

The UN agency labour, International Labour Organisation (ILO), and the Italian Government signed a new cooperation agreement to promote decent employment, peace and resilience in building the capacity of trade unions in collaboration with the Federation of Somali Trade Unions (FESTU). The agreement was signed by Mr. Carlo Campanile, Italian Ambassador to Somalia, and Mr.

Turkey struggles to become full member of EU for last 60 years, determined to gain it, says President Erdogan The Turkish president on Thursday reiterated his vow to gain full membership in the European Union despite counter-efforts.”Turkey proceeds on its way persistently despite those trying to exclude it from the European family,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan

FILE PHOTO – U.S. President Donald Trump waits to welcome Slovakia’s Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 3, 2019. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday urged Iran’s leadership to sit down and talk with him about giving up Tehran’s nuclear program and said he could not rule

Somali authorities are reported to have arrested a spy network working for the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Only Twitter users report the news, quoting a local intelligence source. Earlier this year, Somali Foreign Minister Ahmed Issa Awad said that his country’s relations with the UAE are not at the level they should. In an interview

The president of oil-rich South Sudan said on Wednesday that the formation of a unity government should be delayed by at least a year, despite a May 12 deadline in a September peace agreement that ended the civil war. President Salva Kiir said the government had been unable to disarm, house, train and integrate South

A container ship sails off the dockyard in Qingdao in eastern China’s Shandong province Wednesday, May 8, 2019. China’s exports fell unexpectedly in April, adding to pressure on Beijing ahead of negotiations on ending a tariff war with Washington over Chinese technology ambitions. (Chinatopix Via AP) U.S. and Chinese negotiators are to resume trade talks

Photo (AP) President Trump has declared that the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria is “100%” defeated. It seems unlikely he will ever say the same about Somalia’s al-Shabab. Words such as “eradicate” and “eliminate” — staples of the lexicon used by the Obama and Trump administrations when laying out their ultimate goal in the

FILE PHOTO: Political activist Ahmed Mansoor speaks to Reuters in Dubai November 30, 2011. REUTERS/Nikhil Monteiro//File Photo The United Arab Emirates (UAE) dismissed claims by U.N. human rights experts that prominent pro-democracy campaigner Ahmed Mansoor may be suffering treatment amounting to torture, state news agency WAM reported on Wednesday. Mansoor, jailed for 10 years in

Iranian president gives 60-day deadline to world powers to protect Tehran’s interests in nuclear deal Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday threatened to resume high level enrichment of uranium if his country’s interests in the nuclear deal with world powers are not protected within 60 days. His remarks came at a speech broadcast on national