Kenya says it is agreeing to normalise relations with Somalia as the “first step” of addressing their differences over the maritime borderline, which is already before the International Court of Justice. The change of tune for Nairobi emerged Wednesday evening after Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Monica Juma met with the Somali Minister for Foreign Affairs

Turkey’s exports hit highest-ever January-March figure with $44.5 billion, the country’s trade minister announced Thursday. According to the general trade system, Ruhsar Pekcan said exports in the first quarter of 2019 surged 3.34 percent year-on-year. Over the same period, Turkey’s imports amounted to $50.5 billion with an annual decline of 21.46 percent. In the three-month

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg addresses a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress as Vice President Mike Pence and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi listen in the House Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 3, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Barria NATO can look at the possibility of other Latin American states joining Colombia in

Several manufacturing companies are set to relocate from Kenya to Ethiopia in protest of the high cost of electricity, it has emerged. This, even as the Government insists that it is working on a plan to bring down the cost of power, which has made locally made products to be less competitive. One of the

Kenya and Somalia are set to normalise diplomatic relations after nearly two months of diplomatic tensions over a maritime border dispute. Foreign Ministers of both countries expressed “a strong desire to normalise relations,” with an agreement to allow their respective ambassadors return to their diplomatic postings in Nairobi and Mogadishu following a meeting in Nairobi

By John Catalinotto In a report released March 20, Amnesty International (amnesty.org) made the following three points about U.S. military intervention in Somalia, in the part of northeast Africa known as the Horn: 1, Forensic investigation yields credible evidence that 14 civilians were killed in just five strikes. 2, There have been more than 100

In this grab taken from video, Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May speaks during Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons, London, Wednesday April 3, 2019. With Britain racing toward a chaotic exit from the European Union within days, May veered away from the cliff-edge Tuesday, saying she would seek another Brexit delay and hold

On 1 April 2019, the European Union and the Government of Somaliland organised a workshop on “Investing in resilience in Somaliland”. The event gathered government institutions, donor partners, district commissioners, civil society organisations and other key stakeholders. Participants discussed the challenges generated by recurrent droughts and measures to strengthen the resilience of households, communities and

EU foreign policy chief Tuesday said the bloc opposes capital punishments in Saudi Arabia where the number this year passed 45. “The European Union is unequivocally opposed to the use of capital punishment in all cases and without exception,” Federica Mogherini said in an official statement. “The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia executed in the past

A Somalia national was on Friday fined Sh5 million by a court for being in the country illegally. Abdi Muna Hussein had been charged with unlawful residence and possessing a forged passport. Chief Magistrate Edna Nyaloti heard that Muna was arrested on March 15 at the Moi International Airport as she attempted to fly to