By Nizar Manek The African nation is tiny, poor, strategically located—and deeply in debt to Beijing. Inside the carriages on the 10-hour rail journey through land-locked Ethiopia into the tiny Red Sea state of Djibouti, the chirping of mobile phones mingles with a mashup of regional languages and the murmur of the devout at prayer.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — President Donald Trump is trying to make the case for Jewish voters to back his re-election as he takes a victory lap with Republican donors in Las Vegas. Trump was scheduled to speak Saturday at the annual meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition, which supported his 2016 campaign and is preparing

Bosaso, Somali Times Puntland Governor Said Abdullahi Deni speaks at the signing of the P & O Port under the DP World Company to manage the port of Bosaso. Speaking at the ceremony, Governor Deni today arrived at the port of Bosaso, the town of the port city of Bosaso. Governor Deni thanked to DP

The Minister of foreign affairs of Eritrea, Osman Saleh Mohammed and his accompanying delegation which included the presidential adviser, Mr. Yemane Gabreab arrived in Mogadishu today and were welcomed upon arrival at Aden Adde International Airport by Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ahmed Isse Awad. The Eritrean Minister of Foreign Affairs, Osman Saleh

International Relations Minister Lindiwe Sisulu says withdrawing SA ambassador is just ‘stage one’ in downgrading relations with Tel Aviv. The South African government has implemented what International Relations Minister Sisulu calls “stage one” of its programme of downgrading relations with Israel, by withdrawing its ambassador from Tel Aviv permanently. Minister of International Relations and Co-operation

Qatar Charity (QC) recently signed a co-operation and partnership agreement with the Ministry of Health and Social Care, Somalia. QC said in a statement that the pact, inked at the ministry’s headquarters in Mogadishu, came as part of its keenness to co-ordinate and co-operate with all its government partners and support the efforts of the

Photo Reuters Thousands rallied in the Malian capital Bamako on Friday to protest at the failure of the government and international peacekeepers to stem rising ethnic and jihadist violence, notably the massacre of around 160 villagers last month. The protest was one of the largest in Mali in recent years. It followed the March 23

Photo (AP) Just weeks after insisting that American airstrikes in Somalia had killed no civilians, U.S. Africa Command said Friday that new information reveals that a woman and a child died last April when a U.S. strike targeted al-Shabab militants. The revelation comes on the heels of a report by Amnesty International that charged last

Public debt has increased to Shs44.67 trillion, according to details contained in a Finance Ministry report. The increase represents a 22 per cent surge for the financial year ended June 2017/18 up from Shs36.7 trillion in the 2016/17 financial year. According to data contained in the Ministry of Finance reports and consolidated financial statements, the

Djibouti was on Thursday dealt a heavy legal blow when a London-based international court ordered the Horn of Africa nation to pay $385 million in compensation to UAE global ports operator DP World over a breach of contract, according to the Dubai government. The London Court of International Arbitration also ordered the African nation to