Greedy Puntland’s Governor announces he is running for re-election

Garowe-Dictator Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, the incumbent governor of Puntland State of Somalia, announced Tuesday that he would run again for governor election. Mr Abdiweli Gaas make the announcement at a ceremony held in Garowe, where more dignitaries including traditional leaders and his government officials were attending. At the ceremony, he delivered a long speech he

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Manchester United sacks manager Jose Mourinho

EPA Photo Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has left the club with immediate effect following a dismal start to the season, the Premier League side announced on Tuesday. United has made its worst start to a league season in 28 years and was beaten 3-1 by arch-rival Liverpoool on Sunday in what was Mourinho’s final

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Somali Prime Minister meets corrupt parliament speaker

Mogadishu-The Prime Minister of Somalia . Hassan Ali Khaire. The meeting was held last night with the Speaker of the House of the People of the Federal Republic of Somalia Mohamed Mursal Sheikh Abdirahman and the Prime Minister of Somalia . Hassan Ali Khaire. The sensitivity of the meeting was said to have ended with

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‘US Rohingya genocide declaration to encourage others’

The U.S. House of Representative vote declaring persecution of the Rohingya minority in Myanmar a “genocide” should encourage other nations to follow suit, a senior rights activist said. In an interview with Anadolu Agency on last week’s vote, Harn Yawnghwe, son of Myanmar’s first president Sao Shwe Thaike, said the move “affirms the action taken

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Foreign investors’ role increasing in China’s A-share market: report

Foreign investors are playing a more important role in China’s A-share market in recent years, which will improve market functioning and boost the performance of large-cap equities and consumer stocks, China Daily reported Monday. Holdings of foreign investors in the A-share market accounted for about 2.5 percent of total market capitalization as of June this

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U.S. says air strikes killed 62 militants in Somalia

The U.S. military said on Monday it had killed 62 militants in six air strikes on Saturday and Sunday in the vicinity of Gandarsh in Somalia’s south-central Banadir province. The military’s Africa Command (Africom) said four strikes were carried out on Saturday, killing 34 militants, and two more on Sunday, which killed 28. “Africa Command

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Sudan’s Bashir first Arab leader to visit Syria since war began

Omar al-Bashir expresses hopes Syria will soon recover important regional role in talks with President Bashar al-Assad. Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir has become the first Arab League leader to visit Damascus since the war in Syria began nearly eight years ago. Syria’s state-run news agency SANA said al-Bashir was greeted on Sunday at the capital’s

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UK signs air service deal with Switzerland for post-Brexit flights

FILE PHOTO: Secretary of State for Transport, Chris Grayling, arrives in Downing Street, London, Britain, December 4, 2018. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls Transport minister Chris Grayling will sign an agreement with Switzerland on Monday to ensure air services continue to operate between the two countries after Brexit. Britain is due to leave the European Union in March

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Blast smashes windows, wrecks offices at Greece’s SKAI TV in “attack on democracy”

Forensic experts search for evidence after a bomb blast outside the Greece’s SKAI TV building in Athens, Greece December 17, 2018. REUTERS/Costas Baltas A powerful blast smashed windows and wrecked offices at Greece’s SKAI TV in Athens on Monday in what officials called an attack on democracy. No one was injured. SKAI is one of

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Regional alliance should be reshaped: FM

Doha: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs H E Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, participated in the 18th edition of Doha Forum in the opening plenary session, The Global Order Revisited: Old Actors, New Alliances, with Hassan Ali Khairi, Prime Minister of Somalia; Maria Fernanda Espinosa, President of the United Nations General

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