Somali Prime Minister names committee to protest public properties

Somali Prime minister Hassan Ali Khaire has today appointed a committee to protect the public properties. a statement issued on Thursday, Prime minister Khaire nominated 11 member committee majority of them selected from his cabinet. The members are tasked to protect and recover the public lands and other government properties. “Based on the directive from

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Michael Cohen to testify publicly before Congress next month

Photo (AP) President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, will testify publicly before a House committee next month in a hearing that could serve as the opening salvo in a promised Democratic effort to greater scrutinize Trump, his conflicts of interest and his ties to Russia. The House Oversight and Reform Committee announced Thursday that

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Somalia: Puntland region New Governor Calls On Somaliland To Pull Out Its Troops From Sool

Somalia, Puntland region new governor has formally accused Somaliland of violating Puntland territories. In an interview with the BBC Somali Service on Wednesday, Saeed Abdullahi Deni said that there was no dispute between Puntland and Somaliland, but Hargeisa administration violated Puntland regions. “We have no land dispute with Somaliland administration, but it has violated the

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Kenyan Court awards Sh10 million to Somali fishing firm for illegal detention of vessel

The Admiralty Court in Mombasa has awarded a Somali shipping company more than Sh10 million for damages incurred on its vessel MV Nasibu that was detained and has been grounded in Kenyan waters since 2017. newsinisdeYesterday, Justice Njoki Mwangi directed that the vessel’s owner, Mumin Ali Mumin, be awarded Sh10,290,000 by a businessman who had

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Namibia suspends meat imports from South Africa

Namibia has suspended meat imports from neighbouring South Africa due to the outbreak of the highly contagious foot and mouth disease. The authorities on Tuesday announced that positive laboratory results for the viral disease, which causes lesions and lameness in cattle and sheep, were taken in the Vhembe District of Limpopo, which borders Zimbabwe. Foot

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May suffers parliament defeat as Brexit debate resumes

FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street in London, Britain, January 9, 2019. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo British Prime Minister Theresa May suffered an early defeat to her Brexit plans on Wednesday when parliament demanded the government come up with a plan-B within days if she loses a vote on her deal

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Democrats: Trump using misinformation, malice in wall debate

Photo (AP) Alex Brandon Top congressional Democrats said President Donald Trump “has chosen fear” in his drive to build a southern border wall and called on him to reopen the government shuttered because of the standoff over his demand for money for the barrier. Speaking moments after Trump made his case for the wall in

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UK leader brings her ailing Brexit deal back to Parliament

Photo (AP) The British government is bringing its little-loved Brexit deal back to Parliament, a month after postponing a vote on the agreement to stave off near-certain defeat. Lawmakers are beginning five days of debate Wednesday on the agreement with the European Union setting out the terms of Britain’s departure from the bloc on March

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UK, Russia and UAE scramble to set up military bases in Somaliland

Somaliand President Mouse Bihi holding talks with UK’s Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson at the presidential palace in Hargeisa, Somaliand, at the weekend The United Kingdom has joined Russia and the United Arab Emirates in the scramble to set up military bases in Somaliland. UK Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson at the weekend met President Mouse Bihi

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Heathrow halts flights after sightings of a drone

A British Airways aircraft takes off from Heathrow Airport in west London, Britain, February 23, 2018. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo Flights from London’s Heathrow airport were halted on Tuesday after the airport said there had been sightings of a drone near Europe’s busiest air hub. “We are responding to a drone sighting at Heathrow,” the airport

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