Somalia on Thursday told the UN Security Council not to interfere in its national affairs after expelling a UN envoy who questioned the government’s decision to arrest an al-Shabaab defector running for election. Somali Ambassador Abukar Dahir Osman did not specifically mention his government’s decision to order Nicholas Haysom to leave but he argued that

Photo (AP) A U.N. envoy who was recently ordered to leave Somalia says political tensions could devolve into conflict, while Somalia’s U.N. ambassador says his country embraces international institutions but not individual “conduct that has a detrimental effect” on the nation. Both addressed the Security Council Thursday. The envoy, Nicholas Haysom, didn’t directly address this

PA Archive/PA Images Harris Primary Academy Philip Lane in north London is one of the schools embroiled in a row about ‘cheating’ during Ofsted inspections National Education Union is now calling for the government to step in, after Ofsted “failed to act” on a number of troubling allegations. One of the country’s top-performing chains of

Mogadishu-General Bashir Abdi Mohamed, the commander-in-chief of Somali police force announced that they have prepared 1,000 soldiers to join the forces tasked with Mogadishu security. The police boss underlined that the new recruits have completed their training courses in Mogadishu and will shortly begin work in the capital which has seen frequent attacks. He expressed

Mogadishu-The United Nations is looking into the expulsion of UN Special Representative for Somalia Nicholas Haysom from Mogadishu, UN Deputy Spokesman Farhan Haq said in a press briefing on Wednesday. “We are looking into the matter, we are trying to get the various details corroborated, and we are going to see based on that what

Photo (AFP) As we kiss 2018 goodbye and, looking at East Africa and the Horn from Nairobi, it’s reasonable to say the most significant development for Kenya last year didn’t happen here. Kenya won an unexpected geopolitical jackpot when, in April, the ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) elected a 42-year-old hitherto unknown Abiy

Photo (AP) Asian markets were mixed on Thursday after tumbling more than 1 percent on the first trading day of 2019. Apple downgraded its sales projections, citing slowing Chinese growth, hitting technology shares in South Korea and Taiwan. The Japanese yen, seen as a relatively safe asset, strengthened against the dollar, euro and several other

Panel of cross-party MPs, lawyers writes open letter to Saudi ambassador following allegations of torture, sexual assault A cross-party panel of British parliament members and lawyers has written an open letter to the Saudi Arabian ambassador in London asking permission to visit female activists detained in the Kingdom. In the letter to Prince Mohammed bin

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Government of Somalia Mr Ahmed Isse Awad said the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, Nicholas Haysom Somalia has been without a functioning government since its inception, and the government has made a clear decision that it can not function in the country. “Somalia notifies

Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) say they have killed 7 Al-Shabaab militants and wounded an unknown number in an operation in southern Somalia. The military seized 9 AK-47 rifles, 10 magazines, two rocket propelled grenade launchers and three grenades from the militants. “Today at around 11am, KDF soldiers operating under AMISOM engaged Al-Shabaab militants at a