Turkey needs air defense system to protect 82 million population, says Turkish defense minister Turkish military personnel are currently receiving training in Russia for the use of the S-400 air defense system, Turkey’s defense minister told reporters in Ankara. “We’ve sent personnel to Russia for S-400 training that will begin in the coming days and

United Arab Emirates Ambassador to Kenya Khalid Khalifa al Mualla attends an investment forum at Villa Rosa Kempinski. He has said his country should not be linked to a recent gold scandal. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has distanced itself from a scandal in which a relative of the country’s ruler is reported to have

Embassy officially opened by EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini The European Union on Tuesday opened its second-largest embassy in the Kenyan capital Nairobi.The embassy was officially opened by EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini who held a joint news conference with Kenyan Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Monica Juma. Mogherini said that unveiling of the

Mogadishu, The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, . Ahmed Isse Awad, received yesterday in Mogadishu the Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the Federal Republic of Somalia His Excellency Mr. Benjamin James Fender, during which he discussed enhancing the bilateral relations between the two friendly countries and means of developing cooperation in all

A woman uses a smartphone outside a Huawei store in Beijing Monday, May 20, 2019. Google is assuring users of Huawei smartphones the American company’s services still will work on them following U.S. government restrictions on doing business with the Chinese tech giant. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) By FRANK BAJAK and MICHAEL LIEDTKE Trump administration

Somalia passed a petroleum sector law on Monday, paving the way for exploration in its waters that could potentially transform the troubled country’s economy if hydrocarbon riches are found. The new legislation allows for the creation of institutions to oversee the sector and for revenue sharing between the central government and federal states, among other

Photo POOL/AFP/File / FETHI BELAID Saudi King Salman has invited Gulf leaders and Arab states to emergency summits in Mecca amid escalating tensions in the region Saudi Arabia has called for urgent meetings of the regional Gulf Cooperation Council and the Arab League to discuss escalating tensions in the region, the kingdom’s official news agency

FILE PHOTO: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks at North Atlantic Council Mediterranean Dialogue Meeting in Ankara, Turkey, May 6, 2019. Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Presidential Press Office/Handout via REUTERS Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that the purchase of S-400 defense systems from Russia was a done deal, adding that Ankara would also jointly produce S-500 defense

By Christina Golubski Kenya raises over $2 billion with eurobond This week, Kenya entered uncertain debt markets, raising $2.1 billion with a dual-tranche eurobond. The eurobond consists of two portions: One $900 million portion consists of seven-year bonds priced at 7 percent, and the other $1.2 billion portion, consists of 12-year bonds priced at 8

Kenya expects to finalise a deal with the International Monetary Fund within two months and the lender is not insisting on a removal of the interest rate cap as a precondition for a new deal, finance minister Henry Rotich said on Thursday. The east African country is discussing a new standby credit facility with the