Somali government officials, international development partners and civil society organisations engaged in humanitarian operations in Somalia met at the African Union Summit to lobby African leaders to approve a massive debt cancellation for war-ravaged Somalia. The Somalia Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) Consortium, comprising international civil society organisations and government officials met during a high-level event at

Benedict Okey Oramah, the president and chairperson of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximabank), on Sunday said the bank planned to disperse about 85 billion U.S. dollars in support of intra-African trade until 2021. Speaking during a press conference on the sidelines of the ongoing 32nd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU)

Photo Reuters When news emerged that Qatar may have unwittingly helped bail out a New York skyscraper owned by the family of Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law, eyebrows were raised in Doha. Kushner, a senior White House adviser, was a close ally of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman – a key architect of a

The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, HE Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed held their meeting after ending the 32th AU summit, which opened on Sunday. discussed the Amisom operation and strengthening the relations between the two countries. That the leaders discussed the issues, including the relationship between the two governments,

Photo Reuters Saudi Arabia had “absolutely nothing to do” with the National Enquirer’s reporting on an extramarital relationship involving Amazon.com Inc Chief Executive Jeff Bezos, the kingdom’s minister of state for foreign affairs said. Bezos on Thursday accused American Media Inc (AMI), the Enquirer’s owner, of trying to blackmail him with the threat of publishing

Photo (AP) South Korea and the United States struck a new deal Sunday that increases Seoul’s contribution for the cost of the American military presence on its soil, overcoming previous failed negotiations that caused worries about their decades-long alliance. South Korea last year provided about $830 million, covering roughly 40 percent of the cost of

The Secretary-General met today with President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed of the Federal Republic of Somalia, on the margins of the African Union Summit.The Secretary-General commended the Federal Government of Somalia’s reform agenda and underscored the importance of implementing the roadmaps on Inclusive Politics, Security and Justice, Economic Recovery, and Social Development, in close cooperation with

Adis Ababa ,The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, HE Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and the today attended a ceremony marking the 50th Anniversary of the establishment of the African Union Mission in Somalia.African Union Summit, which opens tomorrow in the catalysing presented as a lasting solution to the problem of refugees and international and

Mogadishu, Somalia’s Joint Police Program (JPP) received a funding boost of 8 million Euros yesterday, under a partnership between Germany and the United Nations in Somalia. Implemented by the Federal Government of Somalia in close cooperation with the Federal Member States, the UN and other international partners, the JPP is currently underway in the Federal

Somalia’s petroleum ministry is being accused of attempting to illegally auction off the country’s oil blocks, the upper house of parliament has noted. The petroleum minister, Abdirashid Mohamed Ahmed, who denies that any bidding will take place is due to attend an event in London on Thursday where he says the results of seismic surveys