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Somalia seeks to invest in COMESA region

Charge d’Affaires at the Embassy of Somalia in Lusaka, Mr Ahmed Abdirahman Sheikh Nur has revealed that the his country is looking for areas to invest in within the COMESA region. Mr Ahmed said this in Lusaka when he paid a courtesy call on Secretary General Ms Chileshe Kapwepwe at the COMESA Secretariat. The two-discussed

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UK leader mounts last-ditch bid to win Brexit deal backing

Photo (AP) British Prime Minister Theresa May plans to tell lawmakers she has received further assurances about her Brexit deal from the European Union, in a last-ditch attempt to win support for the unpopular agreement. May is due to make a statement in the House of Commons Monday afternoon, a day before lawmakers are due

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Somali Minister, Fisheries and Marine resources admitted fishing license has been given 31 Chinese Companies

The Minister of Fisheries & Water Resources of the Republic of Somalia, Abdullahi Bidhaan Warsame has admitted today 13, Jan , 2019 the recent developments in the Ministry of Fisheries. A press conference in Mogadishu today addressed the ministry’s commitment to improving the operations. “The Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources of the Federal Government

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QFBA hosts diplomatic delegation from Somalia

QFBA and QFC officials with the high-level delegation from Somalia The Qatar Finance and Business Academy (QFBA) recently hosted, in co-ordination with Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a high-level diplomatic delegation from Somalia. The 12-member delegation visited the country to learn more about Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) and its subsidiaries. QBA head of Sales and Marketing

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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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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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Maersk Line to start serving to key Somali port

The Maersk Line, one of the largest shipping companies in the world, is expected to start serving to Somalia’s Mogadishu Port, according to the port’s authority on Saturday. In a statement, the Mogadishu Port Authority said Maersk Line, which serves over 130 countries around the world, would start working at the Mogadishu Port, without providing

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Mogadishu Mayor: We are on the right path in the reconstruction of Mogadishu’s infrastructure

Mogadishu-Eng. Abdirahman Omar Osman the Mayor of Mogadishu & Governor of Benadir Region has today signed Provision of Technical assistance services for construction supervision contract with Tim Lardner, the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) Country Director. Mayor Osman welcomed UNOPS Country Director Tim Lardner to his office in Mogadishu as UNOPS will be

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Tuna sells for record $3 million in auction at Tokyo’s new fish market

Journalists film a 278kg bluefin tuna, priced with a 333,600,000 yen bid is pictured in front of sushi restaurants Sushi Zanmai in Tokyo, Japan, January 5, 2019. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon The owner of a Japanese sushi restaurant chain on Saturday set a record by paying more than $3 million(2.36 million pounds) for a bluefin tuna in

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