President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday in Istanbul ahead of the crucial summit on Syria, which will also be attended by French President Emmanuel Macron. Merkel arrived in Istanbul on mid-Saturday for the summit and greeted by Istanbul Governor Vasip Şahin and Metropolitan Mayor Mevlüt

Somali Prime Minister, Hassan Ali Khaire has opened the meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation contact group on Somalia in Mogadishu on Saturday under tight security. Delegations from Muslim countries are in attendance at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Ministerial contact group meeting, which is first of its kind to take place in Somalia

In the event of a soft Brexit, the Treasury could borrow an extra £30bn to spend over the next five years, but if the UK crashes out of the European Union in 2019 without a deal this benefit would be erased, the National Institute of Economic and Social Research said on Friday. The future relationship

Mogadishu-The mayor of the Somali capital Mogadishu has imposed restrictions on business and entertainment activities at the popular Lido Beach. Mayor Eng. Abdurahman Omar Osman , said no activity would be allowed at the beach after midnight. “Mogadishu municipality will not tolerate any business along Lido Beach remaining open after midnight, Mayor Osman said on

Responding to the news that the European Parliament has condemned the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia following the killing of prominent journalist Jamal Khashoggi and called for an arms embargo, Covadonga de la Campa, Interim Director of the Amnesty International, EU Office, said: “The recent killing of Jamal Khashoggi has exposed the limits of silent diplomacy

Washington – A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday that would stop most U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia in response to the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Representative James McGovern said on his web site. The bill said that President Donald Trump could request exceptions

Mogadishu-Minister for Post, Telecom and Technology, Eng Abdi Ashur, has officially opened the Mogadishu Tech Summit, marking another milestone for Somalia’s ICT sector. Mayor of Mogadishu, Eng. Abdirahman Omar Osman and director of Immigration and Naturalization Department, Mr. Mohamed Adan, warmly welcomed idea behind the summit, noting that technology directly impacts the work of government

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday launched the first phase of a $620m Chinese industrial project in the eastern part of the country. The project dubbed, “Uganda-China Free Zone of International Industrial Cooperation”, undertaken by the Dongsong Energy Group, will manufacture glass, steel and organic-fertilizers, creating about 3,000 jobs at peak when completed in 2020.

China on Tuesday opened the world’s longest sea-crossing bridge linking to Hong Kong the Chinese government has docked the world’s longest Sea Bridge, about 55 kilometers. A Hong Kong bridge linking Macau and Zhuai-used technique is remarkable considering how careful they fall marine transit or halt flights at Hong Kong close. The formation was launched

Ethiopia signed a peace deal on Sunday with Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) rebels from its Somali Region, whom it had previously outlawed as a “terrorist group,” officials said. The ONLF launched its bid for secession of the Somali Region, also known as Ogaden, in eastern Ethiopia in 1984. In 2007, Ethiopian forces launched a