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Forty-six years later, Chad picks Israel over Libya

Chad’s President Idriss Déby did not come to Israel on Sunday – after a lapse of 46 years in ties between the two countries – because he suddenly saw the light of the Zionist idea. Déby came here, after two years of under-the-radar talks with senior Israeli officials, because he realizes that Israel can be

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27 EU leaders endorse Brexit agreement with UK

In a bittersweet landmark, European Union leaders on Sunday approved an agreement on Britain’s departure next year — the first time a member country will have left the 28-nation bloc. It took leaders a matter of minutes at a summit in Brussels to endorse a withdrawal agreement that settles Britain’s divorce bill, protects the rights

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Somali President meeting Ugandan President in Kampala

JOINT PRESS STATEMENT ON THE OCCASION OF THE OFFICIAL VISIT TO UGANDA BY H.E MOHAMED ABDULLAHI MOHAMED , PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF SOMALIA 1. At the invitation of His Excellency Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President of the Republic of Uganda, His Excellency Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed , President of the Federal Republic of Somalia paid

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Gibraltar deal clears way for Sunday Brexit summit

An 11th-hour deal on Saturday to answer Spanish demands for a big say on Gibraltar after Britain leaves the EU has salvaged an EU summit which will now go ahead as planned on Sunday to deliver a Brexit accord. With British Prime Minister Theresa May due to meet EU chief executive Jean-Claude Juncker and summit

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With support, the youth have great future in farming

Annett Günther is the new German ambassador to Kenya. She is also accredited to the Seychelles and Somalia as well as the Permanent Representative to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and to the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) in Nairobi. She spoke to Julius Sigei Germany is involved in many agricultural projects in

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The Somali Finance Minister said some MP’s asking favour project

Mogadishu-The Finance Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia, Dr Abdirahman Duale Beyle has labeled the corruption allegations to the Council of Ministers. Dr Beyle, who spoke to the lawmakers in the House of Representatives, said that he had a particular interest in the report of the financial committee and disrupted the financial management of

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UN ready for ‘supervisory’ role in managing Yemen port

The United Nations is ready to play a supervisory role to protect Yemen’s Red Sea port city of Hodeidah from “potential destruction,” a UN spokesman said on Friday. As UN Envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths, now visiting the city, “said many times, the UN stands ready to work with the parties on a negotiated agreement,

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Somalia invites Pakistani businessmen to initiate joint ventures

Embassy of Somalia Deputy Commercial Attaché Abdifitah Abdul Kadir Osman has invited Pakistani businessmen to enter into joint ventures with their counterparts in pharmaceutical and various other sectors. He extended the invitation while talking to Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) Vice President Fahimur Rehman Saigal. The attaché called for making visa process easy

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Erdoğan, Somali counterpart Mohamed meet in Istanbul

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with his Somali counterpart Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed in Istanbul for talks on Friday, according to a statement from the Turkish presidency. The closed-door meeting between Erdoğan and Mohamed at Vahdettin Pavilion in the Üsküdar district lasted for one hour and fifteen minutes, the statement said. No further details of the

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May cites progress on Brexit after meeting with Juncker

British Prime Minister Theresa May said Wednesday that further progress has been made in Brexit negotiations following a lengthy meeting with EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker in Brussels. “We have had a very good meeting this evening. We have made further progress, and as a result, we have given sufficient direction to our negotiators,” May

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