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Saudi scholar urges US to review ties with Saudi Arabia

A Saudi scholar urged the U.S. to reconsider its support for Saudi Arabia after the murder of a Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. In an article titled “Why the U.S. Can’t Control MBS [Mohammad bin Salman]” for the Foreign Affair Magazine, Madawi Al-Rasheed, a visiting professor at the Middle East Centre of the London School

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Chinese envoy promises cooperation during meeting with Somalia’s minister of fisheries

Somalia’s Minister of Fisheries and Maritime Resources Abdullahi Bidhan Warsame recently met with Chinese Ambassador Qin Jian to discuss deepening the two countries’ fisheries connections. Warsame said he would be interested receiving Chinese fisheries training and investments in infrastructure such as cold-chain, fish ports, processing facilities, and preparing products for export in exchange for allowing

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Space Force Considered as Ethiopia Overhauls Defense Capabilities

Landlocked nation in talks with nations to build naval base ,Ethiopia to rewrite part of foreign, national security policy, Ethiopia is considering adding a space force to its defense capabilities in a process to modernize the country’s military. The changes are part of broader political and economic reforms Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed began implementing after

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Somali president and his delegation arrive in Ethiopia

The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia HE Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and his delegation arrived in Gondar, where they will travel to the town of Bahr Dare in Ethiopia. President Mohamed will attend a three-day conference with Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed and the President of Eritrea Isaias Afwerki. The delegation was part

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Benadir regional administration orders charities to register administration to identify their activities.

Benadir regional administration called on aid agencies operating in the Benadir region to contact the regional administration to identify their activities. Benadir governor and mayor of Mogadishu, Eng  Abdirahman Omar Osman , said the Benadir The administration will take action against the charities without registered in Mogadishu. Eng, Osman pointed out that Mogadishu has been in

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Opinion: Strong, fair trade with China critical to Africa’s development

The Africa-China relationship can best be described as comprehensive and strategic at this stage. This is primarily due to multiple agreements reached between the two parties at the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, as well as other bilateral deals reached between China and individual African nations. As the Chinese economy grows, African countries collectively benefit from

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EU asks “level playing field” of Britain in case of all-UK Irish backstop – sources

The European Union wants Britain to stick to the bloc’s rules on state aid, environment and workers’ rights after Brexit to prevent it from gaining unfair access to the Europeans’ single market, diplomatic sources and officials told Reuters. The EU sees this as key to ensuring a “level playing field” should the so-called Irish border

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Somali President welcomed a delegation of Turkish led by Defense Minister

Photo/Somali Times The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, welcomed a delegation of Turkish-Turkish government led by Defense Minister Hulusi Akar to emphasize the importance of relations between the two countries. The purpose of the trip is to help the Turkish government improve its support to Somalia and to assess the

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Turkish engine maker TEI supplies parts to world’s aerospace, aviation giants

Turkey’s leading aerospace engine designer and manufacturer, TUSAŞ Engine Industries Inc. (TEI) provides engine components to every other aircraft flying around the world. It designed and manufactured the first turboshaft engine for locally developed helicopters and undertakes various engine projects to decrease Turkey’s dependency on external resources in the defense industry. It is based in

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Turkey’s defense minister in Sudan for military talks

Turkey’s defense minister on Tuesday met with Sudanese officials in the capital Khartoum for bilateral and military talks. Hulusi Akar was welcomed by his Sudanese counterpart Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf with a military ceremony in the city. Akar later held talks with Auf and Gen. Kamal Abdel Marouf al-Mahi, Chief of General Staff, and chaired

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