President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Wednesday that Turkey will overcome the economic hardships it is currently facing due to external economic pressure amid a diplomatic row with the United States. Speaking at the Media Oscars award ceremony held by the Broadcast Journalists Association, Erdoğan said: “It is obvious that there are structural economic problems that

Mogadishu, The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, HE Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed and a delegation led by China will participate in the China-Africa Cooperation Forum. President Mohamed will open a session with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping ahead of the opening ceremony. The two presidents will discuss the Chinese historical and historical ties, which

Cape Town (Reuters) –  Britain will use its international aid budget to boost its own interests while also seeking to deepen trade ties with Africa, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday, countering critics who say aid funds would be better spent at home. May, battling to unite her divided Conservative Party over her plan

An extended internet outage in Somalia is being called a “major disaster” to the war-torn country’s economy. The outage across the country’s south, including the capital Mogadishu, was caused by damage to an undersea fibre-optic cable two weeks ago, and is costing $10 million per day according to the government.“We lost $130 million (about Sh13.5

Turkey has started to receive the second batch of CH-47 Chinook heavy transport helicopters from the U.S., despite the ongoing crisis with the country regarding delivery of F-35 jets. The Presidency of the Defense Industry announced that the first of five helicopters, part of the second delivery of Chinooks, entered the inventory of the Turkish

President Uhuru Kenyatta has turned a blind eye to the political problems facing US and UK leaders in their backyards as he prepares to meet them next week in part to cement trade and diplomatic ties between Kenya and the two nations. Diplomats told the Nation that the President in his visit to Washington tomorrow

Mogadishu – The Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia His Excellency Hassan Ali Khaire today inspects Mogadishu Port. The prime minister, who oversees the different parts of the port, urged the management of the port, the command of the police and the new head of the port taxes to increase the work and

Iran’s oil minister said on Monday that French energy giant Total has officially quit its multi-billion-dollar gas project in Iran after the United States threatened to impose sanctions on companies that do business in the country, Iranian state TV reported. “Total has officially left the agreement for the development of phase 11 of South Pars

The west African nation loses some $50M annually to illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, according to World Bank. A Chinese fishing vessel has been caught fishing illegally in the territorial waters of Sierra Leone, off the West African coast. Commodore Sallieu Kanu, the head of Sierra Leone’s navy, said the boat was first intercepted on

Turkish Finance Minister Berat Albayrak and his French counterpart Bruno Le Maire spoke by phone on Friday and discussed U.S. sanctions steps against Turkey, agreeing to act together in response to such moves, the Turkish ministry said. The statement said that the two ministers decided to work closely to develop cooperation between Turkey and France