By The East African Ugandan counterparts in the coming days to iron out the issues.“Our economy is firmly interconnected with regional, continental and global economic systems. A lot of what we are hearing is based on social media but, as a ministry, we are yet to receive any official information from the government of Uganda.

By Anadolu Agency Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday headed to the Saudi capital Riyadh for an extraordinary joint Arab-Islamic summit to discuss the situation in the Gaza Strip. His plane took off from the Esenboga Airport in Ankara at 9:30 a.m. local time. Erdogan is accompanied by Communications Director Fahrettin Altun, National Intelligence

The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mr. Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud, who is in Saudi Arabia, is holding various meetings there. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud held a special meeting with the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Mr. Abiy Ahmed Ali, on Friday. Read: Why is Somalia an unfortunate country? Read: Abiy Ahmed predicts that Ethiopia

By Anadolu Agency Jill Stein, who announced Thursday that she is entering the US presidential race, called for an investigation into Israel’s “war crimes” in Gaza and denounced President Joe Biden and other leaders for their alleged supporting role. “We call for an investigation of the Netanyahu regime’s war crimes as well as the role

File Photo/Somali Times East African Community (EAC) Secretary-General Peter Mathuki says Somalia could be admitted to the bloc this month. An Ordinary Heads of State Summit is scheduled for November 23-24 in Arusha, and the region’s presidents are expected to endorse Somalia’s accession, according to Xinhua News Agency reported. Dr Mathuki told a panel at

Reports from Phillipi, one of the areas under the city of Cape Town in South Africa, say that armed robbers have killed two Somali citizens there, the armed bandits killed the two Somali citizens in their business in Phillipi area, and it was said that after the killing, they stole the important items from the

File Photo Somali Times/Somalia’s president, Hassan Sheikh counterpart Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed Al Jazeera By Zecharias Zelalem Since 1991 when Eritrea gained independence from neighbouring Ethiopia, one of the world’s oldest countries and Africa’s second most populous country, has been landlocked. With Eritrea in control of the Assab port that had serviced Ethiopia for

Signage is seen inside the Lloyd’s of London building in the City of London financial district in London, Britain, April 16, 2019. Photographer Hannah McKay/File photo By Reuters Lloyd’s of London will invest 40 million pounds ($49.6 million) in regions affected by the transatlantic slave trade, it said on Wednesday, after a report showed the

By Anadolu Agency US Vice President Kamala Harris has reiterated her government support for Israel, but she, in her talks with Israeli President Isaac Herzog, emphasized the need to “hold extremist settlers accountable for acts of violence” in the West Bank of Palestine. The duo discussed the ongoing armed conflict in Israel, Gaza, and the

A photograph appear on the Internet Nadia Mohamed became the first Somali-American to be elected mayor St. Louis Park, Minnesota The first city in the United States to elect a female Somali-American mayor. Nadia Mohamed defeated Dale A. Anderson by a majority vote, becoming the first Somali-American to be elected mayor and the first black