A person holds a paper that reads ‘We no longer want France’ as Nigerien women demonstrate by hitting and carrying kitchen utensils in support of the putschists in front of French Army headquarters, in Niamey, Niger August 30, 2023. Photographer Mahamadou Hamidou By Reuters France will pull its soldiers out of Niger following a July

By Anadolu Agency North Korea on Monday said the recent progress in its bilateral relations with Russia was its “sovereign” right and “foundation for regional stability.” Pyongyang was reacting to the statement of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol who told the ongoing UN General Assembly in New York last week that any arms deal between

Atmis had by mid-July handed over six forward operating bases to the Somalia security agencies By The East African The Somali federal government has changed its mind on security plan after realisation that the departure of African Union Transition Mission (Atmis) troops could worsen Mogadishu’s ability to guard itself. According to a formal request placed

By Anadolu Agency A police officer was killed and another injured in northern Kosovo after a patrol unit clashed with a group of armed ethnic Serbs, the country’s prime minister said on Sunday. “A Kosovo policeman has been killed today in the line of duty while another has been injured, in the northern municipality of

File Photo/Somali Times Puntland’s finance minister, Mohamed Abdirahman, said that they are against Somalia’s debt forgiveness, as there is no political, security, and economic agreement. Puntland finance minister says IMF debt forgiveness may cause corruption in the Somalia government. Minister Mohamed Abdirahman said that Puntland considers it a big risk to rush to forgive Somalia’s

By The East African Federal Government of Somalia has asked the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to delay the ongoing troops drawdown from the country, signaling the reality that such a move could leave security gaps. Under the drawdown schedule, some 3,000 African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (Atmis) forces were to leave Somalia at

File – The Department of Justice seal is seen in Washington, Nov. 28, 2018. The Justice Department says a contractor for the U.S. government who is originally from Ethiopia has been arrested on espionage charges, accused of providing a foreign country classified information that he downloaded and printed from his work computer system. (AP Photo/Jose

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, Reuters/Kacper Pempel/File Photo By Reuters Poland is only carrying out previously agreed arms deliveries to Ukraine, a government spokesman said on Thursday, amid souring bilateral relations due to a grain dispute just weeks before a Polish parliamentary election. Poland’s decision to extend a ban on Ukrainian grain imports has annoyed

By Anadolu Agency Kenyan President William Ruto strongly criticized the UN Security Council on Thursday for what he perceived as its “ineffectiveness” and absence of democratic principles. Speaking at the 78th session of the UN General Assembly in New York, he called for fundamental reform of the Security Council, emphasizing the need for inclusivity and

File Photo/Somali Times By Xinhua News Agency The Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) announced Wednesday it has killed around 462 Al-Shabab fighters after a failed attack by the militant group. The ENDF said in a press release that the fighters were killed in Rabdhure town in southwestern Somalia after they tried to attack an ENDF