File Photo Somali Times/Somalia, UK flag Declassified UK By Phil Miller UK government does not officially recognise Somaliland but two former Conservative defence secretaries have interests in the region. Conflict around the city of Las Anod is another reminder that the legacy of empire casts a long shadow. It’s a familiar story. Lines on the

A busy hospital ward in the UK. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA The Guardian By Jamie Grierson A senior NHS scientist has won a race claim after her colleague recorded her name as “Paininarse” on a work spreadsheet. Ubah Jama, a biochemist of Somali origin, claimed that she was a victim of numerous acts of racial discrimination

By Anadolu Agency NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Tuesday welcomed Sweden’s new anti-terror legislation which includes the PKK, describing it as a step up in the country’s fight against terrorism. “Turkey has legitimate security concerns and I welcome that Sweden has stepped up in the fight against terrorism, including the PKK, by introducing new

File Photo/Somali Times Al-Monitor By Rina Bassist Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen is working to normalize ties with Mauritania, Somalia, Niger and Indonesia, in an effort to expand the Abraham Accords that saw Israel’s ties normalized between the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco in 2020. A report published Tuesday by Israel Hayom said Cohen

By Anadolu Agency A Russian diplomat has claimed that the West is actively recruiting hackers to carry out operations against Moscow to allegedly cover its own actions against the country. “We believe that it is no longer a secret to anyone what dictated the methodical attempts of the US and its allies to promote the

Central East Correctional Centre in Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, February 10, 2021. Kawartha 411 By Human Rights Watch A coroner’s inquest into the 2015 death of Abdurahman Hassan, a refugee from Somalia, has brought to light shocking details about Canada’s immigration detention system and abusive conditions in provincial jails. In response, 40 organizations have renewed their

File Photo/Somali Times The Ministry of Fisheries of Somalia said that evidence received from the fisheries monitoring center shows that many fishing vessels from foreign countries are fishing illegally in Somali waters. The ministry said the evidence indicates that the vessels have been operating in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) since January 2023. “This represents

File Photo Somali Times/Hargeisa SNM militia shelling, bombing hospitals, destroying mosques and massacring women and children By Xinhua News Agency The United Nations relief official in Somalia on Friday appealed for unhindered humanitarian access to all those in need as clashes between security forces and clan leaders in Las Anod in northern Somalia intensifies. Magatte

DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi. His country is set to hold elections on December 20 this year/AFP By The East African In the words of Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi to the UN Human Rights Council session this week in Geneva, Switzerland: “The persistence of the war in the east of our country

File Photo Somali Times/Hargeisa SNM leaders massacring women and children The UK government has announced an unexpected decision affecting the Hargeisa SNM militia, which is currently facing a serious crisis as a result of the uprising in the town of Las Anod in the Sool region. The UK has announced that it has suspended the