File Photo/Somali Times By Human Rights Draft Law Grants Abusive Agency Broad Powers of Detention, Surveillance Somalia’s president should withhold his signature from a bill that will expand the powers of the country’s repressive intelligence agency. The draft law, which the Senate passed on February 22, 2023, grants the National Security and Intelligence Agency (NISA)

By Anadolu Agency Nigeria is voting on Saturday in an election billed as a potential turning point for Africa’s largest democracy and biggest economy. More than 93 million registered voters will have their say in choosing a new president and lawmakers for both chambers of parliament – 109 senators and 360 members of the House

Iranian Armed Forces Chief of Staff Major General Mohammad Bagheri and IRGC Aerospace Force Commander Amir Ali Hajizadeh stand together during the unveiling of “Kheibarshekan” missile at an undisclosed location in Iran, in this picture obtained on February 9, 2022. IRGC/Wana (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via Reuters By Reuters Iran has developed a cruise missile

File Photo Somali Times/Hargeisa SNM leaders massacring women and children The United States government has said that those responsible for the killing of civilians in the city of Las Anod will be held accountable for three weeks of fighting. The fighting between the Hargeisa SNM militia and the people of Las Anod has so far

Parliament in Budapest, Hungary ( Arpad Kurucz – Anadolu Agency ) By Anadolu Agency Hungary’s ruling party remains divided over Finland and Sweden’s membership in NATO as the National Assembly, the country’s parliament, prepares to vote on the matter, a senior lawmaker said Thursday. Mate Kocsis, the head of the nationalist Fidesz party’s parliamentary caucus,

Credit to Photo/AFP By AFP The tiny Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti is voting in parliamentary elections on Friday that have been boycotted by the main opposition parties, who have branded the polls a sham. Only two parties are contesting seats in the 65-member National Assembly, where veteran President Ismail Omar Guelleh’s ruling Union

By Business Daily Africa The Minister for Trade, Investment and Industry, Moses Kuria, is very annoyed with local manufacturers of cooking oil. Appearing on a local prime-time television show this week, Kuria spoke of the existence of a five-member cartel that was dictating high consumer prices. He warned the quintet of a looming ‘waterloo’. Mr

The rapist was convicted at the High Court in Edinburgh (Image: Daily Record) Scottish Daily Express By Ben Borland A failed African asylum seeker was jailed for six years today after carrying out a rape attack on a sleeping woman at a city flat. Abdul Ibrahim pulled down the victim’s lower clothing during the sexual

Somalia Ambassador to United Nations Abukar Dahir Osman The ambassador of the Somali government to the United Nations, Abukar Dahir Osman, has described what is happening in the city of Las Anod as war crimes against humanity and the values of the Somali people. Ambassador Abukar Dahir Osman, who was giving a briefing to the

By Xinhua News Agency The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said Wednesday clashes between security forces and clan leaders in Las Anod in northern Somalia have left 150 people dead and over 600 others wounded since Feb. 6. Jurg Eglin, head of the ICRC delegation for Somalia, called for quick and unimpeded humanitarian