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

Rescue workers stand on board an RNLI lifeboat, amid a rescue operation of a missing migrant boat, at the Port of Dover in Dover, Britain December. Photographer Peter Nicholls By Reuters A new law to crack down on migrants arriving in Britain in small boats from Europe across the English Channel will be unveiled on

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (right) welcomes Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni in Pretoria/AFP By The East African Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni last week visited South Africa on President Cyril Ramaphosa’s invitation, ostensibly to build “strong political and economic relations”. The two heads of state held discussions encompassing political, economic, regional, continental and international issues. But it

By Anadolu Agency For his first stop in a four-day African tour, French President Emmanuel Macron arrived this Wednesday in Libreville, Gabon. This visit at this time is considered far from being as flashy as those of his predecessors, as Macron is going with the idea of restoring the image of France on the continent.

File Photo Somali Times/Somalia, EU Flag By New Vision The European Union has approved 110 million euros (about 116.6 million U.S. dollars) for stabilization efforts in Somalia battling al-Shabab terrorists across the country. The EU said it will add 90 million dollars to the resources already mobilized for African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS)

By Anadolu Agency Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has made negotiations with Moscow a “criminal offense,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday. Speaking at the Raisina Dialogue conference in New Delhi, Lavrov said everybody is asking when is Russia ready to negotiate to end the war that began in February 2022, but nobody prompts

File Photo Somali Times/Somalia flag In a statement published on the website of the government of Qatar, it said that it will hold a meeting of the United States, Britain, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Somalia, which will discuss how to support Somalia. In this preliminary meeting that took place in Washington DC, the