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

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.