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Liberal candidate dropped over payments from Somali minister uncle

Liberal Party state director Sam McQuestin.CREDIT:PHILIP BIGGS By The Age-Political reporter Paul Sakkal The Liberal Party has dropped its candidate for a federal seat in Melbourne’s north-east because she receives payments from her uncle who is a minister in the Somali government. Zahra Mustaf was set to run for the notionally marginal seat of Jaga

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US signals no change in airstrikes as Afghan Taliban advance

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Monday, Aug. 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and LOLITA C. BALDOR The United States showed no sign Monday of stepping up airstrikes in Afghanistan despite accelerating Taliban gains there. A Pentagon spokesman emphasized that Americans now see the fight

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Turkish investor in Kenya Harun Aydin has been deported

Harun Aydin, the Turkish national who was to accompany DP William Ruto to Uganda: Credit Daily Nation. According to Daily Nation reported Harun Aydin, the Turkish national who was detained by security on Saturday at Wilson Airport after jetting in from Uganda, has been deported. His lawyer Ahmednasir Abdullahi, accompanied by Kapsaret legislator Oscar Sudi,

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Kenya divided Somali leaders

Photo/Somali Times Kenyan Foreign Minister Raychelle Omamo visited Mogadishu on Sunday, 8 August 2021, with her high delegation met the prime minister of Somalia Mohamed Hussein Roble to negotiate the maritime case and how Kenya will import the Khat drug which effect Somali families and health. Mr Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo’s political turmoil and Roble’s response

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Somalia maintains maritime row will be decided by ICJ

Foreign Affairs CS Ambassador Raychelle Omamo and her Somalia counterpart Mohamed Abdirizak hold bilateral talks in Mogadishu on August 8. By The Star, Kenya Somalia has maintained that the maritime dispute with Kenya will be decided by the International Court of Justice. This emerged on Sunday during Foreign Affairs CS Raychelle Omamo’s maiden official visit

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Fighting erupts between Ethiopian forces in Somalia

Reports from the Bardhere town in the Gedo region say that there was a shootout between Ethiopian troops who are part of the African Union Mission in Somalia Amisom. Several Ethiopian soldiers have been killed in a shootout by Ethiopian troops in the Gedo region According to sources, the shooting was sparked by a dispute

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What is the reason for Kenyan foreign minister’s trip to Mogadishu?

Photo/Somali Times Kenyan Foreign Affairs Minister Raychelle Omamo arrived in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Sunday, her first visit to Somalia. Kenyan Foreign Minister Raychelle Omamo will meet with her Somali counterpart Mohamed Abdirizak, Prime Minister Hussein Roble, and hold talks with President Mohamed Farmajo. Kenya’s The Star reports that Raychelle Omamo will hold talks

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US B-52 bombers target advancing Taliban in Afghanistan

Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman says Taliban hit in northern Jawzjan, where they said seized provincial capital of Sheberghan The US B-52 bombers targeted positions of the advancing Taliban in Afghanistan, a government official confirmed on Saturday. “Taliban’s gathering was targeted by B-52 in Shebergan city, Jawzjan province today evening at 6:30 pm. The terrorists have

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Kenya-Somalia border dispute top agenda in CS Omamo’s Mogadishu visit

By The Star, Kenya Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Raychelle Omamo is expected in Somalia on Sunday to discuss the long-standing maritime border dispute. Somalia Foreign Affairs ministry officials confirmed to the Star that CS Omamo will be in Mogadishu on Sunday, which is her maiden trip to the country. There she will meet her counterpart

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Kenyan foreign minister will visit Mogadishu to discuss Farmajo’s maritime case-report

Credit: Twitter Kenyan foreign minister Raychelle Omamo. Kenyan Foreign Affairs Minister Raychelle Omamo is set to pay an official visit to Mogadishu on Sunday, credible sources confirmed to Somali Times. Raychelle Omamo is expected to hold talks on bilateral relations with outgoing Somali president Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, which will focus on diplomatic relations between the

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