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

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,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A plane taxing for take-off at Wilson Airport. Harun Aydin, the Turkish national who was among the team scheduled to accompany Deputy President William Ruto to Uganda, was on Saturday detained at the Wilson Airport after landing from Uganda. This comes after DP Ruto was on Monday dramatically blocked from boarding a flight to Uganda