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Farmajo and Khaire are responsible for Somali youths trained in Eritrea

File Photo/Somali Times The case of Somali youths who were trained in Eritrea, but were said to have been involved in the fighting in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia. This was more than treachery, and a threat to the very existence of the Nation, “This is a greater betrayal, and a threat to our

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Egypt and Sudan urge Ethiopia to negotiate seriously over giant dam

Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam is seen as it undergoes construction work on the river Nile in Guba Woreda, Benishangul Gumuz Region, Ethiopia September 26, 2019. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri/File Photo/File Photo Sudan and Egypt agreed on Wednesday to coordinate efforts to push Ethiopia to negotiate “seriously” on an agreement on filling and operating a giant dam it

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EU report: Illicit drug sales moved online during lockdowns

Packets containing cocaine which was hidden in boxes of bananas are seen at Malta Freeport, an international transshipment hub on Malta’s southeastern tip, after it was seized by Customs Malta, late Tuesday, June 8, 2021. The customs department in Malta intercepted 740 kilograms (1,630 pounds) of cocaine Tuesday in a record-breaking drug seizure for the

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Wealthiest Americans including Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos ‘paid no income tax’

Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk / AP By Sean Morrison Amazon founder Jeff Bezos paid no income tax in 2007 and 2011, while Tesla founder Elon Musk’s income tax bill was zero in 2018. That’s according to a report from the non-profit investigative journalism organisation ProPublica, which also found that overall the

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Eritrea blames US support for Tigray’s leaders for the war

File- In this Feb. 17, 2014, file photo, Eritrean Foreign Minister Osman Saleh listens to his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov during their news conference in Moscow, Russia. Saleh blamed U.S. administrations that supported the Tigray People’s Liberation Movement for the last 20 years for the current war in northern Ethiopia’s Tigray region, saying that blaming

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UN says Somali youths trained in Eritrea take part fighting in Tigray

File Photo Somali Times A report released by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says that Somali troops undergoing military training in Eritrea have taken part in fighting Ethiopia’s Tigray region. The report confirms previous claims by Somali parents, who complained that their sons, trained by the government in Eritrea, had

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British police officer admits kidnapping, raping woman

Sarah Everard went missing as she walked home from a friend’s house in Clapham, south London, on 3 March. Photograph: Family Handout/PA LONDON (AP) — A British police officer has pleaded guilty to the kidnap and rape of a woman as she walked home in south London and whose body was found a week later

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Four dead after Muslim family run down by vehicle in Canada

Family ‘targeted because of their Muslim faith’ by truck driver in Ontario, say police Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expressed his sorrow Monday for the four members of a Muslim family who were killed when a pickup truck driver intentionally plowed into them in London, Ontario. I’m horrified by the news from London, Ontario,” the prime

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Train barrels into another in Pakistan, killing at least 45

Railway workers rebuild the track at the track at the site of a train collision in the Ghotki district, southern Pakistan, Monday, June 7, 2021. An express train barreled into another that had derailed in Pakistan before dawn Monday, killing dozens of passengers, authorities said. More than 100 were injured, and rescuers and villagers worked

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United Arab Emirates Financial Intelligence Agency has signed a memorandum of understanding with Somalia

File Photo/Somali Times The United Arab Emirates Financial Intelligence Agency has signed a memorandum of understanding with Bangladesh’s Financial Intelligence Unit and the Somali Federal Government’s Financial Reporting Center. The purpose of this agreement is part of efforts to exchange financial information and experience, in order to combat financial crime in these countries. The agreements,

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