By EDITH M. LEDERER The U.N. Security Council called on Somalia’s leaders Wednesday to meet “at the earliest opportunity” to break the impasse delaying the holding of elections that had been scheduled for Feb. 8. The council said in a press statement after a closed briefing by U.N. special envoy James Swan that inclusive elections

Attacks in southern African country meant to disrupt investment in oil and gas projects, says group The Mozambican Oil and Gas Chamber Wednesday called on the international community to support the government of Mozambique in its efforts to deal with terrorism in the northern province of Cabo Delgado. “Terrorism is a global problem and Mozambique

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the arrest of senior royals in March 2020 (AFP/File photo) By Ali Harb In annual report on global human rights, Biden administration notes the purge against senior Saudi princes, including Ahmed bin Abdulaziz The US State Department has raised concerns in its annual report on human rights about

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi holds a news conference with the Chairman of the Sovereignty Council of Sudan Gen. Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman al-Burhan at the Presidential Palace in Khartoum, Sudan, Saturday, March. 6, 2021. Egypt’s presidency says President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi trip was to address an array of issues, including economic and military ties and

Former Murang’a Senator Kembi Gitura. He was the Kemsa board chairman at the time of the scandal. By EDWIN MUTAI MPs have criticised President Uhuru Kenyatta’s decision to move Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Kemsa) board chairman Kembi Gitura to the communications regulator amid an ongoing investigation into the Sh7.8 billion Covid-19 procurement scandal. The National

This follows a series of events that have seen Al-Shabaab suffer major setbacks in Somalia following persistent airstrikes which have killed commanders and middle level operatives in good measure. According to police, as a way of revenging the airstrikes, Al-Shabaab embarked on training pilots for an international aviation attack. Kenyan security agents are on alert

A delegation from the United Arab Emirates has been denied access to Gara’ad Village in the Jariban district of Mudug in Puntland, Somalia. Residents in Gara’ad reportedly opposed the landing of the plane carrying the UAE delegation and Puntland officials. The plane returned to Garowe from where it had taken off, and talks are underway.

Last year, Saad al-Jabri filed a lawsuit against MBS, claiming a 50 person hit squad was dispatched to kill him in Canada (AFP) By Middle East Eye A Saudi state-run company has requested a court in Massachusetts freeze $29m in luxury Boston real estate assets that it says were fraudulently obtained by Riyadh’s former spy

Jess Phillips, the shadow minister for domestic violence. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA By Sarah Marsh Jess Phillips says government has not taken issue seriously, five years after committee’s report Sexual violence is endemic in schools and the government must launch an inquiry to establish how widespread it is, the shadow minister for domestic violence has said.

This satellite photo from Planet Labs Inc. shows the Ever Given cargo ship stuck in Egypt’s Suez Canal Monday, March 29, 2021. Engineers on Monday “partially refloated” the colossal container ship that continues to block traffic through the Suez Canal, authorities said, without providing further details about when the vessel would be set free. (Planet