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Somali-Kenyan Garissa Senator Yusuf Haji dies

Photo: Credit Twitter Garissa Senator Yusuf Haji President Uhuru Kenyatta is among Kenyans who have condoled with the family and the people of Garissa County following the death of their senator, Mohamed Yusuf Haji. The 80- year-old Haji died on Monday morning while receiving treatment at the Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi. In his message

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I am here to stay, DP Ruto tells critics as resignation calls rage

Deputy President William Ruto said Saturday he would not resign amid a chorus of calls to quit the government for his apparent rebellion against President Uhuru Kenyatta. He said he would continue working with the President to ensure the realisation of their shared agenda and vision for Kenyans. Dr Ruto, whom President Kenyatta on Friday

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ICJ rejects Kenya’s request to postpone the Somali maritime case

The International Court of Justice has rejected a request by the Kenyan government to postpone the hearing of the Somali maritime case, according to the Somali government. ”With reference to the Indian Ocean delimitation case between Somalia and Kenya, and Kenya’s request for a stay of proceedings, I would like to inform you that, after

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Melania ‘bitter’ towards Donald Trump and barely spending time with him at Mar-a-Lago

Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump hold hands on stage after the first presidential debate at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File) By Dave Burke Insiders claim that Melania and Donald Trump barely see each other most days as he relaxes on the golf

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Kenyan puppet Ahmed Madobe says, ”Completion of the Gedo region depends on the Somali elections in 2021.”

Photo/Somali Times Jubaland Ahmed Madobe continues to insist that the Gedo region should be handed over first before the Somali elections, making Gedo the epicenter of the electoral dispute. Jubaland governor Ahmed Madobe says that the return of Gedo to Jubaland would depend on inclusive elections in the country. According to Somali National Army Officials

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Ethiopia confirms rapes ‘without a doubt’ in Tigray conflict

Tigray women who fled the conflict in the Ethiopia’s Tigray region, wait to receive aid at Village 8, the transit centre near the Lugdi border crossing, eastern Sudan, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2020. Ethiopia’s military is warning civilians in the besieged Tigray regional capital that there will be “no mercy” if they don’t “save themselves” before

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Police boss summoned over Daniel Moi son’s debt

Philip Moi and his estranged wife Rossana Pluda Moi. The High Court has summoned the commander of Nairobi’s Muthaiga Police Station to explain failure to implement a warrant of arrest against former President Daniel Moi’s son Philip over a debt of Sh1.8 million arising from an acrimonious divorce a decade ago. High Court judge Aggrey

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The Somali government says it will not accept another postponement of the maritime case

Photo/Somali Times/Somali Information Minister Osman Abukar Dubbe. The Somali government has rejected a request by the Kenyan government to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to postpone the maritime dispute with Somalia. Somali Information Minister Osman Abukar Dubbe recently told a news conference in Mogadishu that they would never accept a postponement of the maritime

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Kenya seeks a fourth postponement of maritime case with Somalia

Kenya is once again seeking to postpone the Indian Ocean maritime case with Somalia, in the latest attempt to have the matter brought before the International Court of Justice in The Hague. The case has been postponed three times as a result of requests from Kenya much to Somalia’s disappointment, which has pushed for a

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Saudi women’s rights activist Hathloul freed from jail, relatives say

Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul is seen in this undated handout picture. Marieke Wijntjes/Handout via REUTERS By Ghaida Ghantous Prominent women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul was released from a Saudi prison after nearly three years behind bars, her family said on Wednesday, a case that has drawn international condemnation. Hathloul, 31, was detained in

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