Photo/Somali Times The Speaker of the Upper House of the Federal Parliament of Somalia, Senator Abdi Hashi Abdullahi, had a private meeting with the new British Ambassador to Somalia, Ms. Kate Foster. The President and the Ambassador discussed the overall situation in the country and issues that face the elections are expected to be held

Turkish Police escort suspected gang members in Istanbul on Saturday, March 13, 2021 (DHA Photo) Turkish police busted a gang, nabbing 18 Chinese nationals who rented nine separate villas in Istanbul’s Silivri and Büyükçekmece districts to operate a fake cryptocurrency call center to swindle funds, reports said Saturday. Police carried out the raid after two

Photo: Credit Anadolu Agency By Safaa Kasraoui Morocco adopted a bill legalizing cannabis use for therapeutic use today, making the country one of the few states in Africa to adopt the measure. Former Head of Government Abdelilah Benkirane has suspended his membership with the Justice and Development Party (PJD), after Morocco’s government council adopted a

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has overseen an extensive crackdown on political dissent that has steadily tightened in recent years (AFP) Joint statement from 31 countries calls on Egypt to end use of ‘terrorism’ charges against human rights defenders and activists The United States joined dozens of Western countries in urging Egypt to end the

By EDITH M. LEDERER The U.N. Security Council urged Somalia’s government on Friday to organize elections “without delay” in a resolution that stressed the pressing threat to the country’s security from al-Shabab and armed opposition groups. The resolution, which was adopted unanimously, authorized the African Union to maintain its nearly 20,000-strong force in Somalia until

Family attorney hails agreement as ‘largest pre-trial settlement in a civil rights wrongful death case in U.S. history’ The family of George Floyd and the US city of Minneapolis have agreed Friday to a $27 million settlement to end a lawsuit against the city over his fatal arrest. Ben Crump, the Floyd family’s attorney, hailed

Britain’s Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge arrive for a visit to School21, a secondary schools in east London, Thursday March 11, 2021. Prince William has defended Britain’s monarchy against accusations of bigotry made by his brother, Prince Harry, and his sister-in-law, Meghan, insisting the family is not racist. In comments made during a

FILE – In this Nov. 11, 2018, file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara attend ceremonies at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, Pool, File) JERUSALEM (AP) — Sara Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister’s wife, was hospitalized Thursday with an appendix infection at Jerusalem’s Hadassah Medical Center, the

The internal operations of the African Union Mission in Somalia have come under scrutiny after an audit report flagged payments to soldiers no longer serving the mission, double payments and faulty personal information, pointing to unreliable record keeping and weak controls in the Mission’s system of accountability. The leaked report by Mauritian audit firm PwC

Nuur Mohamud Sheekh during a past event. Somali diplomat Nuur Mohamud Sheekh has been named the spokesman for the regional bloc Intergovernmental Authority on Development (Igad), part of the organisation’s new approach to be reachable. It means Mr Sheekh will be the official spokesperson for the Igad Secretary General Workneh Gebeyehu as well as give