By Moses Odhiambo Kikuyu-Kalenjin dominance has persisted since Independence. PSC audit also reveals state agencies not compliant with integrity laws. Kikuyus and Kalenjins are grossly overrepresented in the civil service, the Public Service Commission has revealed in the latest jobs audit. Mijikenda, Turkana, Somalis and Luhya were among ethnic groups found to be underrepresented going

Photo/Somali Times Somali Information Minister Osman Abukar Dubbe told a news conference in Mogadishu that a Djibouti mission to the Somali-Kenyan border had joined the Kenyan government. The commission, announced at December 20th in IGAD summit in Djibouti, has been sent to the border to investigate Somalia’s complaints that Kenya is organizing a rebellion on

Horn of Africa nation committed to peaceful resolution of border differences with Sudan, says Foreign Ministry Ethiopia on Tuesday reiterated its call for Sudan to pull back from disputed territories its troops have been in since late last year. In late December, Sudanese soldiers reportedly moved up to 40 kilometers (25 miles) into Ethiopian-held territories,

Photo/Somali Times Somalia’s Federal Government has officially lifted the ban on the importation of khat (miraa) from Kenya. However, it has imposed certain conditions for the commodity to be admitted on its territory. Somalia’s Finance Minister, Dr Abdirahman Dualeh Beileh, told a press conference on Monday evening that traders will now be allowed to import

Infamous ivory, rhinoceros horn poacher and drug trafficker Abubakar Mansur Mohammed Surur alias Mansour who has been extradited from Kenya to the US. By Hilary Kimuyu Infamous ivory, rhinoceros horn poacher and drug trafficker Abubakar Mansur Mohammed Surur alias Mansour was extradited from Kenya to New York over the weekend, coming just months after he

Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz leaves the courthouse in Geneva after being convicted of corruption charges. Photograph: Denis Balibouse/Reuters Tycoon sentenced to five years in prison for bribing officials and forging documents to gain mining rights in Guinea The Israeli diamond and minerals magnate Beny Steinmetz has been convicted of corrupting foreign agents and forging documents

File Photo/Somali Times A statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Somalia’s heavy fighting on Sunday and Monday in the town of Beled-Hawo in Gedo region the Foreign Ministry was allegedly organized by the Kenyan government. The statement said that illegal militias armed by the Kenyan government have crossed the border and attacked the

Photo: Credit Reuters /Tiksa Negeri/ According to Borkena news agency Following a status update from activist Seyoum Teshome, a rumour was circulating in social media that Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is shot and in critical condition. The status from Seyoum indicated that the Prime Minister was flown overseas after he was shot. The office of

Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu gives a joint statement with European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell prior to their meeting in Brussels, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. (Stephanie Lecocq/Pool Photo via AP) By ANDREW WILKS ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The first high-level talks aimed at reducing tensions between Turkey and Greece in five years took

Photo/Somali Times The Minister of Information of the Federal Government of Somalia, Osman Abukar Dubbe held a press conference spoke strongly about the heavy fighting that took place last night until this morning in the Beled-Hawo district. The minister revealed that the government troops in the border were attacked by rebel militants and Kenyan forces