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Kenya is deporting Somali business owners and following the footsteps of dictator Idi Amin deportation of Asian community in Uganda

Photo: Credit Business Daily Africa. Somali business owners living in Nairobi could be deported as Kenya repossessed properties in the coming days. Kenya continues to blackmail the Somali government’s relations between Somalia and Kenya, ending last December. Kenya wanted Somalia to donate part of the maritime boundary. The decision deporting Somali business owners, which is

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Africa in the news: Ethiopia, Republic of Congo, Kenya, and Somalia updates

File Photo/Somali Times By Christina Golubski, Leo Holtz, and Tamara White ETHIOPIA CONFIRMS PRESENCE OF ERITREAN TROOPS IN TIGRAY; INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE TO END CRISIS HEIGHTENS On Friday, March 26, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s office released a statement stating that Eritrea has agreed to withdraw its forces from the Tigray region. His statement comes just

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At least 50 killed in Myanmar’s bloodiest day

Most violent crackdown comes after ruling junta warned protesters of risk of being shot in the head and back Myanmar has seen the most violent crackdown on pro-democracy protesters on Saturday when the ruling military regime put on a show of its strength on its annual Armed Forces Day, killing at least 50 people. The

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China says they respect Somalia’s sovereignty

File Photo/Somali Times China supports the Federal Government of Somalia’s position that the Federal Republic of Somalia is an independent country that can never accept foreign interference. The Chinese government has stated that it respects the sovereignty and dignity of the Federal Republic of Somalia, and stands by the principle that Somalia belongs to the

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UK businesses may be forced to reveal ethnicity pay gap

The Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, set up by Boris Johnson last summer, is expected to report within days. Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo By Rajeev Syal Boris Johnson’s race equality advisers are expected to suggest change after study of employment market Companies could be ordered to disclose any pay gap between white employees and

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Ethiopia says Eritrea agrees to withdraw troops from Tigray

File – In this Monday, Nov. 30, 2020 file photo, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed responds to questions from members of parliament at the prime minister’s office in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Ethiopia’s leader said in an address before lawmakers Tuesday, March 23, 2021 that atrocities have occurred in Tigray, the country’s northern region

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Massive cargo ship becomes wedged, blocks Egypt’s Suez Canal

CORRECTS NAME OF SHIP TO EVER GIVEN, NOT EVER GREEN – In this photo released by the Suez Canal Authority, a boat navigates in front of a cargo ship, Ever Given, Wednesday, March 24, 2021, after it become wedged across Egypt’s Suez Canal and blocked all traffic in the vital waterway. An Egyptian official warned

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Mohammed bin Salman has lost the war in Yemen. It’s time to end the humanitarian disaster

Mohammed bin Salman during a meeting with Saudi air forces officers to discuss plans and developments of the military operations against Yemen in 2015 (AFP) By Madawi al-Rasheed Six years on, the Saudi crown prince, who failed to score a quick victory, is left alone to beg the Houthis to accept his peace proposal This

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Somali government warns ambassadors to Somalia respecting its sovereignty

Photo/Somali Times/Minister of Information Osman Abukar Dubbe. Somalia’s Minister of Information Osman Abukar Dubbe has warned ambassadors working in Somalia against violating Somalia’s sovereignty and statehood. The minister pointed out that the statements issued by some foreign ambassadors are outside the scope of diplomatic norms, and confirmed that such practices are not acceptable to the

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Kenya gives UNHCR two weeks to ‘have road map’ on closure of Dadaab, Kakuma refugee camps

The Kenyan government has issued a two-week ultimatum to the United Nations High Commissioner of Refugees (UNHCR) to ‘have road map on definite closure of Dadaab and Kakuma refugee camps’. Saying there is no room for further negotiations. The two are the world’s largest refugee camps located in Kenya. Kenya’s Daily Nation reports that Interior

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