Photo/Somali Times Jubaland President Ahmed Madobe told Somali Times the fighting in the Beled Hawo district in Gedo region was between Janan and Somali government forces. Ahmed Madobe first revealed that the fighting was carried out by government forces, but was defended by Jubaland forces. “After resistance, they entered the city, and now things are

Photo: Credit Reuters LONDON (Reuters) – Unless the United Kingdom is fundamentally reformed it could swiftly become a failed state as many people have lost faith in the way the country is governed by, and in the interests of, a London-centric elite, former Prime Minister Gordon Brown said. “I believe the choice is now between

Heavy fighting has broken out in a Somali town near the Kenyan border between Somali forces and those from the state of Jubaland as Somalia’s election troubles spill over into violence. Somalia’s information ministry in a statement early Monday accused Kenya-funded rebels of crossing into the town of Bulo Hawo and attacking Somali forces. But

By MERCY ADHIAMBO For every group of 600 children, chances are that 100 of them have faced sexual abuse. And out of every 100 victims of sexual abuse, only 12 reported the incidents. This is according to a national study implemented by the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection in partnership with other stakeholders last

While US President Joe Biden has brought relief to ordinary Africans by lifting the harmful travel ban affecting Muslim and African countries, experts on the continent are skeptical over whether he will entirely overturn the approach taken by the Trump administration. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Iqbal Jassat, an executive at the Johannesburg-based Media Review Network

Photo/Somali Times The Egyptian government has been stepping up its long-standing policy of destabilizing and weakening Ethiopia by “providing full support to anti-peace elements” and pitting neighbors against it, according to a top Ethiopian diplomat. The official, who holds a high position in the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry and asked for anonymity, told Anadolu Agency that

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan Bin Abdullah divulged on Thursday that the kingdom and Washington have “common interests” in Yemen, news agencies reported. The foreign minister made his remarks in an interview with Saudi TV Al-Arabiya, stating that the new US administration of President Joe Biden would realise that: “Our goals are common

Congressman Adam Schiff, ( Samuel Corum – Anadolu Agency ) Murder of Jamal Khashoggi was ‘brutal,’ ‘premeditated,’ says House Intelligence chair Adam Schiff US House of Representatives Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said Friday he asked the new head of national intelligence to release an unclassified report on the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Brig Gen Don Nabasa briefs troops in Janaale forward base. By RISDEL KASASIRA The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) contingent under African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has killed atleast 189 Al Shabaab fighters in a raid that could be the biggest ever since UPDF deployed in Somalia. According to a statement issued by the

Photo: Credit Associated Press Pressure is growing on Somalia’s government amid allegations that Somali soldiers have been sent to fight in neighboring Ethiopia’s deadly Tigray conflict. Mothers have held rare protests in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, and elsewhere, demanding to know the fate of their children who originally were sent to Eritrea for military training. They