Ahmed Botan Arab According to International Federation of Journalists report Freelance journalist Ahmed Botan Arab was arrested on February 21 in Bosaso, in the northeast region of Puntland, accused of “spreading misinformation” after conducting street interviews with citizens criticizing Puntland’s president. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, the National Union of Somali

Photo/Somali Times James Swan screen capture. The United Nations envoy to Somalia, Mr James Swan, speaking at a Security Council meeting on the latest developments in Somalia, said there was “political tension”. Mr Swan said Somalia was currently in a difficult political situation, which could hamper progress in rebuilding Somalia’s system and even the security

Photo: Credit Twitter/ The Italian ambassador Luca Attanasio to Congo. The Italian ambassador to Congo, an Italian carabineri police officer and their Congolese driver were killed Monday in an attack on a U.N. convoy in an area that is home to myriad rebel groups, the Foreign Ministry and local people said. The ambush occurred as

Photo/Somali Times Somalia’s former Al-Shabaab commander Sheikh Sharif has called for renewed anti-government demonstrations and civil war supported by Kenya and United Arab Emirates in Mogadishu on February 26 2021. Sheikh Sharif’s vision is destruction and civil war also to go back to civil war 1991 has vowed to proceed with demonstrations against President Mohamed

Photo/Somali Times The Governor of the Puntland State of Somalia, Said Abdullahi Deni, held a press conference in Garowe last night talking about private conversation with the Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo which made up a lot of lies according to reliable sources told Somali Times. Said Deni accused President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo of believing

Somalia Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Osman Dubbe said United Arab Emirates of violating international law by belittling Somalia’s government as “interim” and seeking to sow violence. A Saturday UAE statement on recent clashes in the country also violates bilateral fellowship, Osman Dubbe, Somalia’s information minister, told a press conference in Mogadishu. “The UAE

Photo/Somali Times The United Arab Emirates has called the Somali government led by Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo a transitional government. According to Somali officials, which told Somali Times that Kenya and United Arab Emirates are interfering with Somalia’s affairs and sovereignty. They pay puppets to demonstrate and to carry a board writing the Arabic language in

In this undated photo released by Buckingham Palace on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021, Britain’s Princess Eugenie and her husband, Jack Brooksbank pose for a photo with their son. The couple have named their baby August Philip Hawke Brooksbank, Buckingham Palace said Saturday. The baby — a ninth great-grandchild for Queen Elizabeth II — was born

File Photo/Somali Times According to the following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres. The Secretary-General is gravely concerned by the outbreak of violence in Mogadishu and calls on all parties to exercise restraint and calm. The Secretary-General urges the Federal Government of Somalia and Federal Member States leaders to

Photo: Credit African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat. The African Union Commission chief Friday said he is “deeply concerned” at the deteriorating security and political situation in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, which he said puts at risk all the gains made in Somalia in the last decade. “We condemn all forms of violence and call on