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

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