U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Damian T. Donahoe, deputy commanding general, Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa, center, talks with service members during a battlefield circulation Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020, in Somalia. No country has been involved in Somalia’s future as much as the United States but now the Trump administration is thinking of

Photo/Credit Associated Press/ Protesters holding placards in support of Shukri Abdi during the demonstration. Protesters came together to mark the first anniversary of the death of 12 yr. old, By Diane Taylor and Nazia Parveen She always came home on time until one day she didn’t, sparking a high-profile campaign for justice At 7.34pm on

By Anita Chepkoech President Uhuru Kenyatta has warned development partners against interfering with the running of the country even as Kenya opened itself up to tough conditions that come with debt suspension requests. President Kenyatta on Friday took a swipe at the unnamed development partners, saying “nchi ina wenyewe (the country has owners)”. Kenya is

Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani is seen during talks between the Afghan government and Taliban insurgents in Doha, Qatar, September 12, 2020. REUTERS/Ibraheem al Omari/File Photo Qatar’s foreign minister said on Friday there has been movement on resolving a bitter diplomatic dispute among the Gulf countries

Photo: Credit Pinterest By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN A Maryland attorney has been indicted on charges he engaged in a scheme to fraudulently obtain more than $12.5 million in Somali government assets from financial institutions and was paid hundreds of thousands of dollars by a law firm that kept more than $3 million of the money. A

Sudanese forces stand alert on the banks of the Tekeze River on the Sudan-Ethiopia border after Ethiopian forces blocked people from crossing into Sudan, in Hamdayet, eastern Sudan, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020. The Sudanese forces, speaking on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to discuss the events, said people tried to cross from Ethiopia

Somali officials says the Kenya Government is interfering with elections in Somalia. The relationship between the Somali government and the Kenyan government has deteriorated over the past week. The Somali Times has learned from diplomatic sources that the government’s intentions are as follows: 1. Pressure on Kenya to suspend Somali opposition meetings in Kenya. 2:

BEIJING (AP) — China on Thursday accused critics in the U.S. government of “an escalation of political suppression” against Beijing following a report of new visa restrictions on members of China’s ruling Communist Party and their immediate family members. Foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said China would “make representations” to the U.S. following the report

France’s President Emmanuel Macron waits for Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez before a meeting at the Elysee Palace, Paris, July 15, 2020. (AP Photo) France will be inspecting 76 mosques in the coming days in a “massive and unprecedented” operation against separatism, the country’s interior minister said Wednesday, Anadolu reports. Gerald Darmanin said state services

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake was recorded in Turkey’s southeastern Siirt province on Thursday morning, according to the country’s disaster management agency. ”The tremor occurred at a depth of 14.02 kilometers (8.7 miles) in the Kurtalan district at 08:45 a.m. local time (0545GMT), the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) said. No reports of casualties were