Bahrain’s Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa signing a document during the opening session of the 41st GCC summit in the Saudi city of al-Ula on 5 January (AFP) By AP Muhammed Afsal Weeks after Gulf leaders signed a “solidarity and stability” statement in Saudi Arabia ending a three-and-a-half year blockade on Qatar, Bahrain still

Credit: AFP/Luis Tato/A group of Nigerian Policemen deployed in Somalia, as part of the African Union peacekeeping mission, patrol in Beledweyne, Somalia, on December 14, 2019. Top African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) officials, led by the Deputy Special Representative of Chairperson of the African Union Commission (DSRCC) Simon Mulongo, were in Baidoa on Thursday

Credit: Malawi24 Sex workers held protests in Lilongwe. By Charles Pensulo in Lilongwe Petition urges government to extend closing times for bars as women go hungry and are forced to skip HIV medication Dozens of sex workers took to the streets of Malawi’s capital Lilongwe on Thursday to protest against what they described as “targeted

File Photo/Somali Times As Somalia marks three decades since a dictator fell and chaos engulfed the country, the government is set to hold a troubled national election. Or is it? Two regional states refuse to take part, and time is running out before the Feb. 8 date when mandates expire. A parliament resolution allows President

The Somali government says it no longer has confidence in the Kenya Defense Forces as part of the African Union Mission in Somalia. Amisom says its neighbour cannot be a force for peace and a source of chaos at the same time. “The Federal Government of Somalia has lost its confidence in the Kenya Defence

Namibia Highway Here are the top 10 African countries with the best road quality: Namibia has been ranked as the country with the best quality of roads in Africa for a fifth consecutive time, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report Index of 2020 on the quality of road infrastructure. Namibia scored a

File Photo/Somali Times A statement from the foreign ministry called on the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) to disband a fact-finding mission previously tasked with investigating alleged Kenyan interference in Somalia. Somalia also said the commission had refused to visit Beled Hawo, along with a delegation of ministers, following the border clashes on the 25th

File Photo/Somali Times The Somali government has threatened to withdraw from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) altogether, after an IGAD fact-finding mission on the border dispute between Somalia and Kenya issued a statement disapproving of the Somali government. Somali Foreign Minister Mohamed Abdirizak said on Wednesday that the commission’s report was biased and unfair,

Kenya and Somalia are embroiled in a diplomatic row that has crippled security, education, and trade ties between the two neighbors. But where does this conflict stem from? What started wedging Kenya and Somalia diplomatic relations is a row that ensued between the two East African countries over a dispute on 62,000-square-mile (160,580-square-kilometer) oil and

By Moses Odhiambo Kikuyu-Kalenjin dominance has persisted since Independence. PSC audit also reveals state agencies not compliant with integrity laws. Kikuyus and Kalenjins are grossly overrepresented in the civil service, the Public Service Commission has revealed in the latest jobs audit. Mijikenda, Turkana, Somalis and Luhya were among ethnic groups found to be underrepresented going