A few hours after Somalia announced it was cutting diplomatic ties with Kenya, the Somalia National Army (SNA) was deployed to the common border. In Mandera County, residents reported seeing SNA troops taking strategic positions along the border. “We have woken up to the sight of military officers along the border. This is very worrying,”

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting of the Council for Civil Society and Human Rights via a video conference at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday congratulated Joe Biden on winning the U.S.

Photo/Somali Times Somalia has severed diplomatic ties with Kenya in dead of night citing interference and violation of her sovereignty and territorial integrity. Somalia Minister of Information Osman Abukar Dubbe announced cutting ties with Kenya at around 1:40 am Mogadishu time on state-run SNTV, hours after President Uhuru held talks with break-away Somaliland President Muse

Singapore-flagged BW Rhine reportedly hit by ‘external source’ An oil tanker off the Saudi Arabian port of Jeddah was hit by an explosion Monday, according to local sources. The Singapore-flagged BW Rhine suffered material damage after being hit by “an external source”, the BW Group, a shipping company, said in a statement. All 22 crew

In this Oct. 23, 2020 file photo, President Donald Trump talks on a phone call with the leaders of Sudan and Israel, as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, left, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, and National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien, applaud in the Oval Office of the White House, in

Kuwaiti authorities have launched an investigation into a gun battle that erupted between Kuwaiti citizens and Somali expatriates. Image Credit: Pixabay Kuwaiti authorities have launched a large-scale investigation into a gun battle that reportedly erupted this week between Kuwaiti citizens and Somali expatriates. The fight took place in the governorate of Al Jahara, about 50

The militants often target security officials and non-Somalis in their attacks According to police reports, one group used Hamey route, another one Amuma and the third went via Homojo. Police believe the groups may already have been assigned targets which include communication masts, probing camps and implanting explosives on the roads. Another group could be

A handout picture provided by Sudan’s Foreign Media Council shows Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok (R) meeting with his Ethiopian counterpart Abiy Ahmed in Khartoum on 25 August 2020 (AFP) Sudan has absorbed tens of thousands of refugees from Ethiopia’s war-stricken Tigray region Sudan’s premier has arrived in Ethiopia as his country continues to absorb

Turkish parliament speaker condemns Iranian authorities over unfair accusations against country’s president Turkish Parliament Speaker Mustafa Sentop on Saturday condemned Iranian authorities over unfair accusations against the Turkish president for reading a poem during a ceremony in Azerbaijan. “The unseemly attitude of some Iranian officials against our president, who always bravely defended the law against

Richard Drax, Conservative MP for South Dorset, earlier this year. Photograph: Graham Hunt/Alamy By Paul Lashmar and Jonathan Smith A wealthy Tory MP is facing demands to pay reparations for his family’s part in the Caribbean slave trade after the Observer revealed that he now controls the plantation where his ancestors created the first slave-worked