File Photo – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) meets with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (R) during his official visit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on July 23, 2017. ( Kayhan Ozer – Anadolu Agency ) By Jonathan Fenton-Harvey With potential pressure from Washington on Riyadh, S.Arabia could change its bellicose foreign

The US Pentagon said Wagner had deployed 2,000 mercenaries in Libya to prop up Haftar’s attempt to take control of Tripoli (AFP) The United States has accused its ally the UAE of funding Russian mercenaries in Libya accused of human rights abuses and breaking an international arms embargo. In a rare rebuke of its ally,

Former Deputy Speaker of the Kenyan Parliament Farah Maalim has today for the first time addressed a outlet media interview with the crisis between the Somali government and Kenya, which has led to the expulsion of the ambassador from Nairobi by the federal government. Farah Maalim first acknowledged that the Kenyan government was blatantly interfering

A square is blocked by the police in Trier, Germany, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. German police say two people have been killed and several others injured in the southwestern German city of Trier when a car drove into a pedestrian zone. Trier police tweeted that the driver had been arrested and the vehicle impounded. (Harald

CBC news journalists Jean-Francois Bisson and Margaret Evans in Kampala before they were deported. Uganda has deported journalists attached to CBC News, a Canadian public broadcaster, who were in the country to cover the 2021 General Election. ”The journalists include Margaret Evans, Lily Martin and Jean-Francois Bisson, a videographer. Ms Evans stated on her social

Photo/Somali Times Somali Foreign Affairs Minister Mohamed Abdirizak Mohamoud Abubakar met with Somali Ambassador to Kenya Mohamoud Ahmed Nur Tarsan in his office. ”The Somali government has ordered the Kenyan ambassador to Somalia to leave the country and recalled its ambassador to Kenya. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Ambassador Tarsan discussed the latest developments

Photo/Somali Times The Somali government is planning to form a new administration in Jubaland, after accusing Jubaland President Ahmed Madobe of working for the Kenyan government. Somalia’s government said yesterday the Kenyan ambassador to leave and recalls its ambassador in Nairobi, Somalia’s government accused interference Kenyan in Somalia election, and the president of Jubaland in

The leader of Ethiopia’s rebellious northern forces said on Monday he was still fighting close to the regional capital of Mekelle after it was captured by government troops. Debretsion Gebremichael, who heads the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), also told Reuters in a text message that some Eritrean soldiers fighting alongside the Ethiopian federal forces

Kenyan Ambassador to Somalia Lucas Tumbo Somalia’s Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mohamed Ali Nur recently told state media that Somalia had recalled its ambassador to Kenya, Mohamud Ahmed Nur Tarsan, and informed Kenyan Ambassador Lucas Tumbo to return to his country for consultations. The Somali government made the decision in defense

In this picture released by the Iranian Defense Ministry and taken on Saturday, Nov. 28, 2020, people pray over the flag draped coffin of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, an Iranian scientist linked to the country’s disbanded military nuclear program, who was killed on Friday, during a funeral ceremony at the Imam Reza holy shrine in the northeastern