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

Photo/Somali Times Somali Information Minister Osman Abukar Dubbe told a news conference in Mogadishu that a Djibouti mission to the Somali-Kenyan border had joined the Kenyan government. The commission, announced at December 20th in IGAD summit in Djibouti, has been sent to the border to investigate Somalia’s complaints that Kenya is organizing a rebellion on

Horn of Africa nation committed to peaceful resolution of border differences with Sudan, says Foreign Ministry Ethiopia on Tuesday reiterated its call for Sudan to pull back from disputed territories its troops have been in since late last year. In late December, Sudanese soldiers reportedly moved up to 40 kilometers (25 miles) into Ethiopian-held territories,

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