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United Arab Emirates Minister of Foreign Affairs, received a telephone call from Somali Minister

Photo/Somali Times According to Emirates News Agency – Dr. Anwar bin Mohammed Gargash, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, received a telephone call today from Ahmed Isse Awad, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Somalia. During the call, Awad congratulated Gargash on the occasion of the Holy Month of Ramadan. He also expressed thanks of the

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If Kim Jong-un Dies North Korea Could Survive (With Kim Yo-jong Taking Over)

By Denny Roy “Kim Yo-jong plus a hand-picked regent is the likely core of a successor government.” The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) regime could survive the death of Kim Jong-un. The established pattern of hereditary succession suggests Kim’s younger sister, Kim Yo-jong, would most likely replace him. She has risen quickly to senior

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Virus lockdown raises tensions in France’s poorest areas

In this April 22, 2020, file photo, residents arrive to collect soap, vegetables, fruits and other staples distributed by volunteers from community organizations of ACLEFEU in Clichy-sous-Bois, a suburb north of Paris. Open-air markets are closed, supermarket prices are skyrocketing and people are out of jobs. Putting food on the table is yet another challenge

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Plans to forge a Uhuru-Raila coalition rule

Plans are underway to form a government of national unity that will bring on board opposition leaders like Orange Democratic Movement leader Raila Odinga, a senior Jubilee Party official confided in the Sunday Nation on Saturday. Mr Odinga, the official noted, has technically been a government insider since his 2018 political truce with President Uhuru

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Saudi Arabia courts abolish flogging as punishment

Protesters in Washington DC simulate flogging of imprisoned blogger Raif al-Badawi (AFP) Saudi Arabia has abolished flogging as a legal punishment in response to criticism of its use of corporal punishment, the Supreme Court has announced. Hundreds of lashes could previously be ordered for a variety of offences, including murder, extramarital sex and breach of

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Trump set to sign bill with nearly $500B more in virus aid

President Donald Trump pauses while speaking about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Thursday, April 23, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) President Donald Trump will hold a signing ceremony Friday for a bill providing a nearly $500 billion infusion of coronavirus spending, rushing new relief to employers

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Fahad Yasin Somali spy chief says ready to charge journalist Harun Maruf

Somalia’s intelligence agency said Thursday it has submitted findings of a probe into journalist Harun Maruf to the Attorney General seeking to charge him against what it said was ‘threat to national security’ The National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) said in a tweet it was ready to pursue legal action against the popular journalist

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Envoy rejects claims Kenyans slept on the streets

Kenya’s Ambassador to China Sarah Serem is rejecting claims that Kenyans lodged on the streets in China after they were thrown out of their houses or hotels. Ms Serem, speaking for the first time in the face of growing accusations that the government has left stranded Kenyans on their own, indicated the Embassy had intervened

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Somalia accuses an imprisoned journalist of being member of ‘terror group’

Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) strongly refutes the trumped up and baseless allegations by the Somali Federal Ministry of Information against Radio Hiigsi’s editor, Mohamed Abduwahaab Nuur (Abuuja) held incommunicado since March 7. In a statement on Wednesday 22 April, the Information Ministry weirdly and without any proof of evidence alleged that the imprisoned journalist “is

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EU Ambassador to Somalia says, ‘President Farmajo government, media abuses the detention of several journalists, some of whom are still in custody.’

Photo/Somali Times In a statement posted on his Twitter account, EU Ambassador to Somalia Nicolas Berlanga called on the government to stop the persecution of journalists, in order to get a complete picture of the situation in the country. The statement by the EU ambassador to Somalia, came after a meeting of the international community

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