Photo/Somali Times The Somali President, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, met at Villa Somalia with Kenyan Minister of Interior, Fred Matiang’i, and received a message from the President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta. The president shared with the Kenyan delegation that arrived in the country the importance of achieving joint security, economic and political challenges to the two

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Sunday agreed to send a delegation of security chiefs to meet his Somali counterpart Mohamed Farmaajo, in a move that signals a climbdown in tensions between the two countries over an alleged border intrusion. The delegation led by Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i left for Mogadishu following a week that saw

UAE Prime Minister and Emir of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum attends the 39th Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on 9 December 2018 [Bandar Algaloud / Saudi Kingdom Council/Anadolu Agency] British police will launch a review of the 2000 probe of the disappearance of the ruler of Dubai’s daughter

By Peter Kagwanja The strategic partnership between President Abdullahi Farmaajo and Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire that has held Somalia together since 2018 has done its course. Somalia is headed for a historic election in 2020/2021. As the electoral fever kicks in, Somalia reflects two diametrically opposed electoral strategies. Somalia is waging “three wars”. The

United Nations Special Envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths, speaks during news conference, in Marib, Yemen March 7, 2020. REUTERS/Ali Owidha U.N. Special Envoy Martin Griffiths on Saturday called for an immediate end to military action by Yemen’s warring parties as renewed violence between the Houthi movement and a Saudi-led coalition threatened peace efforts. Fierce battles

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Nayef, the interior minister, attends the 34rd session of the Council of Arab Interior Ministers in Tunis,Tunisia April 5, 2017.REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi Saudi Arabia has detained two senior members of the Saudi royal family – Prince Ahmed bin Abdulaziz, the younger brother of King Salman, and Mohammed bin Nayef, the king’s

Photo Credit Reuters Dubai’s sheikh was allegedly lining up his 11-year-old daughter to marry Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, who is 22 years her senior, a UK court heard yesterday. Sheikh Mohammed Al Maktoum reportedly discussed the agreement in February 2019 which would have seen his daughter Princess Jalila – aged 11 – married

Princess Reema Bint Bandar Bin Sultan Al Saud [Facebook] With a good chance that both Bernie Sanders or Joe Biden may win the 2020 presidential election, Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the US has predicted that the hostility of the Democratic candidates towards the kingdom will quickly change. “I’ve always found that many times, once a

Photo/ Somali Times Pressure from the US government may have forced Somalia President Mohamed Farmaajo to announce a climbdown in tensions with Kenya. A day after Nairobi accused Somalia of violating its territorial integrity by having its soldiers fight on Kenyan soil, President Farmaajo placed a call to his Kenyan counterpart, Uhuru Kenyatta, offering to

 National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi has outlined stringent measures to reinforce security within and outside Parliament in a move that will see members limited to only two visitors at a time. Speaker Justin Muturi chairs the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) that is in charge of the welfare of members and parliamentary staff. While making the