Somali pirates have attacked a tanker carrying two million barrels of the most valuable cargo in the world today, hand sanitiser. In the early hours of this morning, a tanker loaded with three hundred million litres of hydro-alcoholic gel with a street value of six billion pounds was taken hostage while on route to the

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, September 18, 2019. Mandel Ngan/Pool via REUTERS Saudi Arabia’s crown prince meant to send a strong message to critics within the royal family by detaining senior princes this weekend: Don’t you dare oppose my

President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Somali counterpart Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, during his inauguration in Mogadishu, Somalia in 2017 The United States of America and the United Kingdom have called on Somalia to exercise restraint and reduce the presence of security forces in Gedo. In a joint statement with IGAD and AMISOM, the two countries expressed

Sudan’s prime minister survived an assassination attempt on Monday after a blast in the capital, Khartoum, Sudanese state media said. Abdalla Hamdok’s family confined he was safe following the explosion, which targeted his convoy. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. Hamdok was appointed prime minister last August, after pro-democracy protests forced the military

Photo/ Somali Times Villa Somalia confirms President office Somali President Mohamed Abdllahi Farmajo last evening agreed to Kenya’s invitation to visit Nairobi, signalling the calming of tensions that rose last week on Monday. to withdraw a maritime boundary case at the International Court of Justice Kenya-Somalia. Mr Farmajo, who received President Kenyatta’s special envoy and

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