Photo Credit/ Daily Nation/ Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) soldiers under Amisom patrol Kisimayu, Somalia, Kenya is expected in the coming days to start negotiating its troops exit plans from the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom), the Nation has learnt. The talks to be led by Ministry of Defence CS Monica Juma are part of

Photo/ Somali Times Nearly 56,000 people displaced in Gedo, Jubaland State since early February: OCHA The United Nations on Tuesday called for the protection of civilians as escalating violence displaces nearly 56,000 people in southern Somalia. Preliminary reports indicate that up to 9,000 households (approximately 56,000 people) have been displaced in Gedo, Jubaland State following

By AGGREY MUTAMBO Kenya has rejected claims it is interfering with Somalia’s internal affairs and dismissed them as “fabricated for political expediency”. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has written a protest note to Mogadishu in response to a statement issued on Friday by Somali Ambassador to the UN, Abukar Dahir Osman, who said Nairobi was

Armed drones, fire support vehicles target Al-Nayrab military airport, making it out of service, local sources say The Turkish Armed Forces targeted the Syrian regime’s military airport in Aleppo, according to local sources on Sunday. Al-Nayrab military airport, on the outskirts of Aleppo city center, was known as one of the bases that the Assad

Police on Sunday held and questioned 11 MPs from the Northeastern region on allegations that they took a trip to Somalia without authorisation. Reports indicated that they travelled for an unknown mission without the permission of the Foreign Affairs ministry or National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi. Sunday saw police wait for the lawmakers at Wilson

At least eight Members of Parliament from North Eastern Kenya are set to be questioned by police over their secret mission to Somalia. Citizen Digital understands that the MPs from Wajir and Mandera counties flew to Mogadishu on Saturday and jetted back to the country on Sunday morning aboard a chartered plane. They include; Ahmed

Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the leader of the Taliban delegation, signs an agreement with Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. envoy for peace in Afghanistan, at a signing agreement ceremony between members of Afghanistan’s Taliban and the U.S. in Doha, Qatar February 29, 2020. REUTERS/Ibraheem al Omari The United States signed a historic deal with Taliban insurgents on

Afghan men celebrate in anticipation of the U.S-Taliban agreement to allow a U.S. troop reduction and a permanent ceasefire, in Jalalabad, Afghanistan February 28, 2020. REUTERS/Parwiz Millions of Afghans are anticipating that America’s longest war fought in their country will end on Saturday as U.S. and Taliban negotiators are expected to sign a deal to

4 political parties in Turkish parliament issue joint statement to condemn attack by Syrian regime Turkish political parties on Friday vehemently condemned the Thursday’s airstrike carried out by the Syrian regime which martyred 33 Turkish soldiers. “As the political parties in the Turkish Grand National Assembly […] we strongly and vehemently condemn this dastardly and

A photo taken from Turkey’s Hatay province shows Turkish military convoy consisting of armored personnel carriers are on the way towards observation points in Syria’s Idlib, on 7 February 2020 in Hatay, Turkey. [Cem Genco – Anadolu Agency] At least 33 Turkish soldiers have been killed and tens of others injured in an airstrike by