U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about the U.S response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic during an address to the nation from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., March 11, 2020. Doug Mills/Pool via REUTERS Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Army General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, stopped

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed poses for a photo with visiting Kenyan Minister of Interior Fred Matiang’i on Wednesday, 11 March, 2020. /Photo: Fred Matiang’i- Twitter Kenya has sought Ethiopian contribution to resolving issues along its common border with Somalia. The rift recently resulted in Kenya warning Somalia to desist from acts that bordered on

Photo: Credit Daily Mail has exclusive shots of Ilhan Omar and her chief fundraiser Tim Mynett out and about in Minneapolis and Washington, D.C. Daily Mail has exclusive shots of Ilhan Omar and her chief fundraiser Tim Mynett out and about in Minneapolis and Washington, D.C. The couple, who both divorced their spouses late last

Pakistani Air Force spokesman identifies pilot as Wing Commander Nauman Akram A Pakistani Air Force pilot was killed when a fighter jet crashed on the outskirts of the capital Islamabad on Wednesday morning, an air force official said. The F-16 aircraft crashed while practicing maneuvers for a Pakistan Day airshow set for March 23. The

General view shows houses in The Bishops Avenue, Hampstead, in London, Britain March 10, 2020. Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has asked a grandson of the former president of Kazakhstan to explain where he got the money from to buy a multi-million pound mansion in one of north London’s most expensive roads. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls Britain’s

The meeting in Addis Ababa is a follow-up to the weekend one where the Kenyan team met Somalia President Mohammed Abdullahi Farmajo. Somali Times has spoken to Kenyan officials that President Uhuru Kenyatta believes that Abiy Ahmed can help in brokering an out of court settlement over the maritime boundary dispute. Interior ministry said Matiang’i

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