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

Photo Credit Facebook Boni Khalwale While a section of Kenyans called for action, ex-Kakamega senator Boni Khalwale said the country was on the wrong for “intimidating” the horn of Africa nation- The bullfighter questioned the presence of Kenyan soldiers in Somalia’s soil even after President Uhuru Kenyatta’s warning to Somalia to stop provoking Kenyans irked

Princess Haya bint Al Hussein, the wife of Dubai’s Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, arrives at the High Court in London, Britain February 26, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls Britain’s top court on Thursday refused Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum permission to appeal a ruling allowing publication of two judgments given in a legal

President Uhuru Kenyatta (pictured) chaired a special session meeting of the National Security Council to discuss Somalia’s conduct following an attack in Bulla Hawa which spilled to Mandera. In a press release from State House, Kenya has termed Somalia’s actions on March 2, 2020, as unwarranted and in total disregard of the international laws and

Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya Justin Muturi made the clarification on Tuesday through a communication from the chair conveyed to the House in session National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi says a visit to Somalia last weekend by some 11 legislators from the North Eastern region fell short of a parliamentary delegation threshold, and