By Miguel Otárola Some call Council Member Abdi Warsame’s efforts a political maneuver. Abdi Warsame came to the community center to talk about his vision for Africa Village, his long-envisioned mall for Minneapolis’ East African hub. He never got the chance. Protesters shouted and hoisted signs the moment the two-term City Council member entered the

FILE PHOTO: Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam is seen as it undergoes construction work on the river Nile in Guba Woreda, Benishangul Gumuz Region, Ethiopia September 26, 2019. Picture taken September 26, 2019. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri/File Photo Egypt said on Saturday that talks with Sudan and Ethiopia over the operation of a $4 billion hydropower dam that

The International Court of Justice will next week once again review Kenya’s request for a 12-month delay of public hearing in a maritime boundary case filed by Somalia. On Thursday, Kenya’s Office of the Attorney-General asked the Court, based at The Hague, Netherlands, to grant a year’s postponement in what officials argue would be sufficient

National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale addressing reporters at his Nairobi office Parliament will next week crack down on scores of lazy MPs who have been pocketing millions of shillings in weekly allowances without attending committee meetings. On Thursday, the leadership of the National Assembly said it will kick such MPs out of the committees

Photo/Somali Times Kenya has once again been summoned to the International Court of Justice at The Hague following the latest application to have Indian Ocean maritime dispute postponed. It has now emerged that President Uhuru Kenyatta’s team wants the ICJ to postpone hearing of the matter to 2020, citing inadequacies in legal representation. The ICJ

• National Assembly Majority leader has dismissed claims that he holds both Somali and Kenyan citizenship. • Duale said he was being blackmailed by those he termed ‘busybodies’ after he refused to facilitate the approval of Mwende Mwinzi for appointment as the Ambassador to South Korea. National Assembly Majority leader has dismissed claims that he

Photo/AFP The change in Somali Regional State offers an example for the country “HOW IS DEMOCRACY?” asks Bashir Ahmed Hashi, smiling broadly, as he bounds out of his jeep towards the gates of Jigjiga prison. Entering the courtyard, the commissioner is greeted by a loud cheer. Excitable inmates jostle to shake his hand and pat

A guard of honour prepare for the arrival of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari at a welcoming ceremony in Pretoria, South Africa Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. Buhari is visiting South Africa’s leader, Cyril Ramaphosa, after a wave of attacks on foreigners angered many African countries and led to an extraordinary airlift to take hundreds of Nigerians

People watch a TV screening of a file footage for a news report on North Korea firing a missile that is believed to be launched from a submarine, in Seoul, South Korea, October 2, 2019. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji North Korea fired what may have been a submarine-launched ballistic missile from off its east coast on Wednesday,

Photo/Reuters Kenyan police shot dead three men suspected of planning militant attacks in the coastal city of Mombasa on Tuesday, ahead of national day celebrations to be hosted in the city this month, according to a senior official. The suspects were killed in a raid on a house in Majengo Mapya, a suburb in the