• 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

Photo/Reuters Saudi Arabia’s crown prince is trying to repair damage to his image done by Jamal Khashoggi’s murder by insisting “layers and layers” of hierarchy separated him from the Saudi agents who killed the journalist, the U.N. investigator told Reuters. Mohammad bin Salman told CBS program “60 Minutes” that as de facto Saudi leader he

By Michael Rubin The annual U.N. General Assembly is an orgy of symbolism. Who meets whom on the sidelines? Who tried but failed to secure a meeting with the U.S. president? Who walks out of whose speech? Whom do security officers intercept when they try to exceed the permissions of their visa? But there’s a

Somalia seems to be President Uhuru Kenyatta’s current headache. And it is not an easy task handling a troublesome neighbour, as Uhuru’s father found out before him. Uhuru might need the wisdom of his father and tough under-the-table diplomatic dealings to handle the current border issue. His father’s foreign policy was shaped by the fear

AFP/File / ATTA KENARE Major General Hossein Salami heads Iran’s Revolutionary Guards The commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Monday that destroying arch-rival Israel has become an “achievable goal” thanks to his country’s technological advances. “This sinister regime must be wiped off the map and this is no longer… a dream (but) it is an

Photo (AP) A prominent bodyguard to Saudi Arabia’s King Salman was shot and killed in what authorities described as a personal dispute, state TV reported Sunday, offering few details on an incident that shocked the kingdom. Tributes poured in across social media for Maj. Gen. Abdulaziz al-Fagham, with many including images of the bodyguard at