The US Department of Defense (DoD) announced on 24 September that it had awarded a USD12.3 million contract to the North Carolina-based company URS Group to carry out emergency runway repairs at Camp Baledogle (Bahle Dogli) in central Somalia. The DoD said the work will include “full depth patching and overlay to allow required airfield

King Salman inaugurates biggest transport project in Middle East, which is expected to carry millions of passengers annually. Saudi Arabia launched a high-speed railway Tuesday connecting Islam’s holiest cities. The 450-kilometer (280-mile) Haramain High-Speed Rail system linking Makkah and Medina is expected to relieve traffic congestion and is also part of efforts to boost tourism

U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Joint Strike Fighters have reportedly conducted reconnaissance missions over or near Somalia and were ready to respond to requests for close air support from American forces in that country during their first-ever deployment to the Horn of Africa region aboard the USS Essex amphibious assault ship. There are now reports that

His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani will deliver a speech today at the opening session of the UN General Assembly 73 that is expected to touch on Qatar’s positions on the key issues in the Arab and international arenas, the official Qatar News Agency reported on Monday. In an assertion of Doha’s

Kenya has acquired nine Fennec helicopters from the United Arab Emirates as it ramps up its security measures amid increased threats from Al Shabaab insurgents in Somalia. Last week, Cabinet Secretary for Defence Raychelle Omamo and the Commander of the Kenya Air Force Maj-Gen Francis Ogolla received the helicopters at the Laikipia Air Base in

Responding to a statement by Addis Ababa’s police commissioner Major General Degefe Bede that nearly 3,000 youths were arrested in the capital Addis Ababa over the weekend, and that 174 would be charged and 1,200 others would be detained at the Tolay Military Camp for a “rehabilitation education”, Joan Nyanyuki, Amnesty International’s Director for East

Ronald Melly, the fake doctor from Nandi County, performed eight successful operations at the Kapsabet County Referral Hospital before he was transferred to head Meteitei Sub-County hospital, a report shows. The details, which sparked a public outcry, were contained in a report prepared by Health ministry officials in the county which was tabled in the

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Saturday called for Turkish scientists living abroad to make their way back home in an attempt to establish the reversal of the country’s brain drain amid increased efforts to become a technology-producing country. “We are launching a campaign to bring our science people back home. I call on our scientists

Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has accused his predecessor Dr Evans Kidero of stealing funds meant for Pumwani Maternity Hospital upgrade. In an interview with Citizen TV last night, Sonko said that Kidero used the account of murdered lawyer Wachira Mburu to wire Ksh58 million from the county coffers and later retired to his own account.

At least 136 bodies have been retrieved after a ferry sank on Lake Victoria, Tanzania’s top police official Simon Sirro said on Friday, and scores more were still feared missing as rescuers searched for survivors on the morning after the disaster, The ferry MV Nyerere capsized on Thursday afternoon just a few meters from the