National Prosecuting Authority Mr Shaun Abrahams has announced in a media briefing that 16 criminal charges that relate to a R30-billion government arms deal in the late 1990s will be reinstated against former president Jacob Zuma. The NPA has reinstated 18 charges of corruption, money laundering and racketeering against former president Jacob Zuma. The charges

Somali Senate House on Thursday has followed suit of Lower House members to ban DP World Company from Somalia. The senators have been debating on a resolution declaring UAE’s port operator as a threat to Somalia’s sovereignty for last two days.36 senators have participated two consecutive rounds of voting which aimed at amending and approving

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he had replaced U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson with Central Intelligence Agency Director Mike Pompeo, and appointed Gina Haspel to lead the Central Intelligence Agency CIA. Gina Haspel was last year appointed as the first ever female deputy director of CIA and has now made more history

Somalia’s Federal Parliament has on Monday voted unanimously a legislation banning the UAE ports operator DP World after signing a controversial agreement with Somaliland. During the fir seat of the 3rd session of the Lower House of Parliament declared the deal over Berbera port as “null and void”, and called for the ban of DP

Mogadishu, Somalia – Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency TIKA on Saturday signed a deal with the Somali parliament to go ahead with the construction of a modern National Assembly building in capital Mogadishu. Prof. Mohamed Sheikh Osman Jawari, speaker of the parliament, who spoke to the media after the signing ceremony said TIKA will first

Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed on Saturday urged foreign countries and investors to follow legal procedures for investment in his country, in an apparent response to a dispute over a port deal in the breakaway region of Hargeisa, “I am warning companies and countries not to cross the line and put to question the sovereignty

Nairobi – Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga held a meeting in Nairobi, capital of Kenya, in which his plan was to co-ordinate a political settlement between the two sides. . The meeting at the Harambee House in Nairobi’s capital, Nairobi, is jointly co-ordinated with the best possible political development, with a

The United States says much as it shares security concerns raised by the Ethiopian government, the answer lay with ‘greater freedom and not less.’ Secretary of State Rex Tillerson reiterated the U.S. disagreement on a reimposed state of emergency. He stressed that the U.S. continued to monitor the ‘voluntary transition,’ ongoing in the country. He

The Somali community in Mombasa is preparing to front a governor candidate in 2022 who will “protect the President’s legacy”.They have formed a committee to look for a potential candidate. This will be the first time the community fields a candidate in a Mijikenda-majority county. The committee, which has so far held three meetings, is

Ethiopia-UAE Joint Technical Committee Meeting opened in Addis Ababa on Monday March 05, 2018, serving as an effective platform for the development of the bilateral cooperation at various levels within a range of economic sectors, and contributing towards the success of the Join Ministerial Commission meeting to be held over the week. The Ethiopian delegation