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

Khartoum -A delegation led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Federal Government of Somalia Mr. Ahmed Isa Awad has arrived in Sudan’s capital Khartoum on the occasion of the International Airport in Khartoum with the Somali Ambassador to Sudan The ambassador of the emirate Sheikh Ahmed Ibrahim Burfule and some

Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan is set to go on a five-day official visit to four African countries starting Monday According to a statement release by the president’s office, Erdogan will hold talks with his counterparts in Algeria, Mauritania, Senegal and Mali in one-on-one and inter-delegation meetings. The leaders are expected to discuss regional and