An African Union  team is in Somalia to assess peacekeeping activities as the transfer of responsibilities from the bloc’s mission to Somali national security forces gains momentum, officials said on Wednesday. The African Union Mission to Somalia Amisom said the Ten man delegation from the AU Peace Support Operations Division arrived in Mogadishu on Tuesday

The Kuwaiti delegation was briefed on the situation in Iraq by the Iraqi government.The Iraqi government has asked for $ 100 billion to be set up to rebuild the cities destroyed in the conflict. It seems that the majority of the international community has not yet made any promises to the Iraqi request. The United

The Chinese government says it is ready to support a plan by the African Union  to establish a representational office in its capital, Beijing. This is according to a communique issued by the A.U. following a two-day official visit January 2018 to the country by chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat. “China welcomed the planned establishment of

ABU DUBAI- The United Arab Emirates and the Republic of India signed on Saturday an agreement and four memorandum of understanding between the UAE and India as part of joint efforts to consolidate bilateral partnerships and cooperation and open up prospects for joint work. His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of

THE country’s banking sector soundness has improved further despite closure of five community banks over lack of adequate capital early this year. The sector stability, measured by Financial Soundness Indicators (FSIs), showed positive outcome to almost all points centred on capital adequacy, asset quality, earnings, liquidity and sensitivity to market risks. Central bank data showed

The Somali judge was elected to the court’s Chamber of Summary Procedure along with four other judges and two alternate judges, who shall henceforth hear and determine cases brought before the court. International Court of Justice has elected a new President on Tuesday. H.E. Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf, the former Vice-President of the ICJ has

The Turkish government has said that its recent air and naval forces will reach Qatar, where they have formed a military base. Turkey and Qatar signed a military co-operation agreement in 2014, and a series of Turkish troops from the Turkish Army in Qatar arrived in 2015. The Turkish embassy in Doha has said it

The leaders of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan have met on the sidelines of the ongoing African Union Summit, as they continue to work towards resolving the impasse over Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam project . from the deliberations of the three countries leaders, Egypt’s president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Sudan’s Omar Hassan al-Bashir and Ethiopian prime minister

Addis Ababa – The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, HE Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, met with the Secretary-General of the United Nations Secretary-Antonio Guterres in Addis Ababa. Antonio Gutters Secretary-General of the United Nations General Assembly praised the successes of the Government of Somalia for the security and governance reform, and expressed his optimism

Addis Ababa – The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Federal Republic of Somalia H.E. Amb. Ahmed Isse Awad meets with Ethiopian foreign Minister , discussed the strengthening of bilateral ties and multilateral cooperation between the two countries. Amb. Ahmed Awad and Dr. Workneh Gebeyehu has been devastated by security, trade, investment