Latest NewsBus crash in Kenya kills 22 near the site of a previous fatal accident
By The Associated Press A bus collided with a truck on Kenya’s main highway on Sunday, killing at least 22 people, police said. The crash came three weeks after 17 people died in another accident
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Japanese 10,000 yen and 1,000 yen banknotes are displayed in this illustration taken October 20, 2026. Photographer Kim Kyung-Hoon/Illustration By Reuters The euro headed for a moderate weekly
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By The Associated Press Ebola disease from the fast-moving outbreak in Congo has now spread to four other countries, including two where it’s active. It has spread farther across Africa than any
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Bus crash in Kenya kills 22 near the site of a previous fatal accident
By The Associated Press A bus collided with a truck on Kenya’s main highway on Sunday, killing at least 22 people, police said. The crash came three weeks after 17 people died in another accident
Read MoreTop 10 biggest defense budgets in Africa in 2026
By The African Exponent 5 Key Facts Algeria is Africa’s biggest military spender by a huge margin. It spent $25.4 billion in 2025, which is more than the other nine countries on this list
Read MoreEuro set for weekly drop, yen eyes biggest gain since early September
Japanese 10,000 yen and 1,000 yen banknotes are displayed in this illustration taken October 20, 2026. Photographer Kim Kyung-Hoon/Illustration By Reuters The euro headed for a moderate weekly
Read MoreWhat to know about the Ebola outbreak that has spread from Congo to 4 other countries
By The Associated Press Ebola disease from the fast-moving outbreak in Congo has now spread to four other countries, including two where it’s active. It has spread farther across Africa than any
Read MoreFighting in Yemen continues as Britain plans to help defend Saudi Arabia
By Xinhua News Agency Fighting between Yemen’s Houthis and government forces continued on Tuesday, while the Saudi-led coalition and the Houthis traded fresh strikes and Britain announced
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Featured ArticlesBus crash in Kenya kills 22 near the site of a previous fatal accident
By The Associated Press A bus collided with a truck on Kenya’s main highway on Sunday, killing at least 22 people, police said. The crash came three weeks after 17 people died in another accident
Bus crash in Kenya kills 22 near the site of a previous fatal accident
By The Associated Press A bus collided with a truck on Kenya’s main highway on Sunday, killing at least 22 people, police said. The crash came three weeks after 17 people died in another accident
EDITOR’S PIC OF THE WEEKLondon’s High Court rules against Venezuela’s Maduro in $1 billion gold battle
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Read MoreSomalia artillery shells strike Mogadishu caused by Al-Shabab
File Photo/Somali Times The sound of artillery was heard tonight in some districts of the Banadir region, which expressed strong fear among the people living in the capital of Mogadishu. About
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London’s High Court rules against Venezuela’s Maduro in $1 billion gold battle
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro Reuters/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria By Reuters London’s High Court has rejected President Nicolas Maduro’s latest efforts to gain control of
Read MoreBlack EU citizen with settled status temporarily denied entry into UK
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Read MoreSomalia artillery shells strike Mogadishu caused by Al-Shabab
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Blog PostsCorrupt Somali Speaker of the Parliament calls for the release of former al-Shabaab terrorist
Mogadishu–Corrupt Speaker of the House of the People of the Somali Federal Parliament, . Mohamed Mursal Sh. Abdirahman on Saturday called for the release of Mukhtar Robow and postpone the
Canada’s immigration minister calls out Conservatives for “spreading lies” about UN migration agreement
Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen spent Friday night at Ryerson University addressing what he says are a number of myths surrounding Canada’s recent signing of the UN Global Compact on Safe,
US says new airstrike in Somalia kills 8 al-Shabab fighters
The U.S. military says it has killed eight members of the al-Shabab extremist group with an airstrike south of Somalia’s capital. The U.S. Africa Command statement says the airstrike occurred on
Somalia uproar continues after former al-Shabab No. 2 seized
Mukhtar Robow was added to the U.S. list of designated terrorists in 2008 and a multi-million-dollar bounty was put on his head.AP file NAIROBI, Kenya — Somalia saw a third day of protests on
Britons will have to pay 7 euros for visa-free travel to EU after Brexit
British travellers will have to pay 7 euros (6.29 pounds) for a three year pre-travel authorisation to visit the European Union after Brexit, provided London seals a divorce agreement with the
Four accused of extorting ‘protection money’ from Somali shopkeepers denied bail
Four men have been denied bail in a case involving the alleged extortion of protection money from Somali shopkeepers based in Delft, Cape Town. The four appeared in the Bellville
Turkish professor disappears in Colombia
Turkish academic Prof. Dr. Ramazan Gençay, a Simon Fraser University (SFU) economics professor, has vanished in the city of Medellín, Colombia and been missing for almost a week. Gencay, also a
Somalia and Eritrea Presidents agree to enhance two nations’ relations
Mogadishu, Dec. 14, 2018:President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed , President of the Federal Republic of Somalia and President Isaias Afwerki, President of the State of Eritrea, held a two-day
Supporters of ex-al Shabaab leader clash with police in Somalia’s Baidoa city, 11 dead
At least 11 people were killed in Somalia’s city of Baidoa in clashes between security forces and supporters of a former al Shabaab leader who is seeking election as a regional president, a
Qatar government launches construction of Hobyo Port
Doha-Somali Times Minister of Transport, Communications and Qatar, Jassim Bin Saif Ahmed Al Sulaiti, announced that his government will begin construction of the Hobyo port in Mudug region. The
Corrupt Somali Speaker of the Parliament calls for the release of former al-Shabaab terrorist
Mogadishu–Corrupt Speaker of the House of the People of the Somali Federal Parliament, . Mohamed Mursal Sh. Abdirahman on Saturday called for the release of Mukhtar Robow and postpone the
Canada’s immigration minister calls out Conservatives for “spreading lies” about UN migration agreement
Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen spent Friday night at Ryerson University addressing what he says are a number of myths surrounding Canada’s recent signing of the UN Global Compact on Safe,
US says new airstrike in Somalia kills 8 al-Shabab fighters
The U.S. military says it has killed eight members of the al-Shabab extremist group with an airstrike south of Somalia’s capital. The U.S. Africa Command statement says the airstrike occurred on
Somalia uproar continues after former al-Shabab No. 2 seized
Mukhtar Robow was added to the U.S. list of designated terrorists in 2008 and a multi-million-dollar bounty was put on his head.AP file NAIROBI, Kenya — Somalia saw a third day of protests on
Britons will have to pay 7 euros for visa-free travel to EU after Brexit
British travellers will have to pay 7 euros (6.29 pounds) for a three year pre-travel authorisation to visit the European Union after Brexit, provided London seals a divorce agreement with the
Four accused of extorting ‘protection money’ from Somali shopkeepers denied bail
Four men have been denied bail in a case involving the alleged extortion of protection money from Somali shopkeepers based in Delft, Cape Town. The four appeared in the Bellville
Turkish professor disappears in Colombia
Turkish academic Prof. Dr. Ramazan Gençay, a Simon Fraser University (SFU) economics professor, has vanished in the city of Medellín, Colombia and been missing for almost a week. Gencay, also a
Somalia and Eritrea Presidents agree to enhance two nations’ relations
Mogadishu, Dec. 14, 2018:President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed , President of the Federal Republic of Somalia and President Isaias Afwerki, President of the State of Eritrea, held a two-day
Supporters of ex-al Shabaab leader clash with police in Somalia’s Baidoa city, 11 dead
At least 11 people were killed in Somalia’s city of Baidoa in clashes between security forces and supporters of a former al Shabaab leader who is seeking election as a regional president, a
Qatar government launches construction of Hobyo Port
Doha-Somali Times Minister of Transport, Communications and Qatar, Jassim Bin Saif Ahmed Al Sulaiti, announced that his government will begin construction of the Hobyo port in Mudug region. The