Latest NewsWhy do Western travel bans keep treating African nations like security threats while our leaders just watch?
Photo Credit: File By The African Exponent A federal judge recently vacated a sweeping Trump administration policy that had suspended immigrant visa processing for citizens across 75 countries.
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File Photo Somali Times/Former Somalia corrupt president Hassan Sheikh and one of his wives By The Associated Press After nearly two weeks on the road with her five children, Luul Mohamed finally
Read MoreUS says it will impose ‘toughest sanctions in history’ on Iran
A woman walks by a mural depicting Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on a street in Tehran, Iran, August 13, 2026. Photographer Majid Asgaripour By Reuters U.S. Treasury
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Read MoreStop Turkey and Hassan sheikh’s second genocide against the Southwest – Baidoa must not become a city of death
File Photo/Somali Times By MP Dr Abdillahi Hashi Abib In 1992, Baidoa became a mass grave.Southwest families starved. Children died in their mothers’ arms. The world called it the “City of
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Why do Western travel bans keep treating African nations like security threats while our leaders just watch?
Photo Credit: File By The African Exponent A federal judge recently vacated a sweeping Trump administration policy that had suspended immigrant visa processing for citizens across 75 countries.
Read MoreThousands flee years long drought in Somalia as hunger deepens and aid shrinks
File Photo Somali Times/Former Somalia corrupt president Hassan Sheikh and one of his wives By The Associated Press After nearly two weeks on the road with her five children, Luul Mohamed finally
Read MoreUS says it will impose ‘toughest sanctions in history’ on Iran
A woman walks by a mural depicting Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on a street in Tehran, Iran, August 13, 2026. Photographer Majid Asgaripour By Reuters U.S. Treasury
Read MoreUkraine’s anticorruption agencies uncover criminal network in presidential office, parliament
By Anadolu Agency Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) said Thursday they uncovered an alleged criminal organization
Read MoreStop Turkey and Hassan sheikh’s second genocide against the Southwest – Baidoa must not become a city of death
File Photo/Somali Times By MP Dr Abdillahi Hashi Abib In 1992, Baidoa became a mass grave.Southwest families starved. Children died in their mothers’ arms. The world called it the “City of
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Featured ArticlesWhy do Western travel bans keep treating African nations like security threats while our leaders just watch?
Photo Credit: File By The African Exponent A federal judge recently vacated a sweeping Trump administration policy that had suspended immigrant visa processing for citizens across 75 countries.
Why do Western travel bans keep treating African nations like security threats while our leaders just watch?
Photo Credit: File By The African Exponent A federal judge recently vacated a sweeping Trump administration policy that had suspended immigrant visa processing for citizens across 75 countries.
EDITOR’S PIC OF THE WEEKGlasgow University To Start Paying Back Black Slave Trade Profits It Benefited From
Photo/ Atlanta Black Star University of Glasgow has decided to come clean about its role during the slave trade. Slavery and slave trade remain some of the biggest atrocities ever committed on
Read MoreAmerican Charged In Uganda After Racist Assault On Hotel Workers
Uganda police arrested an older American man after reviewing a video that showed him striking out at hotel workers and using racial slurs. The police identified the man as Jimmy L. Taylor, a U.S.
Read MoreAs New Zealand shooter appears in court, world rallies behind Muslim communities
Brenton Tarrant, charged for murder in relation to the mosque attacks, is lead into the dock for his appearance in the Christchurch District Court, New Zealand March 16, 2019. Mark Mitchell/New
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Glasgow University To Start Paying Back Black Slave Trade Profits It Benefited From
Photo/ Atlanta Black Star University of Glasgow has decided to come clean about its role during the slave trade. Slavery and slave trade remain some of the biggest atrocities ever committed on
Read MoreAmerican Charged In Uganda After Racist Assault On Hotel Workers
Uganda police arrested an older American man after reviewing a video that showed him striking out at hotel workers and using racial slurs. The police identified the man as Jimmy L. Taylor, a U.S.
Read MoreAs New Zealand shooter appears in court, world rallies behind Muslim communities
Brenton Tarrant, charged for murder in relation to the mosque attacks, is lead into the dock for his appearance in the Christchurch District Court, New Zealand March 16, 2019. Mark Mitchell/New
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Two car explosions in Mogadishu Somali capital
Two car explosions were heard on Saturday afternoon in the heart of Mogadishu amid a surge in targeted assassinations in the city. A witness told Somali Times that the first car bomb occurred
IMF Staff Concludes Visit to Nairobi to Meet the Somali Authorities
Despite a difficult economic and political environment, the Somali authorities are building a good track record of policy and reform implementation. The authorities are completing the preparatory
Kidero Stole Funds Meant For Pumwani Upgrade – Sonko
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
UK issues travel advice on Kenya over Ebola in Congo
The United Kingdom has issued a travel advisory for its citizens travelling to Kenya citing the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The citizens were also asked to carry certified
Tanzania ferry disaster death reaches 136
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
Outbreak update – Cholera in Somalia, 6 September 2018
6 September 2018 – The Ministry of Health of Somalia has announced 76 new cases of cholera including one death for week 34 (20 to 26 August) of 2018. Over the past two weeks, there has been an
Is China intruding in Israel’s defense industry?
Ephraim Halevy, the former head of Mossad, Israel’s secret service agency, has voiced concerns over the risks that China’s growing presence in Israel pose to national security. As China seeks to
Strategic Turkey-US partnership will strengthen with investment and trade, Erdoğan says
Relations between Washington and Ankara will strengthen with investment and trade President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Wednesday in his speech to top U.S. executives at the Presidential Palace
Rwanda’s president warns newly freed prisoners to ‘be careful’
Rwanda’s president on Wednesday warned a prominent opposition leader and others newly released from prison to be “humble” and “careful” or they’ll end up behind bars again. President Paul
Turkey eyes drawing more tourists from Far East
Turkey will do more to draw tourists from the Far East as part of its new economic program, a top tourism official told Anadolu Agency on Saturday. “Tourism professionals are working on the
Two car explosions in Mogadishu Somali capital
Two car explosions were heard on Saturday afternoon in the heart of Mogadishu amid a surge in targeted assassinations in the city. A witness told Somali Times that the first car bomb occurred
IMF Staff Concludes Visit to Nairobi to Meet the Somali Authorities
Despite a difficult economic and political environment, the Somali authorities are building a good track record of policy and reform implementation. The authorities are completing the preparatory
Kidero Stole Funds Meant For Pumwani Upgrade – Sonko
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
UK issues travel advice on Kenya over Ebola in Congo
The United Kingdom has issued a travel advisory for its citizens travelling to Kenya citing the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The citizens were also asked to carry certified
Tanzania ferry disaster death reaches 136
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
Outbreak update – Cholera in Somalia, 6 September 2018
6 September 2018 – The Ministry of Health of Somalia has announced 76 new cases of cholera including one death for week 34 (20 to 26 August) of 2018. Over the past two weeks, there has been an
Is China intruding in Israel’s defense industry?
Ephraim Halevy, the former head of Mossad, Israel’s secret service agency, has voiced concerns over the risks that China’s growing presence in Israel pose to national security. As China seeks to
Strategic Turkey-US partnership will strengthen with investment and trade, Erdoğan says
Relations between Washington and Ankara will strengthen with investment and trade President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Wednesday in his speech to top U.S. executives at the Presidential Palace
Rwanda’s president warns newly freed prisoners to ‘be careful’
Rwanda’s president on Wednesday warned a prominent opposition leader and others newly released from prison to be “humble” and “careful” or they’ll end up behind bars again. President Paul