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.
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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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 WEEKTurkey, US conduct joint maritime drill in Black Sea
Training enhances cooperation, interoperability between Turkish, US naval forces, says National Defense Ministry Turkish and US naval forces conducted a joint maritime exercise in the Black Sea,
Read MoreTurkey increases its footprint in naval drone exports
The ULAQ armed unmanned surface vessel (AUSV) developed for the Qatari Coast Guard by Ares Shipyard and ULAQ Global is seen in this photo at an undisclosed location, Jan. 3, 2026. ULAQ Global
Read MoreSomalia’s intelligence chief worked with an al Qaeda affiliate, so why do we fund him?
Somali spy chief Fahad Yasin By Michael Rubin Somalia has become a money pit for the United States. In recent years, the U.S. government has pumped hundreds of millions of dollars annually into
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Turkey, US conduct joint maritime drill in Black Sea
Training enhances cooperation, interoperability between Turkish, US naval forces, says National Defense Ministry Turkish and US naval forces conducted a joint maritime exercise in the Black Sea,
Read MoreTurkey increases its footprint in naval drone exports
The ULAQ armed unmanned surface vessel (AUSV) developed for the Qatari Coast Guard by Ares Shipyard and ULAQ Global is seen in this photo at an undisclosed location, Jan. 3, 2026. ULAQ Global
Read MoreSomalia’s intelligence chief worked with an al Qaeda affiliate, so why do we fund him?
Somali spy chief Fahad Yasin By Michael Rubin Somalia has become a money pit for the United States. In recent years, the U.S. government has pumped hundreds of millions of dollars annually into
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Blog PostsBosaso. allows UAE aircraft to depart Bosaso airport stand-off
Bosaso.security forces have allowed a UAE airplane to take-off from the airport of Bosaso, the commercial city of the north eastern Federal State on Saturday after a stand-off. The aircraft was
Somali President is in Dhahran to attend Arab league Summit
Mogadishu-President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, H.E. Mohamed Abdulahi Mohamed together with a delegation landed at Dhahran International Airport in Saudi Arabia where he would attend 29th
Syria air strikes: US and allies attack chemical weapons sites
Syria- The US, UK and France have bombed multiple government targets in Syria in an early morning operation targeting alleged chemical weapons sites. The strikes were in response to a suspected
Somali foreign minister meets with Arab League Secretary General
Saudi Arabia-The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Federal Somalia, Mr Ahmed Issa Awad, and the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, HE Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed. The
Tanzania cyber law introduces $900 fees for bloggers
Tanzania’s government has approved a law that will regulate content posted online, introducing fees for bloggers and online media in addition to policing morals and authenticity of social media
Somali Prime Minister visits the Ministry of Health
Somali Prime Minister, Mr Hassan Khaire, on a visit to the Ministry of Health, has welcomed the Minister of Health Mrs Fowsia Abikar Nur and some of the Ministry’s staff. The Prime
Uganda: Government Proposes Shs100 Daily Tax On Social Media Users
The government has proposed a daily taxation of Shs100 on all social media users.While addressing journalists at Uganda Media Centre today, the State Minister for Planning, Mr David Bahati said
The Minister Air Aviation with delegation travel to Turkey
Istanbul – The Minister of Transport and Air Transport of Somalia Mr. Mohamed Abdullahi Salat “Omar” has Turkish Airlines’s Turkish Airlines flight headquarters in
Turkey tells US, Russia to stop ‘fighting like bullies’
ANKARA-Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has urged the U.S. and Russia to stop “fighting like street bullies”. Speaking at the Gebze Technical University in northwestern Kocaeli province Wednesday,
Somalia has repaid UAE’s support with insult: Bahrain Foreign Minister
Bahrain’s Foreign Minister, Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, has weighed in on the diplomatic tension between United Arab Emirates and Somalia, describing the latter as ungrateful and unfair to its
Bosaso. allows UAE aircraft to depart Bosaso airport stand-off
Bosaso.security forces have allowed a UAE airplane to take-off from the airport of Bosaso, the commercial city of the north eastern Federal State on Saturday after a stand-off. The aircraft was
Somali President is in Dhahran to attend Arab league Summit
Mogadishu-President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, H.E. Mohamed Abdulahi Mohamed together with a delegation landed at Dhahran International Airport in Saudi Arabia where he would attend 29th
Syria air strikes: US and allies attack chemical weapons sites
Syria- The US, UK and France have bombed multiple government targets in Syria in an early morning operation targeting alleged chemical weapons sites. The strikes were in response to a suspected
Somali foreign minister meets with Arab League Secretary General
Saudi Arabia-The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Federal Somalia, Mr Ahmed Issa Awad, and the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, HE Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed. The
Tanzania cyber law introduces $900 fees for bloggers
Tanzania’s government has approved a law that will regulate content posted online, introducing fees for bloggers and online media in addition to policing morals and authenticity of social media
Somali Prime Minister visits the Ministry of Health
Somali Prime Minister, Mr Hassan Khaire, on a visit to the Ministry of Health, has welcomed the Minister of Health Mrs Fowsia Abikar Nur and some of the Ministry’s staff. The Prime
Uganda: Government Proposes Shs100 Daily Tax On Social Media Users
The government has proposed a daily taxation of Shs100 on all social media users.While addressing journalists at Uganda Media Centre today, the State Minister for Planning, Mr David Bahati said
The Minister Air Aviation with delegation travel to Turkey
Istanbul – The Minister of Transport and Air Transport of Somalia Mr. Mohamed Abdullahi Salat “Omar” has Turkish Airlines’s Turkish Airlines flight headquarters in
Turkey tells US, Russia to stop ‘fighting like bullies’
ANKARA-Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has urged the U.S. and Russia to stop “fighting like street bullies”. Speaking at the Gebze Technical University in northwestern Kocaeli province Wednesday,
Somalia has repaid UAE’s support with insult: Bahrain Foreign Minister
Bahrain’s Foreign Minister, Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, has weighed in on the diplomatic tension between United Arab Emirates and Somalia, describing the latter as ungrateful and unfair to its