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 WEEKUproar as Nigerian man, 54, ‘marries’ four-year-old girl to ‘save her from death’
A 54-year-old Nigerian man is said to have married a four-year-old girl o December 26, 2023. By The East African The marriage between a four-year-old ‘bride’ and a 54-year-old man in Nigeria’s
Read MoreEU pledges $170B investment package for Africa
By Anadolu Agency Leaders from the European Union and African Union agreed on Friday to renew their partnership and launch a €150 billion ($170 billion) worth investment package. The European
Read MoreWhy UN envoy Somalia James Swan witnessing Hassan Sheikh blocking aid to Jubaland?
File Photo/Somali Times Why UN envoy Somalia James Swan witnessing Hassan Sheikh blocking aid to Jubaland, in the city of Kismayo, the capital of Lower Jubba region, hundreds of Somali people
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Uproar as Nigerian man, 54, ‘marries’ four-year-old girl to ‘save her from death’
A 54-year-old Nigerian man is said to have married a four-year-old girl o December 26, 2023. By The East African The marriage between a four-year-old ‘bride’ and a 54-year-old man in Nigeria’s
Read MoreEU pledges $170B investment package for Africa
By Anadolu Agency Leaders from the European Union and African Union agreed on Friday to renew their partnership and launch a €150 billion ($170 billion) worth investment package. The European
Read MoreWhy UN envoy Somalia James Swan witnessing Hassan Sheikh blocking aid to Jubaland?
File Photo/Somali Times Why UN envoy Somalia James Swan witnessing Hassan Sheikh blocking aid to Jubaland, in the city of Kismayo, the capital of Lower Jubba region, hundreds of Somali people
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Blog PostsChinese-built Ethiopia-Djibouti railway begins commercial operations
The Chinese-built 756-km electrified rail project connecting landlocked Ethiopia to Djibouti officially started commercial operations on Monday with a ceremony held in Ethiopia’s capital
Djibouti is open to Turkey’s efforts to safeguard Red Sea, ambassador says
Djibouti is open to any kind of approach from Turkey such as building a military base to secure the Red Sea, Djiboutian ambassador to Ankara Aden H. Abdillahi has said, pointing to possible steps
Under the Radar: An unrecognized democracy emerges in Somaliland
On 13 November 2017, Somaliland, an unrecognized country, went to the polls to elect its fifth president since its founding 26 years ago. Somaliland’s role in the region is changing as key
Somalia President Mohahamed Abdullahi farmajo orders Army Chief to probe the attack at Senator’s house
Mogadishu-President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, H.E. Mohamed Abdulahi Farmaho on Saturday afternoon ordered chief of Somali National Army, Gen. Abdiweli Hussein Jama to investigate
Somalia, Norwegian Refugee Council sign contract of 2.7 Million to help people hit by the drought, water shortage
Mogadishu Minister of Finance of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Abdirahman Duale Beyle and Head of Norwegian Refugee Council in Somalia,Barnaba Asarg signed an agreement of 2.7 Million U.S
Turkey, Russia sign S-400 missile defense system deal
Ankara-Turkey said Friday it has signed an agreement with Russia for the purchase of the S-400 missile defense systems. Turkey’s Undersecretariat for Defense Industries said in a statement:
Djibouti signs $4bn gas project deal with China’s
Djibouti has signed a preliminary deal for a $4bn gas project with Chinese firm POLY-GCL Petroleum Group Holdings Ltd. The Horn of Africa nation has signed a memorandum of understanding with the
Historic day Somali Airspace full Control: 28 December 2017
the Federal Republic of Somalia, H.E. Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo attended opening ceremony of the offices and equipment to control Somali airspace today December 28, 2017 here in
Erdogan’s visit to Chad is the second stop
N’DJAMENA, Chad In a joint declaration and talks between Turkish and Chadian leaders and their delegations, the two countries spoke in unison on a host of international issues and terrorism —
Recaps Somalia’s achievements in 2017, stresses need for cooperation and curbing violence and corruption in 2018
United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia Unsom Somalis face some of the toughest living conditions in the world. Millions are struggling to cope with the consequences of drought. Insecurity
Chinese-built Ethiopia-Djibouti railway begins commercial operations
The Chinese-built 756-km electrified rail project connecting landlocked Ethiopia to Djibouti officially started commercial operations on Monday with a ceremony held in Ethiopia’s capital
Djibouti is open to Turkey’s efforts to safeguard Red Sea, ambassador says
Djibouti is open to any kind of approach from Turkey such as building a military base to secure the Red Sea, Djiboutian ambassador to Ankara Aden H. Abdillahi has said, pointing to possible steps
Under the Radar: An unrecognized democracy emerges in Somaliland
On 13 November 2017, Somaliland, an unrecognized country, went to the polls to elect its fifth president since its founding 26 years ago. Somaliland’s role in the region is changing as key
Somalia President Mohahamed Abdullahi farmajo orders Army Chief to probe the attack at Senator’s house
Mogadishu-President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, H.E. Mohamed Abdulahi Farmaho on Saturday afternoon ordered chief of Somali National Army, Gen. Abdiweli Hussein Jama to investigate
Somalia, Norwegian Refugee Council sign contract of 2.7 Million to help people hit by the drought, water shortage
Mogadishu Minister of Finance of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Abdirahman Duale Beyle and Head of Norwegian Refugee Council in Somalia,Barnaba Asarg signed an agreement of 2.7 Million U.S
Turkey, Russia sign S-400 missile defense system deal
Ankara-Turkey said Friday it has signed an agreement with Russia for the purchase of the S-400 missile defense systems. Turkey’s Undersecretariat for Defense Industries said in a statement:
Djibouti signs $4bn gas project deal with China’s
Djibouti has signed a preliminary deal for a $4bn gas project with Chinese firm POLY-GCL Petroleum Group Holdings Ltd. The Horn of Africa nation has signed a memorandum of understanding with the
Historic day Somali Airspace full Control: 28 December 2017
the Federal Republic of Somalia, H.E. Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo attended opening ceremony of the offices and equipment to control Somali airspace today December 28, 2017 here in
Erdogan’s visit to Chad is the second stop
N’DJAMENA, Chad In a joint declaration and talks between Turkish and Chadian leaders and their delegations, the two countries spoke in unison on a host of international issues and terrorism —
Recaps Somalia’s achievements in 2017, stresses need for cooperation and curbing violence and corruption in 2018
United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia Unsom Somalis face some of the toughest living conditions in the world. Millions are struggling to cope with the consequences of drought. Insecurity