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File Photo/Somali Times UK urges Somalia’s outgoing President Hassan Sheikh to engage in inclusive political dialogue and election. Read: Jihadist turned Erdoğan asset in Speaker’s chair – poised
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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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UK urges Somalia’s outgoing president Hassan Sheikh to engage in inclusive political dialogue and election
File Photo/Somali Times UK urges Somalia’s outgoing President Hassan Sheikh to engage in inclusive political dialogue and election. Read: Jihadist turned Erdoğan asset in Speaker’s chair – poised
Read MoreKenyans in U.S. on high alert as Trump plans to revoke more visas
A photo collage of U.S. President Donald Trump and a U.S. visa, March 20, 2026. Photo White House, Canva By Kenyans The U.S. government is preparing to revoke the business and tourism visas of up
Read MoreIran warns that ships violating Hormuz transit rules risk detention, seizure
By Anadolu Agency Iran warned Sunday that vessels failing to comply with its transit rules in the Strait of Hormuz could face fines, detention or seizure during subsequent crossings. The warning
Read MoreWhy 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
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Featured ArticlesUK urges Somalia’s outgoing president Hassan Sheikh to engage in inclusive political dialogue and election
File Photo/Somali Times UK urges Somalia’s outgoing President Hassan Sheikh to engage in inclusive political dialogue and election. Read: Jihadist turned Erdoğan asset in Speaker’s chair – poised
UK urges Somalia’s outgoing president Hassan Sheikh to engage in inclusive political dialogue and election
File Photo/Somali Times UK urges Somalia’s outgoing President Hassan Sheikh to engage in inclusive political dialogue and election. Read: Jihadist turned Erdoğan asset in Speaker’s chair – poised
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Iran says war games in Gulf were warning to Israel
An explosion is seen on the water surface behind a member of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) during a joint military exercise called the ‘Great Prophet 17’ in the southwest
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Somali Times Photographer The Puntland regional administration has issued a press release today praising the elections held yesterday in the administrative areas. The administration were greatly
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Fowsia Yusuf Haji Adan Member of Parliament who held a press conference in Mogadishu today announced that she will not give up her candidacy for the chair of the African Union whose election will
Rwandan President Kagame accuses West of double standards on democracy
Rwandan President Paul Kagame. Credit Photo/Reuters By Xinhua News Agency Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Monday accused Western countries of adopting “double standards” on democracy, ahead of
Exclusive: Somalia asks peacekeepers to slow withdrawal, fears Islamist resurgence
By Reuters Somalia’s government is seeking to slow the withdrawal of African peacekeepers and warning of a potential security vacuum, documents seen by Reuters show, with neighbouring
Turkey signed two major deals with Somalia. Will it be able to implement them?
By Atlantic Council On June 17, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud met with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in Ankara. It was the fourth high-level meeting between the two countries this
Somali lawmakers advised traders not to buy School Bulusiya cemetery from corrupt President Hassan Sheikh
File Photo/Somali Times There is still tension in the city of Mogadishu that arose from the area of the School Bulusiya Cemetery, after the Somali government ordered the removal of the bodies,
Russian President Putin arrives in North Korea for 1st official visit in 24 years
By Anadolu Agency Russian President Vladimir Putin landed in North Korea’s capital Pyongyang on Tuesday for his first visit to the nation in 24 years, the Kremlin said. The Russian
Kenyan parliament panel urges govt to scrap some new taxes as hundreds protest
Protestors participate in a demonstration against Kenya’s proposed finance bill 2024/2025 in Nairobi, Kenya, June 18, 2024. Photographer Monicah Mwangi By Reuters A Kenyan parliamentary
Remembering Detroit’s first Black McDonald’s franchise owner Dr. William Pickard who also built a $500M company
Courtesy of the Pickard family via cnbc By Face2Face Africa Dr. William Pickard hailed from Detroit and became one of America’s most successful Black entrepreneurs. Pickard, 83, who passed away
Exclusive: UK approval of arms exports to Israel plunged at start of Gaza war
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivers a speech outside Number 10 Downing Street, in London, Britain, May 22, 2024. Photographer Toby Melville/File Photo By Reuters Britain’s approval
China loans delay plunges Eacop partners in crisis
A section of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline on the Ugandan side. Photo/Pool By The East African More than a year since Chinese financiers and the developers of the East African Crude Oil
Somalia dodgy president Hassan Sheikh’s urges AU chairperson candidate to withdraw for Djibouti
Fowsia Yusuf Haji Adan Member of Parliament who held a press conference in Mogadishu today announced that she will not give up her candidacy for the chair of the African Union whose election will
Rwandan President Kagame accuses West of double standards on democracy
Rwandan President Paul Kagame. Credit Photo/Reuters By Xinhua News Agency Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Monday accused Western countries of adopting “double standards” on democracy, ahead of
Exclusive: Somalia asks peacekeepers to slow withdrawal, fears Islamist resurgence
By Reuters Somalia’s government is seeking to slow the withdrawal of African peacekeepers and warning of a potential security vacuum, documents seen by Reuters show, with neighbouring
Turkey signed two major deals with Somalia. Will it be able to implement them?
By Atlantic Council On June 17, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud met with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in Ankara. It was the fourth high-level meeting between the two countries this
Somali lawmakers advised traders not to buy School Bulusiya cemetery from corrupt President Hassan Sheikh
File Photo/Somali Times There is still tension in the city of Mogadishu that arose from the area of the School Bulusiya Cemetery, after the Somali government ordered the removal of the bodies,
Russian President Putin arrives in North Korea for 1st official visit in 24 years
By Anadolu Agency Russian President Vladimir Putin landed in North Korea’s capital Pyongyang on Tuesday for his first visit to the nation in 24 years, the Kremlin said. The Russian
Kenyan parliament panel urges govt to scrap some new taxes as hundreds protest
Protestors participate in a demonstration against Kenya’s proposed finance bill 2024/2025 in Nairobi, Kenya, June 18, 2024. Photographer Monicah Mwangi By Reuters A Kenyan parliamentary
Remembering Detroit’s first Black McDonald’s franchise owner Dr. William Pickard who also built a $500M company
Courtesy of the Pickard family via cnbc By Face2Face Africa Dr. William Pickard hailed from Detroit and became one of America’s most successful Black entrepreneurs. Pickard, 83, who passed away
Exclusive: UK approval of arms exports to Israel plunged at start of Gaza war
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivers a speech outside Number 10 Downing Street, in London, Britain, May 22, 2024. Photographer Toby Melville/File Photo By Reuters Britain’s approval
China loans delay plunges Eacop partners in crisis
A section of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline on the Ugandan side. Photo/Pool By The East African More than a year since Chinese financiers and the developers of the East African Crude Oil