Latest NewsFormer Somalia spy chief says i met leaders of Puntland, Jubaland, and Somaliland in the UAE
File Photo/Somali Times Read: Eritrea reveals UAE’s alarming plans for Somalia The former Somalia spy chief of the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), Abdullahi Mohamed Ali
Read MoreBus 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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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
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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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Former Somalia spy chief says i met leaders of Puntland, Jubaland, and Somaliland in the UAE
File Photo/Somali Times Read: Eritrea reveals UAE’s alarming plans for Somalia The former Somalia spy chief of the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), Abdullahi Mohamed Ali
Read MoreBus 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
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Featured ArticlesFormer Somalia spy chief says i met leaders of Puntland, Jubaland, and Somaliland in the UAE
File Photo/Somali Times Read: Eritrea reveals UAE’s alarming plans for Somalia The former Somalia spy chief of the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), Abdullahi Mohamed Ali
Former Somalia spy chief says i met leaders of Puntland, Jubaland, and Somaliland in the UAE
File Photo/Somali Times Read: Eritrea reveals UAE’s alarming plans for Somalia The former Somalia spy chief of the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), Abdullahi Mohamed Ali
EDITOR’S PIC OF THE WEEKPlane skids off runway in Istanbul, killing three and injuring 179
A Pegasus Airlines plane flying into Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen airport skidded off the end of a wet runway and broke into three pieces after landing on Wednesday, killing three people and injuring
Read MoreThe international community’s press release refers to Somalia’s constitutional reviewing process
File Photo/Somali Times International community press release says process of Somalia reviewing the constitution. The international community ambassadors based in Mogadishu issued a press release
Read MoreIn Khashoggi’s shadow, Macron holds Saudi talks with crown prince
Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, receives French President Emmanuel Macron in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, December 4, 2021. Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court/Handout via REUTERS
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Plane skids off runway in Istanbul, killing three and injuring 179
A Pegasus Airlines plane flying into Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen airport skidded off the end of a wet runway and broke into three pieces after landing on Wednesday, killing three people and injuring
Read MoreThe international community’s press release refers to Somalia’s constitutional reviewing process
File Photo/Somali Times International community press release says process of Somalia reviewing the constitution. The international community ambassadors based in Mogadishu issued a press release
Read MoreIn Khashoggi’s shadow, Macron holds Saudi talks with crown prince
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Blog PostsWhy is Ethiopia still part of the African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia?
File Photo/Somali Times Addis Ababa has tested its maritime ambitions in Somalia earlier this month, with Muse Bihi signing a 20 KM off the coast of Lughaya area in Awdal region northern of
US military confirms Houthis hit US-owned bulk carrier ship in Gulf of Aden
By Anadolu Agency The US military confirmed Wednesday that Yemen’s Houthi group targeted a US-owned carrier ship in the Gulf of Aden with a drone. “At approximately 8:30 pm (Sanaa
Britain’s unexpected inflation increase in December is unlikely to worry the Bank of England
File – Shoppers walk along Oxford Street during the Boxing Day sales in London, Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023. Inflation across the United Kingdom increased unexpectedly last month as a result of
Somalia rejected Ethiopia Airlines landing Hargeisa
The federal government of Somalia has today taken a serious step against Ethiopia as it recently banned the Ethiopian Airlines from Somalia, according to official sources told Somali Times.
UK PM Sunak’s authority faces test in showdown over Rwanda asylum plan
Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivers a ministerial statement titled “Defending the UK and our allies in a more dangerous world” in the House of Commons, in London,
Dar es Salaam lifts KQ ban after Kenya okays Air Tanzania cargo flights
By Business Daily Africa Air Tanzania has secured coveted cargo rights in Kenya, while Kenya Airways saw its passenger route between Nairobi and Dar es Salaam restored, in a swift resolution to a
Somalia’s President son was found guilty killing innocent Turkish national
Mohammed Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud, son of Somalia’s President, was convicted on Tuesday of causing a fatal traffic accident in Istanbul and sentenced to a fine, concluding a high-profile case
Tanzania blocks Kenyan Airways passenger flights in response to Kenya blocking its cargo flights
A Kenya Airways flight approaches landing at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi. Credit to Photo/NMG By The Associated Press Tanzania on Monday announced it had withdrawn approval
Iran claims it struck ‘terrorist’ sites in Syria, Iraq with barrage of missiles
By Anadolu Agency Iran fired a barrage of ballistic missiles at positions of “terrorist groups” in Syria and Iraq late Monday, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said in a
Somalia’s prime minister warns psychopath Ethiopia PM Abiy Ahmed
File Photo/Somali Times Somalia’s prime minister warned Ethiopia on Sunday not to intervene in Somali territories. In a statement during a program in the capital Mogadishu, Hamza Abdi Barre
Why is Ethiopia still part of the African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia?
File Photo/Somali Times Addis Ababa has tested its maritime ambitions in Somalia earlier this month, with Muse Bihi signing a 20 KM off the coast of Lughaya area in Awdal region northern of
US military confirms Houthis hit US-owned bulk carrier ship in Gulf of Aden
By Anadolu Agency The US military confirmed Wednesday that Yemen’s Houthi group targeted a US-owned carrier ship in the Gulf of Aden with a drone. “At approximately 8:30 pm (Sanaa
Britain’s unexpected inflation increase in December is unlikely to worry the Bank of England
File – Shoppers walk along Oxford Street during the Boxing Day sales in London, Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023. Inflation across the United Kingdom increased unexpectedly last month as a result of
Somalia rejected Ethiopia Airlines landing Hargeisa
The federal government of Somalia has today taken a serious step against Ethiopia as it recently banned the Ethiopian Airlines from Somalia, according to official sources told Somali Times.
UK PM Sunak’s authority faces test in showdown over Rwanda asylum plan
Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivers a ministerial statement titled “Defending the UK and our allies in a more dangerous world” in the House of Commons, in London,
Dar es Salaam lifts KQ ban after Kenya okays Air Tanzania cargo flights
By Business Daily Africa Air Tanzania has secured coveted cargo rights in Kenya, while Kenya Airways saw its passenger route between Nairobi and Dar es Salaam restored, in a swift resolution to a
Somalia’s President son was found guilty killing innocent Turkish national
Mohammed Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud, son of Somalia’s President, was convicted on Tuesday of causing a fatal traffic accident in Istanbul and sentenced to a fine, concluding a high-profile case
Tanzania blocks Kenyan Airways passenger flights in response to Kenya blocking its cargo flights
A Kenya Airways flight approaches landing at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi. Credit to Photo/NMG By The Associated Press Tanzania on Monday announced it had withdrawn approval
Iran claims it struck ‘terrorist’ sites in Syria, Iraq with barrage of missiles
By Anadolu Agency Iran fired a barrage of ballistic missiles at positions of “terrorist groups” in Syria and Iraq late Monday, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said in a
Somalia’s prime minister warns psychopath Ethiopia PM Abiy Ahmed
File Photo/Somali Times Somalia’s prime minister warned Ethiopia on Sunday not to intervene in Somali territories. In a statement during a program in the capital Mogadishu, Hamza Abdi Barre