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
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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
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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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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 WEEK17-fishermen-released-by-Somalia illegally entering Somalia’s territorial waters
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17-fishermen-released-by-Somalia illegally entering Somalia’s territorial waters
A group of Fishermen who had been detained on charges of illegally entering Somalia’s territorial waters in late 2017 were released and returned home on Thursday. Following the efforts of the
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Blog PostsUproar as Nigerian man, 54, ‘marries’ four-year-old girl to ‘save her from death’
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Somalia’s parliament tablet motion security agreements between Ethiopia and UAE
File Photo Somali Times/President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh, both houses speakers Members of the People’s Assembly of the Parliament of the Federal Republic of Somalia have submitted a
NTSB says no passengers seated near Boeing 737 MAX 9 fuselage that failed
People sit on a plane next to a missing window and portion of a side wall of an Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, which had been bound for Ontario, California and suffered depressurization soon after
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Somalia president signed the law of the two houses annulled the agreement between Ethiopia and Hargeisa administration
Photo Somali Times/President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh, both houses speakers The President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud, has signed the law of the two houses of Parliament that annulled the
With Mideast in crisis, US’ Blinken meets Turkish president, foreign minister in Istanbul
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Britain hit by flooding after heavy rain swells major rivers
An aerial view shows properties surrounded by floodwater, in the aftermath of Storm Henk, on an island in the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames, Britain, January 5, 2024. Photographer Toby
Somalia president announced what happened between dictator Ismaïl Omar Guelleh and Muse Bihi signing maritime agreement with Ethiopia
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud spoke in part of his speech at the mosque about what happened in Djibouti between him and Muse Bihi, before the maritime agreement in Addis Ababa took place.
‘Blade Runner’ Pistorius released on parole 11 years after murdering girlfriend
Oscar Pistorius enters the dock before court proceedings at the Pretoria Magistrates court June 4, 2013. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo By Reuters South African former Paralympic star Oscar
Sudan recalls Kenya envoy in protest after Ruto’s meeting with Hemedti
President William Ruto (right) with the leader of Rapid Support Forces Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo at State House, Nairobi on January 3, 2023. By AFP Sudan recalled its ambassador from Nairobi
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
Somalia’s parliament tablet motion security agreements between Ethiopia and UAE
File Photo Somali Times/President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh, both houses speakers Members of the People’s Assembly of the Parliament of the Federal Republic of Somalia have submitted a
NTSB says no passengers seated near Boeing 737 MAX 9 fuselage that failed
People sit on a plane next to a missing window and portion of a side wall of an Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, which had been bound for Ontario, California and suffered depressurization soon after
As police lose the war on crime in South Africa, private security companies step in
Anton Koen, a former police officer who now runs a private security firm that specializes in tracking and recovering hijacked and stolen vehicles, prepares to go out on patrol east of
Somalia president signed the law of the two houses annulled the agreement between Ethiopia and Hargeisa administration
Photo Somali Times/President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh, both houses speakers The President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud, has signed the law of the two houses of Parliament that annulled the
With Mideast in crisis, US’ Blinken meets Turkish president, foreign minister in Istanbul
By Anadolu Agency Facing a Mideast region in crisis and a number of pressing bilateral issues, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Saturday met with US
Britain hit by flooding after heavy rain swells major rivers
An aerial view shows properties surrounded by floodwater, in the aftermath of Storm Henk, on an island in the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames, Britain, January 5, 2024. Photographer Toby
Somalia president announced what happened between dictator Ismaïl Omar Guelleh and Muse Bihi signing maritime agreement with Ethiopia
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud spoke in part of his speech at the mosque about what happened in Djibouti between him and Muse Bihi, before the maritime agreement in Addis Ababa took place.
‘Blade Runner’ Pistorius released on parole 11 years after murdering girlfriend
Oscar Pistorius enters the dock before court proceedings at the Pretoria Magistrates court June 4, 2013. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo By Reuters South African former Paralympic star Oscar
Sudan recalls Kenya envoy in protest after Ruto’s meeting with Hemedti
President William Ruto (right) with the leader of Rapid Support Forces Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo at State House, Nairobi on January 3, 2023. By AFP Sudan recalled its ambassador from Nairobi