Latest NewsRuto gives timeline for revival of 100-year old railway linking Kenya and Tanzania
By Kenyans President William Ruto has announced that the long-dormant Voi-Mwatate-Taveta railway line will be fully operational by April next year, setting a concrete deadline for a project that
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By Anadolu Agency Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) on Monday warned it will target US forces if they attempt to approach or enter the Strait of Hormuz, escalating tensions in the
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Read MoreTurkey approves $30 million in aid to support Hassan Sheikh and his family
File Photo/Somali Times Turkey has approved a $30 million grant agreement for Somalia corrupt president Hassan Sheikh and his family allies of Turkey, marking a new round of budgetary support for
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By Anadolu Agency Azerbaijan’s parliament on Friday adopted a resolution on suspending cooperation with the European Parliament in “all areas” as it accused the legislative body of continuing its
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Ruto gives timeline for revival of 100-year old railway linking Kenya and Tanzania
By Kenyans President William Ruto has announced that the long-dormant Voi-Mwatate-Taveta railway line will be fully operational by April next year, setting a concrete deadline for a project that
Read MoreIran warns it will attack US forces if they try to enter Hormuz Strait
By Anadolu Agency Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) on Monday warned it will target US forces if they attempt to approach or enter the Strait of Hormuz, escalating tensions in the
Read MoreEU’s regulatory turn risks undermining fair competition
A woman talks through an iPhone at the Berlaymont building, headquarters of the European Commission, in Brussels, Belgium, on March 4, 2024. Photographer Meng Dingbo By Xinhua News Agency With
Read MoreTurkey approves $30 million in aid to support Hassan Sheikh and his family
File Photo/Somali Times Turkey has approved a $30 million grant agreement for Somalia corrupt president Hassan Sheikh and his family allies of Turkey, marking a new round of budgetary support for
Read MoreAzerbaijan suspends cooperation with European Parliament over anti-Azerbaijani policy
By Anadolu Agency Azerbaijan’s parliament on Friday adopted a resolution on suspending cooperation with the European Parliament in “all areas” as it accused the legislative body of continuing its
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Featured ArticlesRuto gives timeline for revival of 100-year old railway linking Kenya and Tanzania
By Kenyans President William Ruto has announced that the long-dormant Voi-Mwatate-Taveta railway line will be fully operational by April next year, setting a concrete deadline for a project that
Ruto gives timeline for revival of 100-year old railway linking Kenya and Tanzania
By Kenyans President William Ruto has announced that the long-dormant Voi-Mwatate-Taveta railway line will be fully operational by April next year, setting a concrete deadline for a project that
EDITOR’S PIC OF THE WEEKPresident Ahmed Madobe says how to resolve the dispute between him and Farmajo.
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Gifted child Aiden Wilkins. Credit Photo: ABC7 By Face2Face Africa t just 9 years old, Aiden Wilkins is sure of what he wants to do when he grows up. The gifted boy from Collegeville,
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President Ahmed Madobe says how to resolve the dispute between him and Farmajo.
Photo/Somali Times/ Jubaland President Ahmed Mohamed Islam, Speaking at Dhusamareb. Jubaland President Ahmed Mohamed Islam, Speaking at the conclusion of the Dhusamareb conference of heads of
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Gifted child Aiden Wilkins. Credit Photo: ABC7 By Face2Face Africa t just 9 years old, Aiden Wilkins is sure of what he wants to do when he grows up. The gifted boy from Collegeville,
Read More$3.8M awarded to grandma after SWAT team used Find My iPhone App to wrongly raid her home
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Blog PostsGunmen kill 25 students in Uganda, abduct several others
Police cordon off a crime scene in Uganda’s capital Kampala By Daily Monitor At least 25 students were killed by armed gunmen who attacked a secondary school in western Uganda on Friday
Drunk man murdered ‘treasured’ father-of-eight in random attack at Sparkhill shisha cafe
Mohammed Adam (left) murdered Fuaad Xuseen Birmingham Mail By Carl Jackson A man who murdered a ‘treasured’ father-of-eight outside a Birmingham shisha bar has been sentenced to life
African leaders start peace mission in Ukraine despite Russian missile barrage
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Naledi Pandor, South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin and President of the
Igad sticks to mediation roadmap amid Sudan rejection of Ruto’s lead role
Kenya President William Ruto when he met Sudan army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan special envoy Malik Agar Nganyoufa (left) on May 29, 2023, and, right, the paramilitary RSF Mohamed Hamdani Daglo
US Senate confirms first female Muslim federal judge
By Anadolu Agency The US Senate confirmed along party lines on Thursday Nusrat Jahan Choudhury to serve as the first Muslim woman and the first Bangladeshi American to serve as a federal judge.
Sweden vows to crack down on criminal networks as number of lethal shootings soars
Police at the scene after a shooting incident, in Farsta, southern Stockholm, Saturday, June 10, 2023. Sweden wants to modernize its legislation to clamp further down on organized crime. The
Putin to discuss grain deal with African leaders on June 17
By Anadolu Agency Russian President Vladimir Putin will discuss the Black Sea Grain Initiative with African leaders on June 17 on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum,
Eight Kenyan police killed in suspected Al-Shabab bombing
Kenya first sent troops into Somalia in 2011 to combat al-Shabab and is now a major contributor of troops to an African Union military operation against the group File Photo Njeri Mwangi/Reuters
At least 78 migrants dead and dozens feared missing after fishing vessel sinks off Greece
Survivors arrive by yacht after a rescue operation at the port in Kalamata town, about 240 kilometers (150miles) southwest of Athens on Wednesday, June 14, 2023. Authorities say at least 30
Belarus starts taking delivery of Russian nuclear weapons
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko speaks to journalists during his visit to a military-industrial complex facility in the Minsk Region, Belarus June 13, 2023. Press Service of the
Gunmen kill 25 students in Uganda, abduct several others
Police cordon off a crime scene in Uganda’s capital Kampala By Daily Monitor At least 25 students were killed by armed gunmen who attacked a secondary school in western Uganda on Friday
Drunk man murdered ‘treasured’ father-of-eight in random attack at Sparkhill shisha cafe
Mohammed Adam (left) murdered Fuaad Xuseen Birmingham Mail By Carl Jackson A man who murdered a ‘treasured’ father-of-eight outside a Birmingham shisha bar has been sentenced to life
African leaders start peace mission in Ukraine despite Russian missile barrage
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Naledi Pandor, South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin and President of the
Igad sticks to mediation roadmap amid Sudan rejection of Ruto’s lead role
Kenya President William Ruto when he met Sudan army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan special envoy Malik Agar Nganyoufa (left) on May 29, 2023, and, right, the paramilitary RSF Mohamed Hamdani Daglo
US Senate confirms first female Muslim federal judge
By Anadolu Agency The US Senate confirmed along party lines on Thursday Nusrat Jahan Choudhury to serve as the first Muslim woman and the first Bangladeshi American to serve as a federal judge.
Sweden vows to crack down on criminal networks as number of lethal shootings soars
Police at the scene after a shooting incident, in Farsta, southern Stockholm, Saturday, June 10, 2023. Sweden wants to modernize its legislation to clamp further down on organized crime. The
Putin to discuss grain deal with African leaders on June 17
By Anadolu Agency Russian President Vladimir Putin will discuss the Black Sea Grain Initiative with African leaders on June 17 on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum,
Eight Kenyan police killed in suspected Al-Shabab bombing
Kenya first sent troops into Somalia in 2011 to combat al-Shabab and is now a major contributor of troops to an African Union military operation against the group File Photo Njeri Mwangi/Reuters
At least 78 migrants dead and dozens feared missing after fishing vessel sinks off Greece
Survivors arrive by yacht after a rescue operation at the port in Kalamata town, about 240 kilometers (150miles) southwest of Athens on Wednesday, June 14, 2023. Authorities say at least 30
Belarus starts taking delivery of Russian nuclear weapons
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko speaks to journalists during his visit to a military-industrial complex facility in the Minsk Region, Belarus June 13, 2023. Press Service of the