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Chinese President Xi Jinping and Kenyan President William Ruto shake hands during a signing ceremony at The Great Hall of The People on April 24, 2025 in Beijing, China By Reuters Kenya has
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Credit Photo/AA By Xinhua News Agency U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that Washington had reached “major points of agreement” with Iran and was in contact with “a top
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File Photo/Somali Times The President of the Southwest State of Somalia, Abdiasis Hassan Mohamed Laftagaren, has issued a formal decree appointing the Independent Electoral and Boundaries
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Kenya says it has finalised trade deal negotiations with China
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Kenyan President William Ruto shake hands during a signing ceremony at The Great Hall of The People on April 24, 2025 in Beijing, China By Reuters Kenya has
Read MoreUS senator rejects $200B request for Iran war, vows to block bombs for Israel
By Anadolu Agency US Senator Bernie Sanders said Tuesday that he would “absolutely not” support a proposed $200 billion funding request for the Iran war, vowing to introduce a measure to block
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Gold bars are displayed to be photographed at bullion house in Mumbai December 3, 2009. Photographer Arko Datt By Reuters Record gold prices are pushing South Africa’s beleaguered mining
Read MoreTrump claims major points of agreement with Iran while Tehran denies any contact
Credit Photo/AA By Xinhua News Agency U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that Washington had reached “major points of agreement” with Iran and was in contact with “a top
Read MoreSomalia Southwest state announces Electoral Commission
File Photo/Somali Times The President of the Southwest State of Somalia, Abdiasis Hassan Mohamed Laftagaren, has issued a formal decree appointing the Independent Electoral and Boundaries
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Featured ArticlesKenya says it has finalised trade deal negotiations with China
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Kenyan President William Ruto shake hands during a signing ceremony at The Great Hall of The People on April 24, 2025 in Beijing, China By Reuters Kenya has
Kenya says it has finalised trade deal negotiations with China
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Kenyan President William Ruto shake hands during a signing ceremony at The Great Hall of The People on April 24, 2025 in Beijing, China By Reuters Kenya has
EDITOR’S PIC OF THE WEEKFBI probes couple over child sex abuse claims
Gregory Dow and his wife Mary Rose. Mr Dow served time for sex-related crimes in the US before travelling to Kenya where he started a children’s home in Bomet County. The Federal Bureau of
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Photo/Somali Times Minister Awad sent warnings to several countries, Mogadishu, Somali Foreign Minister Ahmed Isse Awad announced that it has met with the ambassadors of the international
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Couzens pleaded guilty to the kidnap, rape and murder of Everard at earlier court hearings. Photograph: Metropolitan police/PA The Guardian By Vikram Dodd and Haroon Siddique Sentencing hearing
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FBI probes couple over child sex abuse claims
Gregory Dow and his wife Mary Rose. Mr Dow served time for sex-related crimes in the US before travelling to Kenya where he started a children’s home in Bomet County. The Federal Bureau of
Read MoreSomali Foreign Minister met Ambassadors international presence in Mogadishu
Photo/Somali Times Minister Awad sent warnings to several countries, Mogadishu, Somali Foreign Minister Ahmed Isse Awad announced that it has met with the ambassadors of the international
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File Photo/Somali Times A group of traditional elders from Mogadishu arrived in the conflict-ridden town of Las Anod on Monday to find a peaceful solution to the Las Anod conflict, which has been
KQ, SAA eye partnership next year
By Business Daily Africa Kenya Airways and South African Airways have finally announced the formation of the much-touted Pan-African Airline Group next year after the plan was first mooted three
Oil markets steady as investors weigh banking crisis, Russia
By Reuters Oil prices stabilised in Asian trade on Monday as investors sought cues from broader financial markets, while comments by Russian President Vladimir Putin over the weekend ratcheted up
Raila, Malema take supporters to streets, protest high cost of living
South Africa’s Julius Malema (left) and Kenya’s Raila Odinga. On March 20, 2023 they were at the centre of protests that went on concurrently in their respective countries: Credit to Photo/AFP By
Heathrow and Gatwick: Airline with the most leg room on flights named and it’s not British Airways, Virgin Atlantic or Emirates
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Mortars hit parts of Mogadishu, but Hassan Sheikh is doing nothing about it
File Photo/Somali Times More news is coming from a number of mortars that fell early this morning in the neighborhoods of Wadajir district in Mogadishu. The preliminary reports that are coming
Ugandan president confirms participation in 2nd Russia-Africa Summit
By Anadolu Agency Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said Saturday he will attend the upcoming Russia-Africa Summit and Economic Forum in St. Petersburg. “I will definitely come to St.
My family owned 1,000 slaves and profited from the trade: this is how I am trying to make amends
The bell of the Belmont Estate in Grenada, a former 17th-century slave plantation. Photograph: Georg Berg/Alamy The Guardian By Laura Trevelyan In 1833, when Britain finally abolished slavery, my
Afghan pilot who served with British forces and fled to UK in small boat facing deportation to Rwanda
The Afghan pilot faces deportation to Rwanda after arriving in the UK on a small boat (supplied) The Independent By Holly Bancroft An Afghan war veteran who served alongside British armed forces
Putin says Moscow to station nuclear weapons in Belarus, first time since 1990s
Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko during a meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia February 17, 2023.
Mogadishu elders shocked crime committed by warlord Muse Bihi in Las Anod
File Photo/Somali Times A group of traditional elders from Mogadishu arrived in the conflict-ridden town of Las Anod on Monday to find a peaceful solution to the Las Anod conflict, which has been
KQ, SAA eye partnership next year
By Business Daily Africa Kenya Airways and South African Airways have finally announced the formation of the much-touted Pan-African Airline Group next year after the plan was first mooted three
Oil markets steady as investors weigh banking crisis, Russia
By Reuters Oil prices stabilised in Asian trade on Monday as investors sought cues from broader financial markets, while comments by Russian President Vladimir Putin over the weekend ratcheted up
Raila, Malema take supporters to streets, protest high cost of living
South Africa’s Julius Malema (left) and Kenya’s Raila Odinga. On March 20, 2023 they were at the centre of protests that went on concurrently in their respective countries: Credit to Photo/AFP By
Heathrow and Gatwick: Airline with the most leg room on flights named and it’s not British Airways, Virgin Atlantic or Emirates
A Boeing 787 of the travel company Tui takes off from the southern runway at Gatwick Airport: Credit Photographer Peter Nicholls/Reuters MyLondon By Ertan Karpazli Going on holiday abroad could
Mortars hit parts of Mogadishu, but Hassan Sheikh is doing nothing about it
File Photo/Somali Times More news is coming from a number of mortars that fell early this morning in the neighborhoods of Wadajir district in Mogadishu. The preliminary reports that are coming
Ugandan president confirms participation in 2nd Russia-Africa Summit
By Anadolu Agency Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said Saturday he will attend the upcoming Russia-Africa Summit and Economic Forum in St. Petersburg. “I will definitely come to St.
My family owned 1,000 slaves and profited from the trade: this is how I am trying to make amends
The bell of the Belmont Estate in Grenada, a former 17th-century slave plantation. Photograph: Georg Berg/Alamy The Guardian By Laura Trevelyan In 1833, when Britain finally abolished slavery, my
Afghan pilot who served with British forces and fled to UK in small boat facing deportation to Rwanda
The Afghan pilot faces deportation to Rwanda after arriving in the UK on a small boat (supplied) The Independent By Holly Bancroft An Afghan war veteran who served alongside British armed forces
Putin says Moscow to station nuclear weapons in Belarus, first time since 1990s
Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko during a meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia February 17, 2023.