Latest NewsSomalia’s president Hassan Sheikh and his family have become dictators through one-party elections
Photo Somali Times, Thursday December 25th 2025. Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh and his family have become dictators through one-party elections. ead: Somalia corrupt president Hassan
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Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh and his family have become dictators through one-party elections
Photo Somali Times, Thursday December 25th 2025. Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh and his family have become dictators through one-party elections. ead: Somalia corrupt president Hassan
Read MoreBP to sell 65% stake in Castrol to Stonepeak for $6 billion
Castrol motor oil bottles are seen in this illustration taken June 19, 2025. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo By Reuters BP, opens new tab has agreed to sell a 65% stake in its Castrol
Read MoreIran says missile program aimed at defending national sovereignty, non-negotiable
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei is pictured during a press conference in Tehran, Iran, Dec. 14, 2025. By Xinhua News Agency Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei
Read MoreVenezuela reaches oil production target amid US pressure
By Anadolu Agency Venezuela has reached its goal of producing 1.2 million barrels of crude oil per day this year, despite intensifying US pressure and tanker seizures, said Vice President Delcy
Read MoreKenya seeks Egypt partnership to boost local defence manufacturing
By Kenyans Kenya has taken a step toward strengthening defence manufacturing capacity following a high-level visit to Egypt by senior officials from the Directorate of National Security
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Featured ArticlesSomalia’s president Hassan Sheikh and his family have become dictators through one-party elections
Photo Somali Times, Thursday December 25th 2025. Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh and his family have become dictators through one-party elections. ead: Somalia corrupt president Hassan
Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh and his family have become dictators through one-party elections
Photo Somali Times, Thursday December 25th 2025. Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh and his family have become dictators through one-party elections. ead: Somalia corrupt president Hassan
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Read MoreSomalia’s Ministry of Defense says the African Union summit outcome is a colony tactic.
Photo/Somali Times Somalia’s Ministry of Defense has denied reports that Amisom troops are monitoring the activities of Somali government forces amid political tensions that threaten the
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Turkey’s Baykar to deliver drones to Kuwait in $370 million deal
A Bayraktar Akinci unmanned combat drone is pictured at SAHA EXPO Defence & Aerospace Exhibition in Istanbul, Turkey, October 27, 2022. Photographer Umit Bektas/File Photo By Reuters Turkey
Read MoreTop 10 African countries for real estate investment in 2025
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Photo/Somali Times Somalia’s Ministry of Defense has denied reports that Amisom troops are monitoring the activities of Somali government forces amid political tensions that threaten the
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By Anadolu Agency Facing charges of racism, the EU foreign policy chief on Monday passed up the chance to make amends, instead brushing off the controversy as something normal. Asked how he is
NATO begins nuclear exercises amid Russia war tensions
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, left, speaks with U.S. Secretary for Defense Lloyd J. Austin III during a group photo of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels,
Saudi cousin of Mohammed bin Salman threatens West with ‘jihad and martyrdom’
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Head of Somali journalists union released on bail
The secretary-general of the Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) was released on bail Sunday after being arrested six days earlier on security-related charges, according to Anadolu Agency
Saudi king Salman says kingdom seeks stability and balance in oil markets
Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz leaves the King Faisal Hospital and Research Centre in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia May 15, 2022. Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court By Reuters Saudi King
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By Daily Nation President William Ruto Sunday accused his predecessor Uhuru Kenyatta of presiding over an economic and security mess, which he said he needed time to fix, as he rolled out plans
UK leader Liz Truss goes from triumph to trouble in 6 weeks
Britain’s Prime Minister Liz Truss attends a press conference in the Downing Street Briefing Room in central London, Friday Oct. 14, 2022. Truss has only been in office for six weeks. But
Chinese president vows to take control of Taiwan
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Indian Pharmaceutical Company Responsible for the Deaths of Dozens of Gambian Children
By The African Exponent The decision to halt production in the company comes after an investigation began earlier this month after multiple children died having consumed a cough syrup the company
EU foreign policy chief brushes off controversy over ‘jungle’ remarks
By Anadolu Agency Facing charges of racism, the EU foreign policy chief on Monday passed up the chance to make amends, instead brushing off the controversy as something normal. Asked how he is
NATO begins nuclear exercises amid Russia war tensions
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, left, speaks with U.S. Secretary for Defense Lloyd J. Austin III during a group photo of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels,
Saudi cousin of Mohammed bin Salman threatens West with ‘jihad and martyrdom’
Credit: Reuters Photographer Louiza Vradi/Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman By Middle East Eye Saud al-Shaalan, tribal leader and grandson of King Abdulaziz, issues warning as tensions spike
Head of Somali journalists union released on bail
The secretary-general of the Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) was released on bail Sunday after being arrested six days earlier on security-related charges, according to Anadolu Agency
Saudi king Salman says kingdom seeks stability and balance in oil markets
Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz leaves the King Faisal Hospital and Research Centre in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia May 15, 2022. Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court By Reuters Saudi King
Ruto: We are on course to fix Uhuru Kenyatta’s economic, security mess
By Daily Nation President William Ruto Sunday accused his predecessor Uhuru Kenyatta of presiding over an economic and security mess, which he said he needed time to fix, as he rolled out plans
UK leader Liz Truss goes from triumph to trouble in 6 weeks
Britain’s Prime Minister Liz Truss attends a press conference in the Downing Street Briefing Room in central London, Friday Oct. 14, 2022. Truss has only been in office for six weeks. But
Chinese president vows to take control of Taiwan
File Photo – China’s President Xi Jinping By Anadolu Agency China’s President Xi Jinping on Sunday opened the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CPC) in Beijing by
Who created Al-Shabab terrorist group?
Al-Shabab is a jihadi insurgent group active in Somalia and in recent years, increasingly in East African countries. The group developed in the early 2000s with the Union of Islamic Courts in the
Indian Pharmaceutical Company Responsible for the Deaths of Dozens of Gambian Children
By The African Exponent The decision to halt production in the company comes after an investigation began earlier this month after multiple children died having consumed a cough syrup the company