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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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
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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
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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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By Reuters South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will be badly weakened after presiding over the African National Congress (ANC) party’s worst election result since the end of apartheid.
Read MoreBiden: US would defend Taiwan against Chinese invasion
President Joe Biden speaks during the United We Stand Summit in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) By The Associated Press China’s government on Monday
Read MoreHow Jim Ovia, the founder of Zenith Bank, went from bank clerk to bank owner
Jim Ovia. Photo: James Hope University By Face2Face Africa Meet Jim Ovia; he is the founder of Zenith Bank, one of Nigeria‘s largest commercial banks. He started the bank in 1990 with $4 million
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South Africa’s Ramaphosa badly weakened by ANC election slump
By Reuters South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will be badly weakened after presiding over the African National Congress (ANC) party’s worst election result since the end of apartheid.
Read MoreBiden: US would defend Taiwan against Chinese invasion
President Joe Biden speaks during the United We Stand Summit in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) By The Associated Press China’s government on Monday
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Blog PostsRed flags pop up as sub-Saharan Africa reels from huge debt burden
By The East African East African countries are facing an immediate risk of defaulting on their loans in the coming months due to a combination of rising debt servicing costs, more borrowing,
Pakistan summons U.S. ambassador over Biden’s nuclear remarks
Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari By Reuters Pakistan’s foreign minister said on Saturday he had summoned the U.S. ambassador after President Joe Biden questioned the
Somalia government bans coverage of the Al-Shabab terrorist group, but still has members in office
File Photo Somali Times/Somalia president, Mukthar Robow founder Al-Shabab terrorist group Minister of Religion The Somalia government has banned coverage of Al-Shabab propaganda, limiting
Death toll due to coal mine blast in northern Turkey rises to 40
By Anadolu Agency The number of workers who were killed in a blast at a coal mine in northern Turkey increased to 40, according to the Turkish interior minister on Saturday. Suleyman Soylu said
New UK finance minister warns some taxes will rise as tough decisions loom
New Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt arrives at Downing Street in London, Britain, October 14, 2022. Photographer Henry Nicholls By Reuters Britain’s new finance minister Jeremy Hunt
Ruto names former TV news anchor as State House spokesman
By The East African Kenya’s President William Ruto has named former TV news anchor Hussein Mohamed as the new State House Spokesman, formalising a role he had played right from the time of
Somalia: Authorities must immediately and unconditionally release journalist Abdalle Ahmed Mumin
Amnesty International Responding to news of the detention on 11 October of Abdalle Ahmed Mumin, Secretary General of the Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS), Amnesty International’s Director for
63 bcm of Russian gas could be exported from Turkey to Europe: Russian Deputy PM Novak
By Anadolu Agency A significant amount of natural gas could be exported to Europe via Turkey, said Russian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandr Novak on Friday. Novak told Anadolu Agency that South
UK’s Truss sacrifices finance minister, scraps tax plan in fight to survive
British Prime Minister Liz Truss, former Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng attend the annual Conservative Party conference in Birmingham, Britain, October 2, 2022. Photographer Hannah
UK Treasury chief out as prime minister plans U-turn
Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng arrives in Downing Street after returning from the US, in London, Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. The British government says Prime Minister Liz
Red flags pop up as sub-Saharan Africa reels from huge debt burden
By The East African East African countries are facing an immediate risk of defaulting on their loans in the coming months due to a combination of rising debt servicing costs, more borrowing,
Pakistan summons U.S. ambassador over Biden’s nuclear remarks
Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari By Reuters Pakistan’s foreign minister said on Saturday he had summoned the U.S. ambassador after President Joe Biden questioned the
Somalia government bans coverage of the Al-Shabab terrorist group, but still has members in office
File Photo Somali Times/Somalia president, Mukthar Robow founder Al-Shabab terrorist group Minister of Religion The Somalia government has banned coverage of Al-Shabab propaganda, limiting
Death toll due to coal mine blast in northern Turkey rises to 40
By Anadolu Agency The number of workers who were killed in a blast at a coal mine in northern Turkey increased to 40, according to the Turkish interior minister on Saturday. Suleyman Soylu said
New UK finance minister warns some taxes will rise as tough decisions loom
New Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt arrives at Downing Street in London, Britain, October 14, 2022. Photographer Henry Nicholls By Reuters Britain’s new finance minister Jeremy Hunt
Ruto names former TV news anchor as State House spokesman
By The East African Kenya’s President William Ruto has named former TV news anchor Hussein Mohamed as the new State House Spokesman, formalising a role he had played right from the time of
Somalia: Authorities must immediately and unconditionally release journalist Abdalle Ahmed Mumin
Amnesty International Responding to news of the detention on 11 October of Abdalle Ahmed Mumin, Secretary General of the Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS), Amnesty International’s Director for
63 bcm of Russian gas could be exported from Turkey to Europe: Russian Deputy PM Novak
By Anadolu Agency A significant amount of natural gas could be exported to Europe via Turkey, said Russian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandr Novak on Friday. Novak told Anadolu Agency that South
UK’s Truss sacrifices finance minister, scraps tax plan in fight to survive
British Prime Minister Liz Truss, former Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng attend the annual Conservative Party conference in Birmingham, Britain, October 2, 2022. Photographer Hannah
UK Treasury chief out as prime minister plans U-turn
Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng arrives in Downing Street after returning from the US, in London, Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. The British government says Prime Minister Liz