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Pedestrians walk past the National Crime Agency (NCA) headquarters in London October 7, 2013. The new body has been launched to pursue organised criminals. Photographer Stefan Wermuth/File Photo
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By Anadolu Agency The Kenyan Ministry of Education has announced a one-week delay in the reopening of schools across the country due to the severe flooding caused by heavy rains. In a statement
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File Photo/Somali Times By Xinhua News Agency The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Sunday that about 88,000 people were internally displaced in Somalia in the first
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UK crime agency alerts teachers on “sextortion” after rise in cases
Pedestrians walk past the National Crime Agency (NCA) headquarters in London October 7, 2013. The new body has been launched to pursue organised criminals. Photographer Stefan Wermuth/File Photo
Read MoreKenya delays schools reopening due to devastating floods
By Anadolu Agency The Kenyan Ministry of Education has announced a one-week delay in the reopening of schools across the country due to the severe flooding caused by heavy rains. In a statement
Read MoreUN refugee agency says 88,000 displaced in Somalia in 3 months
File Photo/Somali Times By Xinhua News Agency The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Sunday that about 88,000 people were internally displaced in Somalia in the first
Read MoreSomalia rising as source of remittances for Kenya and Uganda
A section of the attendees at the Invest Somalia Conference & Expo 2024 in Mogadishu By The East African Somalia has emerged as a new source of remittances for Kenya and Uganda, accounting
Read MoreRussia threatens West with severe response if its assets are touched
A Russian state flag flies over the Central Bank headquarters in Moscow, Russia, August 15, 2023. A sign reads: “Bank of Russia”. Photographer Shamil Zhumatov/File Photo Purchase By
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Featured ArticlesUK crime agency alerts teachers on “sextortion” after rise in cases
Pedestrians walk past the National Crime Agency (NCA) headquarters in London October 7, 2013. The new body has been launched to pursue organised criminals. Photographer Stefan Wermuth/File Photo
UK crime agency alerts teachers on “sextortion” after rise in cases
Pedestrians walk past the National Crime Agency (NCA) headquarters in London October 7, 2013. The new body has been launched to pursue organised criminals. Photographer Stefan Wermuth/File Photo
EDITOR’S PIC OF THE WEEKDeath of Kuwait ruler Sheikh Sabah draws outpour of grief
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Read MoreTrump urges Iran to talk over nuclear program, cannot rule out military action
FILE PHOTO – U.S. President Donald Trump waits to welcome Slovakia’s Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 3, 2019. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne U.S.
Read MoreKenya central bank upholds fines against lenders for suspect transactions
Kenya’s central bank has upheld the fines it imposed in September against five top commercial lenders for a failure to report suspicious transactions in connection with the theft of funds at a
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Death of Kuwait ruler Sheikh Sabah draws outpour of grief
The death of Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, the leader of Kuwait who earned a reputation as a seasoned diplomat and a rare ruler who could cross the region’s political and sectarian divides,
Read MoreTrump urges Iran to talk over nuclear program, cannot rule out military action
FILE PHOTO – U.S. President Donald Trump waits to welcome Slovakia’s Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 3, 2019. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne U.S.
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Kenya’s central bank has upheld the fines it imposed in September against five top commercial lenders for a failure to report suspicious transactions in connection with the theft of funds at a
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Blog PostsUS diplomat discusses Tigray with Ethiopian PM
Antony Blinken urges ‘full and unhindered humanitarian access to prevent further loss of life,’ says State Dept. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken raised the US’ concern Thursday about
Former Al-Shabaab commander and a current presidential candidate, Sheikh Sharif warned of a civil war in Somalia
Photo/Somali Times Former Al-Shabaab commander and a current presidential candidate Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, who is also the chairman of the Union of Opposition Candidates, today spoke
Three Urgent Questions Ahead of Somalia’s Parliamentary Elections
Photo/Somali Times By Jonathan Doernhofer On February 8, Somalia is scheduled to hold parliamentary and presidential elections following three decades of war, fragmentation and the painstaking
Farmajo missed five opportunities during his four years in office.
Photo/Somali Times Somali President Mohamed Abdullahu Farmajo missed out five opportunities during his four years in office. The five opportunities were for the benefit of the outgoing president,
Shell’s profit slumps in 2020 as the pandemic bites
Filled oil drums are seen at Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s lubricants blending plant in the town of Torzhok, north-west of Tver, November 7, 2014. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin By Ron Bousso, Shadia
Britain trial to test combining Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines in two-shot regimen
Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine are pictured in a vaccination center as part of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination campaign in Geneva, Switzerland February 3, 2021. REUTERS/Denis
GOP lawmakers seek to remove Omar from committees as Dems press to drop Taylor Greene from panel
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) speaks to the media at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., January 13, 2021. (Leah Millis/Reuters) By Thomas Barrabi Republicans argue that Omar has made
Farmajo plans for an extension of two years in office
Photo/Somali Times President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo intended to speak about the elections, and resolve the major obstacles to do with the choice allowed. Director of Information and Media
UK: New study vindicates delaying 2nd virus vaccine dose
Pharmacist Bhaveen Patel administers a dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca covid vaccine to Joshua Labor at a coronavirus vaccination clinic held at Junction Pharmacy in Brixton, London, Thursday,
Jambojet introduces payment of airfare in instalments
Passengers disembark from a Jambojet plane at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi. By BONFACE OTIENO Budget carrier Jambojet is allowing its clients to pay their flights in installments
US diplomat discusses Tigray with Ethiopian PM
Antony Blinken urges ‘full and unhindered humanitarian access to prevent further loss of life,’ says State Dept. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken raised the US’ concern Thursday about
Former Al-Shabaab commander and a current presidential candidate, Sheikh Sharif warned of a civil war in Somalia
Photo/Somali Times Former Al-Shabaab commander and a current presidential candidate Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, who is also the chairman of the Union of Opposition Candidates, today spoke
Three Urgent Questions Ahead of Somalia’s Parliamentary Elections
Photo/Somali Times By Jonathan Doernhofer On February 8, Somalia is scheduled to hold parliamentary and presidential elections following three decades of war, fragmentation and the painstaking
Farmajo missed five opportunities during his four years in office.
Photo/Somali Times Somali President Mohamed Abdullahu Farmajo missed out five opportunities during his four years in office. The five opportunities were for the benefit of the outgoing president,
Shell’s profit slumps in 2020 as the pandemic bites
Filled oil drums are seen at Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s lubricants blending plant in the town of Torzhok, north-west of Tver, November 7, 2014. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin By Ron Bousso, Shadia
Britain trial to test combining Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines in two-shot regimen
Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine are pictured in a vaccination center as part of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination campaign in Geneva, Switzerland February 3, 2021. REUTERS/Denis
GOP lawmakers seek to remove Omar from committees as Dems press to drop Taylor Greene from panel
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) speaks to the media at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., January 13, 2021. (Leah Millis/Reuters) By Thomas Barrabi Republicans argue that Omar has made
Farmajo plans for an extension of two years in office
Photo/Somali Times President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo intended to speak about the elections, and resolve the major obstacles to do with the choice allowed. Director of Information and Media
UK: New study vindicates delaying 2nd virus vaccine dose
Pharmacist Bhaveen Patel administers a dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca covid vaccine to Joshua Labor at a coronavirus vaccination clinic held at Junction Pharmacy in Brixton, London, Thursday,
Jambojet introduces payment of airfare in instalments
Passengers disembark from a Jambojet plane at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi. By BONFACE OTIENO Budget carrier Jambojet is allowing its clients to pay their flights in installments