Latest NewsUN 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
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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
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Read MoreYemen’s Houthis release video showing downing U.S. spy drone
The screenshot captured from a video released by the Houthi group on April 27, 2024 shows the wreckage of what it said was a “U.S. MQ9 spy drone” in a mountain in Saada, northern
Read MoreTikTok ban: US says it reserves right to protect its interest
A decision by Washington to ban the Chinese-owned TikTok is about national security. Photo/Shutterstock By The East African A decision by Washington to ban the Chinese-owned TikTok, unless it is
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UN 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
Read MoreYemen’s Houthis release video showing downing U.S. spy drone
The screenshot captured from a video released by the Houthi group on April 27, 2024 shows the wreckage of what it said was a “U.S. MQ9 spy drone” in a mountain in Saada, northern
Read MoreTikTok ban: US says it reserves right to protect its interest
A decision by Washington to ban the Chinese-owned TikTok is about national security. Photo/Shutterstock By The East African A decision by Washington to ban the Chinese-owned TikTok, unless it is
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Featured ArticlesUN 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
UN 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
EDITOR’S PIC OF THE WEEKKenya Airways half-year loss widens 67pc to Sh14bn on Covid-19 woes
Kenya Airways chairman Michael Joseph has a word with the Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on July 15, 2020 when KQ resumed domestic
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By Anadolu Agency Turkey’s parliament on Thursday approved Finland’s bid to join NATO. The Nordic country got Ankara’s official blessing for its request to join the military
Read MoreUhuru and Ruto fight for control of Parliament
Photo/Daily Nation/President Uhuru Kenyatta (right) and his deputy William Ruto prepare to welcome Botswana President Eric Masisi at State House, Nairobi, on July 23, 2019. They are waging a
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Kenya Airways half-year loss widens 67pc to Sh14bn on Covid-19 woes
Kenya Airways chairman Michael Joseph has a word with the Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on July 15, 2020 when KQ resumed domestic
Read MoreTurkey’s parliament approves Finland’s bid to join NATO
By Anadolu Agency Turkey’s parliament on Thursday approved Finland’s bid to join NATO. The Nordic country got Ankara’s official blessing for its request to join the military
Read MoreUhuru and Ruto fight for control of Parliament
Photo/Daily Nation/President Uhuru Kenyatta (right) and his deputy William Ruto prepare to welcome Botswana President Eric Masisi at State House, Nairobi, on July 23, 2019. They are waging a
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Blog PostsFormer Somali ambassador to Washington dies of Covid-19
Former Somali ambassador to the United States Abdikarim Ali Omar has died in the state of Columbus, Ohio, as his friends have confirmed. According to sources told Somali Times Abdikarim Ali Omar
Is Russia, China and Africa Happy About Uganda’s Woes
Mixed reactions emerged after Uganda`s electoral commission declared President Yoweri Museveni the victor of the recent polls. Mixed reactions since Uganda`s electoral commission declared
Kenya now eyes Sh69bn debt service suspension
Kenya has widened its debt service relief request to all its bilateral lenders, hoping to save Sh69 billion, the National Treasury has said. The move comes days after a decision by the Paris Club
Despite election loss, Uganda’s Bobi Wine wins growing power
FILE- in this Jan. 15, 2021 file photo, Uganda’s leading opposition challenger Bobi Wine walks back to his residence after giving a press conference outside Kampala, Uganda. Despite failing
‘No Somali soldier killed in Ethiopia-Tigray conflict’
File Photo/Somali Times The Somali government Tuesday denied claims that hundreds of Somali soldiers have been killed while fighting alongside the Ethiopian army against the Tigray People’s
AFRICOM launches airstrike in Somalia shortly after troop pullout
A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II, assigned to the15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, departs after in-flight refueling while supporting Operation Octave Quartz over Somalia, Jan. 5, 2021. The
President Uhuru Kenyatta Fires His Nephew Jomo Gecaga From State House
Jomo Gecaga President Uhuru Kenyatta has reportedly fired his private secretary Jomo Gecaga, several sources have claimed. Gecaga, who is also the President’s nephew, has been working with Uhuru
Uhuru pulls no punches against Ruto in hard-hitting radio speech
President Kenyatta yesterday launched a full-blown attack on his deputy William Ruto and the latter’s “premature” 2022 campaigns, as he defended the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) in a
Africa Does Not Need Western Validation
Africans in diaspora By Takudzwa Hillary Chiwanza. The African found himself alienated from his immediate surroundings; wanting more to be recognized The imperial domination of Africa by the West
Oil prices mixed ahead of power transition in US
Oil prices were mixed on Tuesday as China’s record-high refinery output in 2020 boosted positive market sentiment, but investors are still cautious ahead of the inauguration of US President-elect
Former Somali ambassador to Washington dies of Covid-19
Former Somali ambassador to the United States Abdikarim Ali Omar has died in the state of Columbus, Ohio, as his friends have confirmed. According to sources told Somali Times Abdikarim Ali Omar
Is Russia, China and Africa Happy About Uganda’s Woes
Mixed reactions emerged after Uganda`s electoral commission declared President Yoweri Museveni the victor of the recent polls. Mixed reactions since Uganda`s electoral commission declared
Kenya now eyes Sh69bn debt service suspension
Kenya has widened its debt service relief request to all its bilateral lenders, hoping to save Sh69 billion, the National Treasury has said. The move comes days after a decision by the Paris Club
Despite election loss, Uganda’s Bobi Wine wins growing power
FILE- in this Jan. 15, 2021 file photo, Uganda’s leading opposition challenger Bobi Wine walks back to his residence after giving a press conference outside Kampala, Uganda. Despite failing
‘No Somali soldier killed in Ethiopia-Tigray conflict’
File Photo/Somali Times The Somali government Tuesday denied claims that hundreds of Somali soldiers have been killed while fighting alongside the Ethiopian army against the Tigray People’s
AFRICOM launches airstrike in Somalia shortly after troop pullout
A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II, assigned to the15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, departs after in-flight refueling while supporting Operation Octave Quartz over Somalia, Jan. 5, 2021. The
President Uhuru Kenyatta Fires His Nephew Jomo Gecaga From State House
Jomo Gecaga President Uhuru Kenyatta has reportedly fired his private secretary Jomo Gecaga, several sources have claimed. Gecaga, who is also the President’s nephew, has been working with Uhuru
Uhuru pulls no punches against Ruto in hard-hitting radio speech
President Kenyatta yesterday launched a full-blown attack on his deputy William Ruto and the latter’s “premature” 2022 campaigns, as he defended the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) in a
Africa Does Not Need Western Validation
Africans in diaspora By Takudzwa Hillary Chiwanza. The African found himself alienated from his immediate surroundings; wanting more to be recognized The imperial domination of Africa by the West
Oil prices mixed ahead of power transition in US
Oil prices were mixed on Tuesday as China’s record-high refinery output in 2020 boosted positive market sentiment, but investors are still cautious ahead of the inauguration of US President-elect