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United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres announced James Swan will be his special envoy for Somalia and head of the UN Mission in Somalia, abbreviated as UNSOM. Read: James Swan has been
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Security officers move Slovak PM Robert Fico in a car after a shooting incident, after a Slovak government meeting in Handlova, Slovakia, May 15, 2024. Reuters/Radovan Stoklasa By Reuters Slovak
Read MoreSomalia is more divided today than it was two years ago
File Photo/Somali Times Somalia’s corruption virtually runs throughout Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud’s regime. From its judicial system, to public services, administration, police, tax
Read MoreJames Swan has been appointed as the United Nations envoy to Somalia
James Swan United Nations envoy to Somalia The Secretary General of the United Nations has appointed James Swan from the United States as the Acting Special Envoy to Somalia and the Head of the
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UN envoy to Somalia James Swan will not please Hassan Sheikh
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres announced James Swan will be his special envoy for Somalia and head of the UN Mission in Somalia, abbreviated as UNSOM. Read: James Swan has been
Read MoreXi lauds China-Russia ties as Putin arrives in Beijing
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend an official welcoming ceremony in Beijing, China May 16, 2024. Sputnik/Sergei Bobylev/Pool via Reuters By Reuters Chinese
Read MoreSlovak prime minister Robert Fico in life-threatening condition after assassination attempt
Security officers move Slovak PM Robert Fico in a car after a shooting incident, after a Slovak government meeting in Handlova, Slovakia, May 15, 2024. Reuters/Radovan Stoklasa By Reuters Slovak
Read MoreSomalia is more divided today than it was two years ago
File Photo/Somali Times Somalia’s corruption virtually runs throughout Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud’s regime. From its judicial system, to public services, administration, police, tax
Read MoreJames Swan has been appointed as the United Nations envoy to Somalia
James Swan United Nations envoy to Somalia The Secretary General of the United Nations has appointed James Swan from the United States as the Acting Special Envoy to Somalia and the Head of the
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Featured ArticlesUN envoy to Somalia James Swan will not please Hassan Sheikh
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres announced James Swan will be his special envoy for Somalia and head of the UN Mission in Somalia, abbreviated as UNSOM. Read: James Swan has been
UN envoy to Somalia James Swan will not please Hassan Sheikh
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres announced James Swan will be his special envoy for Somalia and head of the UN Mission in Somalia, abbreviated as UNSOM. Read: James Swan has been
EDITOR’S PIC OF THE WEEKIraq calls for foreign forces to leave after U.S. killing of Iran commander
Members of the Iraqi parliament are seen at the parliament in Baghdad, Iraq January 5, 2020. Iraqi parliament media office/Handout via REUTERS Iraq’s parliament called on Sunday for U.S. and
Read MoreEthiopia vows to table all agendas including referendum in national dialogue
By Anadolu Agency Nation planning inclusive dialogue to solve internal conflict, says State Minister Redwan Hussien According to its state minister, Ethiopia will ensure inclusivity of all
Read MoreHassan Sheikh meeting between regional leaders in Garowe failed
File Photo/Somali Times The meeting of the heads of the federal government and the heads of the states that was supposed to take place earlier this month in the city of Garowe has failed, as
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Iraq calls for foreign forces to leave after U.S. killing of Iran commander
Members of the Iraqi parliament are seen at the parliament in Baghdad, Iraq January 5, 2020. Iraqi parliament media office/Handout via REUTERS Iraq’s parliament called on Sunday for U.S. and
Read MoreEthiopia vows to table all agendas including referendum in national dialogue
By Anadolu Agency Nation planning inclusive dialogue to solve internal conflict, says State Minister Redwan Hussien According to its state minister, Ethiopia will ensure inclusivity of all
Read MoreHassan Sheikh meeting between regional leaders in Garowe failed
File Photo/Somali Times The meeting of the heads of the federal government and the heads of the states that was supposed to take place earlier this month in the city of Garowe has failed, as
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Second weekend of demonstrations against police brutality, new global security bill rife with vandalism, police injuies Demonstrators took to the streets Saturday across France in The March of
Military planes to fly vaccines in to Britain to avoid ports hit by Brexit
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Historians sue Trump administration to stop ‘bonfire of records in the Rose Garden’
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Somali Senator Tags Biden in Appeal for U.S. Troops to Stay in the Country
AP Photo/Andrew Harnik BY ROBERT SPENCER President Trump is withdrawing most American troops from Somalia, and establishment Republican Senator Roy Blunt is livid, declaring that “in Somalia…and
Liverpool mayor Joe Anderson ‘arrested over city building fraud probe’
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British PM Johnson to speak to EU chief as Brexit talks stall
Photo: Credit Reuters British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will speak to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on
Trump orders most American troops to leave Somalia
U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Damian T. Donahoe, deputy commanding general, Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa, center, talks with service members during a battlefield circulation Saturday,
How Shukri Abdi’s death led to concerns over structural racism
Photo/Credit Associated Press/ Protesters holding placards in support of Shukri Abdi during the demonstration. Protesters came together to mark the first anniversary of the death of 12 yr. old,
Keep off Kenya’s affairs, Uhuru tells Western countries
By Anita Chepkoech President Uhuru Kenyatta has warned development partners against interfering with the running of the country even as Kenya opened itself up to tough conditions that come with
Kenya ‘ borrowed Sh2.6bn per day’
National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani. By David Mwere The government borrowed an average of Sh2.62 billion daily within four months this year as its appetite for loans to finance