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Somalia 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
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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
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Chinese Coast Guard vessels fire water cannons towards a Philippine resupply vessel Unaizah May 4 on its way to a resupply mission at Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea, March 5, 2024.
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Featured ArticlesSomalia 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
Somalia 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
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Photo/Somali Times The latest clashes erupt again between Somalia and Kenyan forces along the border between the two countries, especially on the outskirts of the Beledhawo district in Gedo
Erdogan says, Macron needs mental checks
Erdogan’s remarks come after French president describes Islam as ‘religion in crisis all over the world’ The president of Turkey warned on Saturday that Europe was preparing its
Arab trade groups boycott French products over insults
French products are being removed from shelves at a market, boycotting France as a reaction against the republication of offensive caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad in France in Kuwait City,
Guinea: As 82-year-old president heads to third term, opposition leader calls for sustained protests
Before results are declared by the official election body, opposition leader Cellou Dalein Diallo (R) is claiming victory ahead of President Alpha COnde. Guinea has been thrown into turmoil
Trump says Egypt may ‘blow up’ Ethiopia dam
US President Donald Trump announced on Friday a normalisation deal between Sudan and Israel (AFP) US President Donald Trump voiced anger at Ethiopia over its construction of a huge dam on the
Trump: Sudan to join UAE, Bahrain in recognizing Israel
President Donald Trump reacts after hanging up a phone call with the leaders of Sudan and Israel, as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, second from left, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, White
New Djibouti sea route to reduce shipping time between Turkey, Horn of Africa.
Djibouti’s Ambassador to Turkey Aden Houssein Abdillahi speaks during the launching ceremony of a new shipping route at a hotel in Ankara, Turkey, Oct. 23, 2020. (Photo by Dilara Aslan) The first
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President Donald Trump speaks during the second and final presidential debate Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020, at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn., with Democratic presidential candidate former
Ethiopia deploys navy in Somali water agreement with Farmajo.
Photo: Credit AFP Ethiopia navy will soon be operational, amid an undisclosed agreement with the Somali government. The Ethiopian government has for the first time officially announced that its
Saudi to pay millions for Sudan to accelerate normalisation with Israel
Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammad Bin Salman Al Saud (R) meets Head of the Sudanese Transitional Military Council (TMC), Abdul Fattah al-Burhan (L) during an emergency Arab League Summit at
Somalia, Kenyan forces clash in Beledhawo
Photo/Somali Times The latest clashes erupt again between Somalia and Kenyan forces along the border between the two countries, especially on the outskirts of the Beledhawo district in Gedo