Latest NewsSomalia 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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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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Experts: Libya rivals UAE, Russia, Turkey violate UN embargo
Photo: Credit AP The warring parties in Libya and their international backers the United Arab Emirates, Russia and Jordan vs Turkey and Qatar. violated a U.N. arms embargo on the oil-rich north
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Blog PostsBritish Airways-owner IAG loses €1.3bn in three month
IAG said passenger traffic fell by 88% in the third quarter. Photo: PA By Oscar Williams-Grut The parent company of British Airways and Iberia slumped to a €1.3bn (£1.17bn, $1.54bn) loss in the
Job cuts spark insurance policy cash withdrawals
Jobseekers queue to submit their applications. Insurance firms have reported a sharp rise in policy cancellations and withdrawals by customers squeezed by the economic fallout from Covid-19,
Hawiye community sends a strong message to Farmajo, releasing commander Danab Major Ismail Abdimalik.
Photo/Somali Times The elders and intellectuals of the Hawiye community held a press conference in Mogadishu today and described the arrest of the former commander of the Somali National Army
Afghanistan: Over 30 policemen dead in Taliban attacks
At least 34 cops killed in late night assaults, victims include provincial security chief, officials say The security chief of Afghanistan’s northern Takhar province and over 30 policemen were
2 killed in bomb blast in Somali capital
Three security guards wounded in attack At least two people were killed Tuesday, and three others were wounded, when a bomb blast targeted the nation’s immigration and naturalization chief in
Manchester lockdown: Fury as Boris Johnson provides just £22m support as city faces ‘punishing’ winter
Photo: Credit The Independent, Andy Burnham, mayor of Greater Manchester, By Andrew Woodcock City’s leaders say £75m in business support needed to prevent poverty Boris Johnson has sparked fury
Europe: Record virus numbers bring stricter measures
As case numbers and fatalities rise across Europe in a second wave of the novel coronavirus, many countries are introducing more severe precautions agains the outbreak than when it first made its
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte accepts responsibility for the killings in drug crackdown
In this photo provided by the Malacanang Presidential Photographers Division, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte attends a meeting at the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines
Belgium: An Iraqi refugee’s son appointed Secretary of State for Migration
Photo: Credit Facebook Sammy Mahdi, By Charlotte Oberti In Belgium, 32-year-old Sammy Mahdi, the son of an Iraqi refugee, has just been appointed Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration. He
From ‘role models’ to sex workers: Kenya’s child labor rises
A teenage girl who became a sex worker after schools in Kenya were closed in March due to coronavirus restrictions, sits in the rented room where she and others work, in Nairobi, Kenya Thursday,
British Airways-owner IAG loses €1.3bn in three month
IAG said passenger traffic fell by 88% in the third quarter. Photo: PA By Oscar Williams-Grut The parent company of British Airways and Iberia slumped to a €1.3bn (£1.17bn, $1.54bn) loss in the
Job cuts spark insurance policy cash withdrawals
Jobseekers queue to submit their applications. Insurance firms have reported a sharp rise in policy cancellations and withdrawals by customers squeezed by the economic fallout from Covid-19,
Hawiye community sends a strong message to Farmajo, releasing commander Danab Major Ismail Abdimalik.
Photo/Somali Times The elders and intellectuals of the Hawiye community held a press conference in Mogadishu today and described the arrest of the former commander of the Somali National Army
Afghanistan: Over 30 policemen dead in Taliban attacks
At least 34 cops killed in late night assaults, victims include provincial security chief, officials say The security chief of Afghanistan’s northern Takhar province and over 30 policemen were
2 killed in bomb blast in Somali capital
Three security guards wounded in attack At least two people were killed Tuesday, and three others were wounded, when a bomb blast targeted the nation’s immigration and naturalization chief in
Manchester lockdown: Fury as Boris Johnson provides just £22m support as city faces ‘punishing’ winter
Photo: Credit The Independent, Andy Burnham, mayor of Greater Manchester, By Andrew Woodcock City’s leaders say £75m in business support needed to prevent poverty Boris Johnson has sparked fury
Europe: Record virus numbers bring stricter measures
As case numbers and fatalities rise across Europe in a second wave of the novel coronavirus, many countries are introducing more severe precautions agains the outbreak than when it first made its
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte accepts responsibility for the killings in drug crackdown
In this photo provided by the Malacanang Presidential Photographers Division, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte attends a meeting at the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines
Belgium: An Iraqi refugee’s son appointed Secretary of State for Migration
Photo: Credit Facebook Sammy Mahdi, By Charlotte Oberti In Belgium, 32-year-old Sammy Mahdi, the son of an Iraqi refugee, has just been appointed Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration. He
From ‘role models’ to sex workers: Kenya’s child labor rises
A teenage girl who became a sex worker after schools in Kenya were closed in March due to coronavirus restrictions, sits in the rented room where she and others work, in Nairobi, Kenya Thursday,