Latest NewsWhy is Uber abandoning Africa’s biggest market after twelve years of operations?
Photo Credit: File By The African Exponent Global ride-hailing pioneer Uber officially ended its services across Nigeria, concluding a twelve-year run that began in Lagos back in 2014. Corporate
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By Anadolu Agency An electric substation near Cologne was the target of a sabotage attack, police said Wednesday. “Based on the current state of the investigation, we do not believe this was a
Read MoreWorld Bank launches probe into Ruto’s multi-billion loan programme
By Kenyans The World Bank, through the International Finance Corporation (IFC), is undertaking an impact assessment of the Hustler Fund to establish how the credit programme has helped Kenyans.
Read MoreUAE says it intercepted an Iranian drone after weekend US strikes on rocket launchers in Iran
By The Associated Press The United Arab Emirates’ air force intercepted an Iranian drone over its territorial waters Monday, the Defense Ministry said, an attack that comes after the United
Read MoreSomalia’s economic fraud exposed-rising poverty and falling growth a fantasy budget
File Photo/Somali Times By MP Dr Abdillahi Hashi Abib Former Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire warned that Somalia was entering a dangerous economic downturn. The Ministers of Finance, Planning
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Why is Uber abandoning Africa’s biggest market after twelve years of operations?
Photo Credit: File By The African Exponent Global ride-hailing pioneer Uber officially ended its services across Nigeria, concluding a twelve-year run that began in Lagos back in 2014. Corporate
Read MoreGerman police report sabotage attack on power grid near Cologne
By Anadolu Agency An electric substation near Cologne was the target of a sabotage attack, police said Wednesday. “Based on the current state of the investigation, we do not believe this was a
Read MoreWorld Bank launches probe into Ruto’s multi-billion loan programme
By Kenyans The World Bank, through the International Finance Corporation (IFC), is undertaking an impact assessment of the Hustler Fund to establish how the credit programme has helped Kenyans.
Read MoreUAE says it intercepted an Iranian drone after weekend US strikes on rocket launchers in Iran
By The Associated Press The United Arab Emirates’ air force intercepted an Iranian drone over its territorial waters Monday, the Defense Ministry said, an attack that comes after the United
Read MoreSomalia’s economic fraud exposed-rising poverty and falling growth a fantasy budget
File Photo/Somali Times By MP Dr Abdillahi Hashi Abib Former Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire warned that Somalia was entering a dangerous economic downturn. The Ministers of Finance, Planning
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Featured ArticlesWhy is Uber abandoning Africa’s biggest market after twelve years of operations?
Photo Credit: File By The African Exponent Global ride-hailing pioneer Uber officially ended its services across Nigeria, concluding a twelve-year run that began in Lagos back in 2014. Corporate
Why is Uber abandoning Africa’s biggest market after twelve years of operations?
Photo Credit: File By The African Exponent Global ride-hailing pioneer Uber officially ended its services across Nigeria, concluding a twelve-year run that began in Lagos back in 2014. Corporate
EDITOR’S PIC OF THE WEEKAustralia presses Saudi Arabia on dual national extradited from Morocco
Osama al-Hasani has not been heard from since being extradited to Saudi Arabia (Twitter/screengrab) Australia’s foreign minister has raised the case of a Saudi-Australian dual national who
Read MoreCorrupted Somali Minister of Petroleum and Minerals Ahmed is appointing his daughter to the ministry as head of communications and media.
The Acting Somali Minister of Petroleum and Minerals Abdirashid Mohamed Ahmed has become embroiled in a major scandal after appointing his daughter to the ministry. Earlier this month, he
Read MoreNew UN Special Representative for Somalia Arrives in Mogadishu
Mogadishu – James Swan arrived in Mogadishu today to take up his duties as the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia and Head of Mission for the United Nations
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Australia presses Saudi Arabia on dual national extradited from Morocco
Osama al-Hasani has not been heard from since being extradited to Saudi Arabia (Twitter/screengrab) Australia’s foreign minister has raised the case of a Saudi-Australian dual national who
Read MoreCorrupted Somali Minister of Petroleum and Minerals Ahmed is appointing his daughter to the ministry as head of communications and media.
The Acting Somali Minister of Petroleum and Minerals Abdirashid Mohamed Ahmed has become embroiled in a major scandal after appointing his daughter to the ministry. Earlier this month, he
Read MoreNew UN Special Representative for Somalia Arrives in Mogadishu
Mogadishu – James Swan arrived in Mogadishu today to take up his duties as the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia and Head of Mission for the United Nations
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Blog PostsIMF demands identity of secret investors in firms
Antoinette Monsio Sayeh, the Deputy Managing Director at the International Monetary Fund. By CONSTANT MUNDA The International Monetary Fund has pressured Kenya to disclose the identity of secret
US to keep about 650 troops in Afghanistan after withdrawal
In this June 23, 2021, photo, Afghan militiamen join Afghan defense and security forces during a gathering in Kabul, Afghanistan. U.S. officials tell The Associated Press that about 650 U.S.
Russia warns Britain it will bomb ships next time
British Royal Navy’s Type 45 destroyer HMS Defender is docked in the Black Sea port of Odessa, Ukraine June 18, 2021. REUTERS/Sergey Smolentsev By Guy Faulconbridge, Katya Golubkova
Somalia seizes fishing vessel of Qandala coast
Photo/Somali Times The Somalia, the maritime Police Force has seized an illegal fishing vessel off the coast of Qandala district in Bari region. A Puntland naval official, Mohamed Ahmed Afis,
Philippine democracy scion, ex-leader Benigno Aquino dies
CORRECTS DATE – File – In this June 30, 2010, file photo, then Newly inaugurated Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, center, swears in local officials during his first day at the
Witness: air strike kills dozens in Ethiopia’s Tigray region
File Photo: Credit Pinterest SU-27 of the Ethiopian Air Force. By Katharine Houreld An air strike killed dozens of people in a the town of Tagogon in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, an eyewitness and a
NHS alarm over rise in number of UK Covid patients on ventilators
Photo: Credit Reuters Henry Nicholls/ NHS workers react at the Royal London Hospital during the last day of the Clap for our Carers campaign in support of the NHS, following the outbreak of the
4 Khashoggi killers received paramilitary training in US: Report
Saudi operatives received training from Tier 1 Group in 2017, year before Saudi journalist’s gruesome murder Four Saudi operatives who were part of a hit team that murdered Saudi journalist
Turkey in talks over Somalia space station and missions to the Moon
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan revealed an ambitious timetable with the aim of making contact with the moon on unmanned missions (Turkish Space Agency TUA) Turkey is in talks with three countries
Expose: Ahmed Rashid corrupt police officer in Nairobi
Photo: Credit Facebook Ahmed Rashid is a rogue police officer in Nairobi, who acts in the interests of his own frustrating Somali business owners in Eastleigh district, Nairobi, Kenya. Ahmed
IMF demands identity of secret investors in firms
Antoinette Monsio Sayeh, the Deputy Managing Director at the International Monetary Fund. By CONSTANT MUNDA The International Monetary Fund has pressured Kenya to disclose the identity of secret
US to keep about 650 troops in Afghanistan after withdrawal
In this June 23, 2021, photo, Afghan militiamen join Afghan defense and security forces during a gathering in Kabul, Afghanistan. U.S. officials tell The Associated Press that about 650 U.S.
Russia warns Britain it will bomb ships next time
British Royal Navy’s Type 45 destroyer HMS Defender is docked in the Black Sea port of Odessa, Ukraine June 18, 2021. REUTERS/Sergey Smolentsev By Guy Faulconbridge, Katya Golubkova
Somalia seizes fishing vessel of Qandala coast
Photo/Somali Times The Somalia, the maritime Police Force has seized an illegal fishing vessel off the coast of Qandala district in Bari region. A Puntland naval official, Mohamed Ahmed Afis,
Philippine democracy scion, ex-leader Benigno Aquino dies
CORRECTS DATE – File – In this June 30, 2010, file photo, then Newly inaugurated Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, center, swears in local officials during his first day at the
Witness: air strike kills dozens in Ethiopia’s Tigray region
File Photo: Credit Pinterest SU-27 of the Ethiopian Air Force. By Katharine Houreld An air strike killed dozens of people in a the town of Tagogon in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, an eyewitness and a
NHS alarm over rise in number of UK Covid patients on ventilators
Photo: Credit Reuters Henry Nicholls/ NHS workers react at the Royal London Hospital during the last day of the Clap for our Carers campaign in support of the NHS, following the outbreak of the
4 Khashoggi killers received paramilitary training in US: Report
Saudi operatives received training from Tier 1 Group in 2017, year before Saudi journalist’s gruesome murder Four Saudi operatives who were part of a hit team that murdered Saudi journalist
Turkey in talks over Somalia space station and missions to the Moon
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan revealed an ambitious timetable with the aim of making contact with the moon on unmanned missions (Turkish Space Agency TUA) Turkey is in talks with three countries
Expose: Ahmed Rashid corrupt police officer in Nairobi
Photo: Credit Facebook Ahmed Rashid is a rogue police officer in Nairobi, who acts in the interests of his own frustrating Somali business owners in Eastleigh district, Nairobi, Kenya. Ahmed