Latest NewsKenya has launched a plan to persuade Somalia to withdraw its candidacy from the African Union Commission
File Photo/Somali Times The Kenyan government has launched a plan to persuade the federal government of Somalia to give up its candidacy to the African Union Commission. The candidate for this
Read MoreAmnesty International says Somalia drone strikes killing 23 civilians should be investigated as war crimes
File Photo/Somali Times Two strikes that killed 23 civilians during Somali military operations supported by Turkish drones must be investigated as war crimes, Amnesty International said today,
Read MoreFloods destroy Kitale–Lodwar–Juba highway, disrupt regional business
The Kitale – Kapenguria -Lodwar Juba highway road cut off at Lou’s in West Pokot County, Kenya on April 29, 2024 By The East African The Kitale–Lodwar–Juba highway has been completely
Read MoreBP profit slides by 40% as refinery outage offsets higher output
The logo for a BP petrol station is seen in London, Britain, September 24, 2021. Photographer Toby Melville By Reuters BP’s, opens new tab first-quarter earnings plunged by 40% to $2.7
Read MoreEast Africa floods affecting 750,000 people kill more than 235, displace 234,000: UN
File Photo/Somali Times By Xinhua News Agency UN humanitarians said on Monday nearly 750,000 people were affected by flooding in eastern Africa, with 234,000 displaced and more than 236 killed
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Kenya has launched a plan to persuade Somalia to withdraw its candidacy from the African Union Commission
File Photo/Somali Times The Kenyan government has launched a plan to persuade the federal government of Somalia to give up its candidacy to the African Union Commission. The candidate for this
Read MoreAmnesty International says Somalia drone strikes killing 23 civilians should be investigated as war crimes
File Photo/Somali Times Two strikes that killed 23 civilians during Somali military operations supported by Turkish drones must be investigated as war crimes, Amnesty International said today,
Read MoreFloods destroy Kitale–Lodwar–Juba highway, disrupt regional business
The Kitale – Kapenguria -Lodwar Juba highway road cut off at Lou’s in West Pokot County, Kenya on April 29, 2024 By The East African The Kitale–Lodwar–Juba highway has been completely
Read MoreBP profit slides by 40% as refinery outage offsets higher output
The logo for a BP petrol station is seen in London, Britain, September 24, 2021. Photographer Toby Melville By Reuters BP’s, opens new tab first-quarter earnings plunged by 40% to $2.7
Read MoreEast Africa floods affecting 750,000 people kill more than 235, displace 234,000: UN
File Photo/Somali Times By Xinhua News Agency UN humanitarians said on Monday nearly 750,000 people were affected by flooding in eastern Africa, with 234,000 displaced and more than 236 killed
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Featured ArticlesKenya has launched a plan to persuade Somalia to withdraw its candidacy from the African Union Commission
File Photo/Somali Times The Kenyan government has launched a plan to persuade the federal government of Somalia to give up its candidacy to the African Union Commission. The candidate for this
Kenya has launched a plan to persuade Somalia to withdraw its candidacy from the African Union Commission
File Photo/Somali Times The Kenyan government has launched a plan to persuade the federal government of Somalia to give up its candidacy to the African Union Commission. The candidate for this
EDITOR’S PIC OF THE WEEKGreat-Power Competition Is Coming to Africa
A U.S.-led international training mission for African militaries in Diffa, Niger, March 2014 Joe Penney / Reuters By Marcus Hicks, Kyle Atwell, and Dan Collini The United States Needs to Think
Read MoreSomalia warns the Kenyan government who have deployed weapons and militias in Mandera to raid Beled Hawo.
Photo/Somali Times The Federal Government of Somalia has said that it is closely monitoring the Kenyan military operation in Mandera, North Eastern Province. A statement from the Somali
Read MoreThree dead in graduation shooting at top Philippines university
Police arrested the suspect Chiao Tiao Yumol: Credit The Manila Times By Reuters Three people died in a shooting at a university graduation ceremony in the Philippines’ capital region on
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Great-Power Competition Is Coming to Africa
A U.S.-led international training mission for African militaries in Diffa, Niger, March 2014 Joe Penney / Reuters By Marcus Hicks, Kyle Atwell, and Dan Collini The United States Needs to Think
Read MoreSomalia warns the Kenyan government who have deployed weapons and militias in Mandera to raid Beled Hawo.
Photo/Somali Times The Federal Government of Somalia has said that it is closely monitoring the Kenyan military operation in Mandera, North Eastern Province. A statement from the Somali
Read MoreThree dead in graduation shooting at top Philippines university
Police arrested the suspect Chiao Tiao Yumol: Credit The Manila Times By Reuters Three people died in a shooting at a university graduation ceremony in the Philippines’ capital region on
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Blog PostsLivestock ship carrying 42 crew sinks off Japan’s coast
In this photo released by the 10th Regional Japan Coast Guard Headquarters, a Filipino crewmember of a Panamanian cargo ship is rescued by Japanese Coast Guard members in the waters off the Amami
Presidents Puntland and Jubaland have called Farmajo not interfere in Gedo region
Photo/Somali Times A meeting between President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo and the Presidents of Jubaland and Puntland, Ahmed Mohamed Islam and Said Abdullahi Deni, was scheduled for Wednesday
Inside Kenya’s tiff with Somalia and Tanzania
Photo/Somali Times What you need to know: For Somalia, the old story of miraa ban returned last week after a delegation of farmers’ representatives returned empty-handed. But the miraa story has
Budget deficit to hit record $3.3T due to virus, recession
FILE – In this Aug. 3, 2020, file photo dark clouds and heavy rain sweep over the U.S. Capitol in Washington. The federal budget deficit is projected to hit a record $3.3 trillion as huge
Farmajo eyes election deal in Puntland, Jubaland talks
Photo/Somali Times What you need to know: The duo have been rebelling against a new poll agreement reached last month. Mogadishu. Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo is on Thursday
Matiang’i Names 9 Persons Suspected Of Financing Terrorist Activities In Kenya, Orders Bank Accounts Frozen
Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has listed nine Kenyan individuals suspected of supporting terrorist activities in the country. In a statement on Tuesday, the CS Ordered that the bank
US official: No results after $3.2bn spent restoring Somalia’s security
Photo/Somali Times The Acting Deputy Representative of the United States to the United Nations, Ambassador Cherith Norman Chalet, said her country had spent nearly $3.5 billion to restore
Kuwait denies allowing Israel plane to fly through its skies
Photo: Credit Wikipedia An El Al Israel Airlines Kuwait has refused to allow an Israeli plane heading to the UAE to fly through its skies, stressing that no Israeli planes will ever use its
Cutting aid to Ethiopia haunts Trump in election
Ethiopian-Americans against US cutting $130M aid to Ethiopia to enforce Egypt friendly agreement on sharing Nile waters. The US has now formally stepped in, to support Egypt and punish Ethiopia
Oil companies accused of wanting to dump plastics in Africa
In this Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018 file photo, a man walks on a mountain of plastic bottles as he carries a sack of them to be sold for recycling after weighing them at the dump in the Dandora slum
Livestock ship carrying 42 crew sinks off Japan’s coast
In this photo released by the 10th Regional Japan Coast Guard Headquarters, a Filipino crewmember of a Panamanian cargo ship is rescued by Japanese Coast Guard members in the waters off the Amami
Presidents Puntland and Jubaland have called Farmajo not interfere in Gedo region
Photo/Somali Times A meeting between President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo and the Presidents of Jubaland and Puntland, Ahmed Mohamed Islam and Said Abdullahi Deni, was scheduled for Wednesday
Inside Kenya’s tiff with Somalia and Tanzania
Photo/Somali Times What you need to know: For Somalia, the old story of miraa ban returned last week after a delegation of farmers’ representatives returned empty-handed. But the miraa story has
Budget deficit to hit record $3.3T due to virus, recession
FILE – In this Aug. 3, 2020, file photo dark clouds and heavy rain sweep over the U.S. Capitol in Washington. The federal budget deficit is projected to hit a record $3.3 trillion as huge
Farmajo eyes election deal in Puntland, Jubaland talks
Photo/Somali Times What you need to know: The duo have been rebelling against a new poll agreement reached last month. Mogadishu. Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo is on Thursday
Matiang’i Names 9 Persons Suspected Of Financing Terrorist Activities In Kenya, Orders Bank Accounts Frozen
Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has listed nine Kenyan individuals suspected of supporting terrorist activities in the country. In a statement on Tuesday, the CS Ordered that the bank
US official: No results after $3.2bn spent restoring Somalia’s security
Photo/Somali Times The Acting Deputy Representative of the United States to the United Nations, Ambassador Cherith Norman Chalet, said her country had spent nearly $3.5 billion to restore
Kuwait denies allowing Israel plane to fly through its skies
Photo: Credit Wikipedia An El Al Israel Airlines Kuwait has refused to allow an Israeli plane heading to the UAE to fly through its skies, stressing that no Israeli planes will ever use its
Cutting aid to Ethiopia haunts Trump in election
Ethiopian-Americans against US cutting $130M aid to Ethiopia to enforce Egypt friendly agreement on sharing Nile waters. The US has now formally stepped in, to support Egypt and punish Ethiopia
Oil companies accused of wanting to dump plastics in Africa
In this Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018 file photo, a man walks on a mountain of plastic bottles as he carries a sack of them to be sold for recycling after weighing them at the dump in the Dandora slum