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Exclusive: NISA armed takeover of Mogadishu International Airport-pilots demand ICAO emergency audit and actions
File Photo/Somali Times By MP Dr Abdillahi Hashi Abib Factual and detailed report is submitted by a “whistle-blower” licensed commercial pilot actively flying into and out of Aden Adde
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Featured ArticlesExclusive: NISA armed takeover of Mogadishu International Airport-pilots demand ICAO emergency audit and actions
File Photo/Somali Times By MP Dr Abdillahi Hashi Abib Factual and detailed report is submitted by a “whistle-blower” licensed commercial pilot actively flying into and out of Aden Adde
Exclusive: NISA armed takeover of Mogadishu International Airport-pilots demand ICAO emergency audit and actions
File Photo/Somali Times By MP Dr Abdillahi Hashi Abib Factual and detailed report is submitted by a “whistle-blower” licensed commercial pilot actively flying into and out of Aden Adde
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Photo/Somali Times Mogadishu’s police chief announced he had suspended parliament on Monday, saying he was acting unilaterally to prevent lawmakers from extending the president’s term, only to be
Iran blames Israel for sabotage at Natanz nuclear site
This satellite photo from Planet Labs Inc. shows Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility on Wednesday, April 7, 2021. Iran’s Natanz nuclear site suffered a problem Sunday, April 11, involving
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File – In this Thursday, April 8, 2021 file photo, the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine sits on a table at a pop up vaccinations site the Albanian Islamic Cultural Center, in the
James Swan says Somali leaders must take advantage of Ramadan for reconciliation and unity
Photo/Somali Times The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Somalia, James Swan, congratulates all Somalis on the start of the Holy Month of Ramadan. The UN envoy
Covid: surge testing deployed in south London as South African variant cases rise
A Covid testing sign in South Gloucestershire, where two cases of the Brazilian Covid variant were recently identified. Surge testing is now in progress for the South African variant in south
Somali special forces killed 25 Al-Shabaab terrorists
File Photo/Somali Times The Somali National Army (SNA) said Monday its elite forces (Danab) killed 25 al-Shabaab militants and injured several others during an operation at Gambole about 48 km to
Canada cancels weapons sales to Turkey over Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev attend military parade for Azerbaijan’s victory against Armenia in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, 10 December 2020
Farmajo becomes a warlord as there are no laws in Somalia since he put a two-year extension in office
Photo/Somali Times The Union of Candidates recently held a press conference in Mogadishu to discuss the latest developments in the country and the ongoing election crisis in the country. The
Farmajo does a two-year extension in office following the footsteps of his dictator uncle Siad Barre
File Photo/Somali Times Somali Times reported 2019-2020 that Farmajo was planning a 2-year extension. Outgoing Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo has welcomed the two-year extension of
Will Nile dam negotiations end in peace or war?
Failure of talks raises concerns about possibility of military confrontation between Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia The latest round of negotiations in Kinshasa, Congo, between Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia
Mogadishu police chief suspends Somali parliament, gets fired moments later
Photo/Somali Times Mogadishu’s police chief announced he had suspended parliament on Monday, saying he was acting unilaterally to prevent lawmakers from extending the president’s term, only to be
Iran blames Israel for sabotage at Natanz nuclear site
This satellite photo from Planet Labs Inc. shows Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility on Wednesday, April 7, 2021. Iran’s Natanz nuclear site suffered a problem Sunday, April 11, involving