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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
Read MoreThe end: US loses all faith in Somalia’s corrupt tyrant former President Hassan Sheikh
Photo Somali Times/Former president Hassan Sheikh By MP Dr Abdillahi Hashi Abib The United States just dropped a brutal bombshell on July 1, 2026: international support is finished until Somali
Read MoreDollar heads for weekly drop as jobs data dims Fed hike bets
U.S. dollar banknotes are seen in this illustration taken March 24, 2026. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo By Reuters The U.S. dollar fell towards its biggest weekly loss in 12 weeks on Friday
Read MoreFacing barbs and pressure from Trump, Europe’s leaders close ranks
By The Associated Press U.S. President Donald Trump’s attacks on Italy’s premier have had an unintended consequence. After Trump questioned Italy’s reliability as a wartime ally and claimed
Read MoreChina-Europe Railway Express spurs trade, logistics development in Poland
A cargo train runs along a freight rail line in Lodz, Poland, June 25, 2026. Photographer Yue Yuanyuan By Xinhua News Agency More than a decade ago, Filip Grzelak spent Christmas night at a
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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
EDITOR’S PIC OF THE WEEKRussia wants allies, so it is hosting an Africa summit. Food security and Wagner are key questions
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The traditional elders in Somalia’s northeastern semi-autonomous region of Puntland have released a statement calling on breakaway Somaliland to free King Bur-Madow from jail.The elders condemned
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Russia wants allies, so it is hosting an Africa summit. Food security and Wagner are key questions
File- Malians demonstrate against France and in support of Russia on the 60th anniversary of the independence of the Republic of Mali, in Bamako, Mali, on Sept. 22, 2020. On July 27-28, 2023
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The traditional elders in Somalia’s northeastern semi-autonomous region of Puntland have released a statement calling on breakaway Somaliland to free King Bur-Madow from jail.The elders condemned
Read MoreIMF slashes Botswana’s 2024 growth forecast amid diamond market woes
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Blog PostsMozambican oil group seeks global help to fight terror
Attacks in southern African country meant to disrupt investment in oil and gas projects, says group The Mozambican Oil and Gas Chamber Wednesday called on the international community to support
US government report raises concerns over disappeared Saudi royals
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the arrest of senior royals in March 2020 (AFP/File photo) By Ali Harb In annual report on global human rights, Biden administration notes the purge
In stark warning, Egypt leader says Nile water ‘untouchable’
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi holds a news conference with the Chairman of the Sovereignty Council of Sudan Gen. Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman al-Burhan at the Presidential Palace in
Security forces close key roads in Mogadishu
Photo/Somali Times Somali police forces this morning closed some of the main roads in Mogadishu, disrupting the movement of public and private vehicles. Troops in armored vehicles closed several
Uhuru on spot for Kemsa chair transfer during Covid-19 probe
Former Murang’a Senator Kembi Gitura. He was the Kemsa board chairman at the time of the scandal. By EDWIN MUTAI MPs have criticised President Uhuru Kenyatta’s decision to move Kenya
Police seek Kenyan pilot who fled to Somalia over terror plot
This follows a series of events that have seen Al-Shabaab suffer major setbacks in Somalia following persistent airstrikes which have killed commanders and middle level operatives in good
UAE and mercenaries has been denied by Somalia to access the port of Gara’ad
A delegation from the United Arab Emirates has been denied access to Gara’ad Village in the Jariban district of Mudug in Puntland, Somalia. Residents in Gara’ad reportedly opposed the
Saudi company requests US court freeze ex-spy chief’s $29m real estate assets
Last year, Saad al-Jabri filed a lawsuit against MBS, claiming a 50 person hit squad was dispatched to kill him in Canada (AFP) By Middle East Eye A Saudi state-run company has requested a court
Ministers dropped the ball on sexual violence in schools, says Labour
Jess Phillips, the shadow minister for domestic violence. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA By Sarah Marsh Jess Phillips says government has not taken issue seriously, five years after committee’s report
‘Africa needs debt relief, debt restructuring’
African Development Bank president says ‘it is time to put in place an African financial stability mechanism’ Africa needs debt relief, debt restructuring, and debt sustainability,
Mozambican oil group seeks global help to fight terror
Attacks in southern African country meant to disrupt investment in oil and gas projects, says group The Mozambican Oil and Gas Chamber Wednesday called on the international community to support
US government report raises concerns over disappeared Saudi royals
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the arrest of senior royals in March 2020 (AFP/File photo) By Ali Harb In annual report on global human rights, Biden administration notes the purge
In stark warning, Egypt leader says Nile water ‘untouchable’
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi holds a news conference with the Chairman of the Sovereignty Council of Sudan Gen. Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman al-Burhan at the Presidential Palace in
Security forces close key roads in Mogadishu
Photo/Somali Times Somali police forces this morning closed some of the main roads in Mogadishu, disrupting the movement of public and private vehicles. Troops in armored vehicles closed several
Uhuru on spot for Kemsa chair transfer during Covid-19 probe
Former Murang’a Senator Kembi Gitura. He was the Kemsa board chairman at the time of the scandal. By EDWIN MUTAI MPs have criticised President Uhuru Kenyatta’s decision to move Kenya
Police seek Kenyan pilot who fled to Somalia over terror plot
This follows a series of events that have seen Al-Shabaab suffer major setbacks in Somalia following persistent airstrikes which have killed commanders and middle level operatives in good
UAE and mercenaries has been denied by Somalia to access the port of Gara’ad
A delegation from the United Arab Emirates has been denied access to Gara’ad Village in the Jariban district of Mudug in Puntland, Somalia. Residents in Gara’ad reportedly opposed the
Saudi company requests US court freeze ex-spy chief’s $29m real estate assets
Last year, Saad al-Jabri filed a lawsuit against MBS, claiming a 50 person hit squad was dispatched to kill him in Canada (AFP) By Middle East Eye A Saudi state-run company has requested a court
Ministers dropped the ball on sexual violence in schools, says Labour
Jess Phillips, the shadow minister for domestic violence. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA By Sarah Marsh Jess Phillips says government has not taken issue seriously, five years after committee’s report
‘Africa needs debt relief, debt restructuring’
African Development Bank president says ‘it is time to put in place an African financial stability mechanism’ Africa needs debt relief, debt restructuring, and debt sustainability,