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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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A vessel at the Strait of Hormuz, off the coast of Oman’s Musandam province, April 12, 2026. By Reuters The U.S. military said it will begin a blockade of all maritime traffic entering and
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Blog PostsSomalia: Mortar attack kills at least 3 civilians
At least three civilians were killed and five wounded when a barrage of mortars targeted the UN and African Union peacekeeping mission forces (AMISOM) headquarters in the Somali capital Mogadishu
Kenya risks UK blacklist over open Tanzania border
Terminal 1A at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. Kenya risks joining the UK’s ‘red list’ of countries from where travellers are subjected to mandatory stay at quarantine hotels due to the
Massive cargo ship becomes wedged, blocks Egypt’s Suez Canal
CORRECTS NAME OF SHIP TO EVER GIVEN, NOT EVER GREEN – In this photo released by the Suez Canal Authority, a boat navigates in front of a cargo ship, Ever Given, Wednesday, March 24, 2021,
Mohammed bin Salman has lost the war in Yemen. It’s time to end the humanitarian disaster
Mohammed bin Salman during a meeting with Saudi air forces officers to discuss plans and developments of the military operations against Yemen in 2015 (AFP) By Madawi al-Rasheed Six years on, the
Somali government warns ambassadors to Somalia respecting its sovereignty
Photo/Somali Times/Minister of Information Osman Abukar Dubbe. Somalia’s Minister of Information Osman Abukar Dubbe has warned ambassadors working in Somalia against violating
Wanted for human rights violations in Gedo region Abdirashid Janan received warm welcome in Beled-Hawo
Photo/Somali Times Abdirashid Hassan Nur Janan, who reached an agreement with the Federal Government of Somalia, was warmly welcomed in Beled-Hawo. Abdirashid Janan arrived in Beled-Hawo
France hit by 3rd virus surge; culture minister in hospital
PARIS (AP) — France’s high-profile culture minister has been hospitalized for COVID-19, the latest senior official to become ill as the nation faces a third surge of coronavirus infections, this
Kenya gives UNHCR two weeks to ‘have road map’ on closure of Dadaab, Kakuma refugee camps
The Kenyan government has issued a two-week ultimatum to the United Nations High Commissioner of Refugees (UNHCR) to ‘have road map on definite closure of Dadaab and Kakuma refugee camps’. Saying
Ahmed Madobe allied Minister Janan surrender to Farmajo
Photo/Somali Times Demonstrations to welcome Abdirashid Janan, Jubaland’s security minister, are taking place in Beled-Hawo, Gedo region. The residents of Beled-Hawo town have gathered in
United Nations concerned over political impasse in Somalia
Photo: Credit United Nations. According to Anadolu Agency report, Antonio Guterres urges Somali leaders to resolve differences on electoral process, reach consensus on way forward. The UN’s
Somalia: Mortar attack kills at least 3 civilians
At least three civilians were killed and five wounded when a barrage of mortars targeted the UN and African Union peacekeeping mission forces (AMISOM) headquarters in the Somali capital Mogadishu
Kenya risks UK blacklist over open Tanzania border
Terminal 1A at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. Kenya risks joining the UK’s ‘red list’ of countries from where travellers are subjected to mandatory stay at quarantine hotels due to the
Massive cargo ship becomes wedged, blocks Egypt’s Suez Canal
CORRECTS NAME OF SHIP TO EVER GIVEN, NOT EVER GREEN – In this photo released by the Suez Canal Authority, a boat navigates in front of a cargo ship, Ever Given, Wednesday, March 24, 2021,
Mohammed bin Salman has lost the war in Yemen. It’s time to end the humanitarian disaster
Mohammed bin Salman during a meeting with Saudi air forces officers to discuss plans and developments of the military operations against Yemen in 2015 (AFP) By Madawi al-Rasheed Six years on, the
Somali government warns ambassadors to Somalia respecting its sovereignty
Photo/Somali Times/Minister of Information Osman Abukar Dubbe. Somalia’s Minister of Information Osman Abukar Dubbe has warned ambassadors working in Somalia against violating
Wanted for human rights violations in Gedo region Abdirashid Janan received warm welcome in Beled-Hawo
Photo/Somali Times Abdirashid Hassan Nur Janan, who reached an agreement with the Federal Government of Somalia, was warmly welcomed in Beled-Hawo. Abdirashid Janan arrived in Beled-Hawo
France hit by 3rd virus surge; culture minister in hospital
PARIS (AP) — France’s high-profile culture minister has been hospitalized for COVID-19, the latest senior official to become ill as the nation faces a third surge of coronavirus infections, this
Kenya gives UNHCR two weeks to ‘have road map’ on closure of Dadaab, Kakuma refugee camps
The Kenyan government has issued a two-week ultimatum to the United Nations High Commissioner of Refugees (UNHCR) to ‘have road map on definite closure of Dadaab and Kakuma refugee camps’. Saying
Ahmed Madobe allied Minister Janan surrender to Farmajo
Photo/Somali Times Demonstrations to welcome Abdirashid Janan, Jubaland’s security minister, are taking place in Beled-Hawo, Gedo region. The residents of Beled-Hawo town have gathered in
United Nations concerned over political impasse in Somalia
Photo: Credit United Nations. According to Anadolu Agency report, Antonio Guterres urges Somali leaders to resolve differences on electoral process, reach consensus on way forward. The UN’s