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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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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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Ethiopia says Somalia government is not able to work efficiently outside the Banadir region
The Deputy Permanent Representative of Ethiopia to the African Union, Nebiyu Tedla, spoke about a recent statement by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Somalia, Ahmed Moalim Fiqi, regarding
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Blog PostsKenya YouTubers to start paying 24pc tax to US
Credit AFP YouTube will deduct up to 24 per cent tax for content creators outside the United States. Kenyan digital content creators with YouTube channels will start paying taxes to the United
President Farmajo receives credentials from new UK Ambassador Kate Foster
Photo/Somali Times The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, has accepted the credentials of the new Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Somalia, Kate Foster.
Former Somali President Ali Mahdi dies of Covid-19
File Photo/Somali Times Former Somali President Ali Mahdi Mohamed has died in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, family members and other sources have confirmed to Somali Times. Ali Mahdi Mohamed had
Amisom on the spot over errors, double payments
The internal operations of the African Union Mission in Somalia have come under scrutiny after an audit report flagged payments to soldiers no longer serving the mission, double payments and
Somali diplomat named Igad spokesman
Nuur Mohamud Sheekh during a past event. Somali diplomat Nuur Mohamud Sheekh has been named the spokesman for the regional bloc Intergovernmental Authority on Development (Igad), part of the
New UK Ambassador in Somalia received a warm welcome
Photo/Somali Times The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry Foreign Affairs of the Federal Government Somalia Ambassador Mohamed Ali Nur Haji today welcomed the newly appointed UK Ambassador Kate
UN pay for Kenya Defence Forces falls Sh8bn as audit reveals ghost soldiers
KDF officer in Somalia. Cash reimbursed to Kenya for its troops fighting Al-Shabaab militia in Somalia for the half-year period through December 2020 fell Sh8 billion short of Treasury’s target
Somalia: UN, African Union offices hit in Mogadishu
A suspected mortar attack targeted the offices of United Nations and African Union peacekeeping mission in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Tuesday. The offices are located inside the
Jubaland and Puntland Governor puppets of Kenya-UAE arrive in Mogadishu
File Photo/Somali Times Jubaland Governor Ahmed Madobe and Puntland Governor Said Abduallhi Deni who have been acutely opposed to President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo will arrive in Mogadishu
Turkey’s mid-range air defense system triumphs tests
Hisar-O defends against fighters, helicopters, drones, cruise and air-to-surface missiles Turkey’s medium-range air defense system Hisar-O triumphed tests hitting targets on-point, a top
Kenya YouTubers to start paying 24pc tax to US
Credit AFP YouTube will deduct up to 24 per cent tax for content creators outside the United States. Kenyan digital content creators with YouTube channels will start paying taxes to the United
President Farmajo receives credentials from new UK Ambassador Kate Foster
Photo/Somali Times The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, has accepted the credentials of the new Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Somalia, Kate Foster.
Former Somali President Ali Mahdi dies of Covid-19
File Photo/Somali Times Former Somali President Ali Mahdi Mohamed has died in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, family members and other sources have confirmed to Somali Times. Ali Mahdi Mohamed had
Amisom on the spot over errors, double payments
The internal operations of the African Union Mission in Somalia have come under scrutiny after an audit report flagged payments to soldiers no longer serving the mission, double payments and
Somali diplomat named Igad spokesman
Nuur Mohamud Sheekh during a past event. Somali diplomat Nuur Mohamud Sheekh has been named the spokesman for the regional bloc Intergovernmental Authority on Development (Igad), part of the
New UK Ambassador in Somalia received a warm welcome
Photo/Somali Times The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry Foreign Affairs of the Federal Government Somalia Ambassador Mohamed Ali Nur Haji today welcomed the newly appointed UK Ambassador Kate
UN pay for Kenya Defence Forces falls Sh8bn as audit reveals ghost soldiers
KDF officer in Somalia. Cash reimbursed to Kenya for its troops fighting Al-Shabaab militia in Somalia for the half-year period through December 2020 fell Sh8 billion short of Treasury’s target
Somalia: UN, African Union offices hit in Mogadishu
A suspected mortar attack targeted the offices of United Nations and African Union peacekeeping mission in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Tuesday. The offices are located inside the
Jubaland and Puntland Governor puppets of Kenya-UAE arrive in Mogadishu
File Photo/Somali Times Jubaland Governor Ahmed Madobe and Puntland Governor Said Abduallhi Deni who have been acutely opposed to President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo will arrive in Mogadishu
Turkey’s mid-range air defense system triumphs tests
Hisar-O defends against fighters, helicopters, drones, cruise and air-to-surface missiles Turkey’s medium-range air defense system Hisar-O triumphed tests hitting targets on-point, a top