Latest NewsWhite House seeks 1.5 trillion USD in defence spending in 2027 budget proposal
The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier arrives in Split, Croatia, on March 28, 2026. Photographer Zvonimir Barisin By Xinhua News Agency The White House Office of Management and Budget on Friday
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday urged the UN Security Council not to support unauthorized military operations in the Middle East, warning that continued conflict could lead to
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Ismail Omar Guelleh, is well-known to Djiboutians. He has, after all, been in power since May 1999, the year he succeeded his uncle, Hassan Gouled Aptidon, for whom he was in charge of national
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Members of the Iranian Red Crescent Society work at the site of a reported strike amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, near Hosseinieh Azam Zanjan Mosque in Zanjan, Iran, in this screen grab
Read MoreRwanda’s open door-is the visa policy paying off?
Photo by Tobias Doering / Unsplash By The African Exponent According to the Africa Visa Openness Index 2025, Rwanda is ranked the most visa‑open country in Africa, maintaining this position since
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White House seeks 1.5 trillion USD in defence spending in 2027 budget proposal
The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier arrives in Split, Croatia, on March 28, 2026. Photographer Zvonimir Barisin By Xinhua News Agency The White House Office of Management and Budget on Friday
Read MoreChina desire UN Security Council to avoid backing unauthorized military operations in Middle East
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday urged the UN Security Council not to support unauthorized military operations in the Middle East, warning that continued conflict could lead to
Read MoreDjibouti dictator Ismail Omar Guelleh campaigning for re-election
Ismail Omar Guelleh, is well-known to Djiboutians. He has, after all, been in power since May 1999, the year he succeeded his uncle, Hassan Gouled Aptidon, for whom he was in charge of national
Read MoreTrump says US may exit Iran war soon as new attacks hit Gulf states and Iran
Members of the Iranian Red Crescent Society work at the site of a reported strike amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, near Hosseinieh Azam Zanjan Mosque in Zanjan, Iran, in this screen grab
Read MoreRwanda’s open door-is the visa policy paying off?
Photo by Tobias Doering / Unsplash By The African Exponent According to the Africa Visa Openness Index 2025, Rwanda is ranked the most visa‑open country in Africa, maintaining this position since
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Featured ArticlesWhite House seeks 1.5 trillion USD in defence spending in 2027 budget proposal
The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier arrives in Split, Croatia, on March 28, 2026. Photographer Zvonimir Barisin By Xinhua News Agency The White House Office of Management and Budget on Friday
White House seeks 1.5 trillion USD in defence spending in 2027 budget proposal
The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier arrives in Split, Croatia, on March 28, 2026. Photographer Zvonimir Barisin By Xinhua News Agency The White House Office of Management and Budget on Friday
EDITOR’S PIC OF THE WEEKChina’s vice premier: No country can win a trade war
China’s Vice Premier Liu He told an economic conference in Hamburg on Tuesday that protectionist and unilateral approaches to trade will only deepen economic uncertainty, and that no
Read MoreSaudi Arabia allows foreign men and women to share hotel rooms
FILE PHOTO: A Saudi man walks past renovated buildings at the historic city of Diriyah, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, September 27, 2019. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri/File Photo
Read MoreTrump threatens U.S. government shutdown over border wall
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he would allow the federal government to shut down if Democrats do not fund his border wall and back immigration law changes, betting that maintaining a
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China’s vice premier: No country can win a trade war
China’s Vice Premier Liu He told an economic conference in Hamburg on Tuesday that protectionist and unilateral approaches to trade will only deepen economic uncertainty, and that no
Read MoreSaudi Arabia allows foreign men and women to share hotel rooms
FILE PHOTO: A Saudi man walks past renovated buildings at the historic city of Diriyah, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, September 27, 2019. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri/File Photo
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Blog PostsFormer Al-Shabaab commander Sheikh Sharif calls demonstrations and civil war instead of talking about the maritime case
Photo/Somali Times Former Al-Shabaab commander Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, who is also the chairman of the Union of Opposition Candidates, addressed the media in Mogadishu today, strongly criticizing
Benadir mayor instructs district commissioners to resume awareness of Covid-19
Photo/Somali Times The mayor of the Benadir region in Mogadishu, Omar Mohamud Mohamed had a private meeting with the district commissioners of the Benadir region has ordered the immediate
Germany tightens border checks to keep out virus variants
Cars and trucks from the Czech Republic stand one behind the other at a rest area on highway 17 during border controls by the German Federal Police in Bad Gottleuba, Germany, Sunday, Feb. 14,
Gunmen kill three women two of them were pregnant in Mogadishu
File Photo/Somali Times Unidentified gunmen shot dead three women, two of whom were pregnant, in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Sunday, police said. In a statement, the law enforcers said the
I am here to stay, DP Ruto tells critics as resignation calls rage
Deputy President William Ruto said Saturday he would not resign amid a chorus of calls to quit the government for his apparent rebellion against President Uhuru Kenyatta. He said he would
ICJ rejects Kenya’s request to postpone the Somali maritime case
The International Court of Justice has rejected a request by the Kenyan government to postpone the hearing of the Somali maritime case, according to the Somali government. ”With reference
Melania ‘bitter’ towards Donald Trump and barely spending time with him at Mar-a-Lago
Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump hold hands on stage after the first presidential debate at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 29, 2020. (AP
How Africa Proved the World Wrong With COVID-19 Response
Cases have more than doubled in 22 countries in the region over the past month. When the first human case of COVID-19 was reported in December 2019, one of the most significant concerns in
A suicide bomber blows up his vehicle and himself near parliament in Mogadishu
Photo/Somali Times A suicide bomber has killed at least three people in Somalia’s Mogadishu, according to witnesses. Somali police spokesman Sadiq Adan Ali said in a statement that the
Kenyan puppet Ahmed Madobe says, ”Completion of the Gedo region depends on the Somali elections in 2021.”
Photo/Somali Times Jubaland Ahmed Madobe continues to insist that the Gedo region should be handed over first before the Somali elections, making Gedo the epicenter of the electoral dispute.
Former Al-Shabaab commander Sheikh Sharif calls demonstrations and civil war instead of talking about the maritime case
Photo/Somali Times Former Al-Shabaab commander Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, who is also the chairman of the Union of Opposition Candidates, addressed the media in Mogadishu today, strongly criticizing
Benadir mayor instructs district commissioners to resume awareness of Covid-19
Photo/Somali Times The mayor of the Benadir region in Mogadishu, Omar Mohamud Mohamed had a private meeting with the district commissioners of the Benadir region has ordered the immediate
Germany tightens border checks to keep out virus variants
Cars and trucks from the Czech Republic stand one behind the other at a rest area on highway 17 during border controls by the German Federal Police in Bad Gottleuba, Germany, Sunday, Feb. 14,
Gunmen kill three women two of them were pregnant in Mogadishu
File Photo/Somali Times Unidentified gunmen shot dead three women, two of whom were pregnant, in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Sunday, police said. In a statement, the law enforcers said the
I am here to stay, DP Ruto tells critics as resignation calls rage
Deputy President William Ruto said Saturday he would not resign amid a chorus of calls to quit the government for his apparent rebellion against President Uhuru Kenyatta. He said he would
ICJ rejects Kenya’s request to postpone the Somali maritime case
The International Court of Justice has rejected a request by the Kenyan government to postpone the hearing of the Somali maritime case, according to the Somali government. ”With reference
Melania ‘bitter’ towards Donald Trump and barely spending time with him at Mar-a-Lago
Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump hold hands on stage after the first presidential debate at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 29, 2020. (AP
How Africa Proved the World Wrong With COVID-19 Response
Cases have more than doubled in 22 countries in the region over the past month. When the first human case of COVID-19 was reported in December 2019, one of the most significant concerns in
A suicide bomber blows up his vehicle and himself near parliament in Mogadishu
Photo/Somali Times A suicide bomber has killed at least three people in Somalia’s Mogadishu, according to witnesses. Somali police spokesman Sadiq Adan Ali said in a statement that the
Kenyan puppet Ahmed Madobe says, ”Completion of the Gedo region depends on the Somali elections in 2021.”
Photo/Somali Times Jubaland Ahmed Madobe continues to insist that the Gedo region should be handed over first before the Somali elections, making Gedo the epicenter of the electoral dispute.