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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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
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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 WEEKUgandan dictator Yoweri Museveni’s son arrives in Mogadishu helping the Hawiye community
Photo/Somali Times/Ugandan dictator Yoweri Museveni’s evil son Muhoozi Kainerugaba. Ugnada’s ‘dictator’ Yoweri Museveni, his son the Commander of the Ugandan Infantry, Lt.
Read MoreThe latest suicide bomber targets military base in Mogadishu
Photo/Somali Times A suicide bomber has targeted a group of young men trying to join the Somali military. A suicide bomber detonated in the military base Wadajir district Tuesday morning, killing
Read MoreUK crime agency alerts teachers on “sextortion” after rise in cases
Pedestrians walk past the National Crime Agency (NCA) headquarters in London October 7, 2013. The new body has been launched to pursue organised criminals. Photographer Stefan Wermuth/File Photo
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Ugandan dictator Yoweri Museveni’s son arrives in Mogadishu helping the Hawiye community
Photo/Somali Times/Ugandan dictator Yoweri Museveni’s evil son Muhoozi Kainerugaba. Ugnada’s ‘dictator’ Yoweri Museveni, his son the Commander of the Ugandan Infantry, Lt.
Read MoreThe latest suicide bomber targets military base in Mogadishu
Photo/Somali Times A suicide bomber has targeted a group of young men trying to join the Somali military. A suicide bomber detonated in the military base Wadajir district Tuesday morning, killing
Read MoreUK crime agency alerts teachers on “sextortion” after rise in cases
Pedestrians walk past the National Crime Agency (NCA) headquarters in London October 7, 2013. The new body has been launched to pursue organised criminals. Photographer Stefan Wermuth/File Photo
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Blog PostsTanzania says no plans in place to accept COVID-19 vaccines
Credit: Associated Press President John Magufuli. DODOMA, Tanzania (AP) — Tanzania’s health ministry says it has no plans in place to accept COVID-19 vaccines, just days after the president of
President Farmajo arrives at Dhusamareb conference
Photo/Somali Times Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo recently arrived in Dhusamareb, the capital of Galmudug state, where a conference between the heads of the federal government,
EU nations have received 18.5 million COVID-19 vaccines
A nurse holds a bottle of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Nurse Isabel Zendal Hospital in Madrid, Spain, Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) By SAMUEL PETREQUIN BRUSSELS
Wealthy Kenyans rush for cosmetic surgery during Covid-19 lockdown
Plastic and reconstructive doctors are seeing a rising demand for elective and cosmetic surgery in Covid-19 times, as wealthy Kenyans opt for laser eye correction, chin and breast augmentation,
Lafta-Green Farmajo allied arrives at Dhusamareb conference
Photo/Somali Times The President of the South West State of Somalia, Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed (Lafta Gareen) recently arrived in Dhusamareb, becoming the first leader to visit the town. Lafta
Oil prices up over Saudi output cut, vaccine hopes
Oil prices rose on Monday, boosted by the start of Saudi Arabia’s production cut of 1 million barrels per day (bpd) and with positive reports on the new coronavirus vaccines. International
Al-Shabaab terrorists killed nine people, including a couple who recently married in Afrik Hotel Mogadishu
Photo/Somali Times Information is still growing on the eight-hour direct attack on the Afrik Hotel in Mogadishu, which resulted in a number of deaths and injuries. According to the Somali
A suicide bomber in Afrik Hotel killed General Mohamed Nur Galaal in Mogadishu
Photo/Somali Times Somali Times reports said that General Mohamed Nur Galaal was killed in the ongoing attack of the Afrik Hotel in Mogadishu. The officer was among those inside the hotel this
The latest suicide bomber entered the Afrik Hotel in Mogadishu
Photo/Somali Times The blast reportedly took place in the Afrik Hotel Mogadishu , where there is a checkpoint for vehicles heading towards the airport. KM4 The blast was followed by heavy
ANTISEMITISM GOES UNCHALLENGED ON BBC SOMALI SERVICE RADIO
Photo: Credit Facebook Somali MP Mohamed Omer Dalha. By Hadar Sela Last week a member of the public alerted us to an edition of a programme called “Dooda Jimcaha” which was aired on the BBC
Tanzania says no plans in place to accept COVID-19 vaccines
Credit: Associated Press President John Magufuli. DODOMA, Tanzania (AP) — Tanzania’s health ministry says it has no plans in place to accept COVID-19 vaccines, just days after the president of
President Farmajo arrives at Dhusamareb conference
Photo/Somali Times Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo recently arrived in Dhusamareb, the capital of Galmudug state, where a conference between the heads of the federal government,
EU nations have received 18.5 million COVID-19 vaccines
A nurse holds a bottle of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Nurse Isabel Zendal Hospital in Madrid, Spain, Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) By SAMUEL PETREQUIN BRUSSELS
Wealthy Kenyans rush for cosmetic surgery during Covid-19 lockdown
Plastic and reconstructive doctors are seeing a rising demand for elective and cosmetic surgery in Covid-19 times, as wealthy Kenyans opt for laser eye correction, chin and breast augmentation,
Lafta-Green Farmajo allied arrives at Dhusamareb conference
Photo/Somali Times The President of the South West State of Somalia, Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed (Lafta Gareen) recently arrived in Dhusamareb, becoming the first leader to visit the town. Lafta
Oil prices up over Saudi output cut, vaccine hopes
Oil prices rose on Monday, boosted by the start of Saudi Arabia’s production cut of 1 million barrels per day (bpd) and with positive reports on the new coronavirus vaccines. International
Al-Shabaab terrorists killed nine people, including a couple who recently married in Afrik Hotel Mogadishu
Photo/Somali Times Information is still growing on the eight-hour direct attack on the Afrik Hotel in Mogadishu, which resulted in a number of deaths and injuries. According to the Somali
A suicide bomber in Afrik Hotel killed General Mohamed Nur Galaal in Mogadishu
Photo/Somali Times Somali Times reports said that General Mohamed Nur Galaal was killed in the ongoing attack of the Afrik Hotel in Mogadishu. The officer was among those inside the hotel this
The latest suicide bomber entered the Afrik Hotel in Mogadishu
Photo/Somali Times The blast reportedly took place in the Afrik Hotel Mogadishu , where there is a checkpoint for vehicles heading towards the airport. KM4 The blast was followed by heavy
ANTISEMITISM GOES UNCHALLENGED ON BBC SOMALI SERVICE RADIO
Photo: Credit Facebook Somali MP Mohamed Omer Dalha. By Hadar Sela Last week a member of the public alerted us to an edition of a programme called “Dooda Jimcaha” which was aired on the BBC