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 WEEKStorm at Sea: Hidden players in Kenya-Somalia spat
Kenyan authorities are blaming external players with interests in oil, gas and fishing for the ongoing diplomatic spat with Somalia over the common border in the Indian Ocean. The diplomatic
Read MorePresident Farmajo calls on Parliament to approve previous ousted cabinet.
Photo/Somali Times The latest, Fifteen of the new ministers are from the previous cabinet, with Deputy Prime Minister Khadar Mohamed Gulaid, Finance Minister Abdirahman Duale Beyle, Foreign
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China summoned the U.S. ambassador in Beijing and postponed joint military talks in protest against a U.S. decision to sanction a Chinese military agency and its director for buying Russian
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Storm at Sea: Hidden players in Kenya-Somalia spat
Kenyan authorities are blaming external players with interests in oil, gas and fishing for the ongoing diplomatic spat with Somalia over the common border in the Indian Ocean. The diplomatic
Read MorePresident Farmajo calls on Parliament to approve previous ousted cabinet.
Photo/Somali Times The latest, Fifteen of the new ministers are from the previous cabinet, with Deputy Prime Minister Khadar Mohamed Gulaid, Finance Minister Abdirahman Duale Beyle, Foreign
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Blog PostsWhat is President Farmajo’s plan for the Dhusamareb conference?
Photo/Somali Times Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo yesterday announced a conference of heads of state and government, following a meeting with the international community. The
The Qatar blockade is over, but tensions with Bahrain are not
Bahrain’s Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa signing a document during the opening session of the 41st GCC summit in the Saudi city of al-Ula on 5 January (AFP) By AP Muhammed Afsal
President Farmajo says emergency meeting of regional, state leaders and Benadir
Photo/Somali Times Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo said considering the political and security situation in the country and the need to hold elections, he convened a meeting of state
President Farmajo issues statement meeting with the international community
Photo/Somali Times The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, who received at the State House the Ambassadors and Representatives of the International Community
Top Amisom officials discuss security ahead of elections in Somalia
Credit: AFP/Luis Tato/A group of Nigerian Policemen deployed in Somalia, as part of the African Union peacekeeping mission, patrol in Beledweyne, Somalia, on December 14, 2019. Top African Union
Malawi sex workers protest at ‘targeted police brutality’ after Covid-19 curfew
Credit: Malawi24 Sex workers held protests in Lilongwe. By Charles Pensulo in Lilongwe Petition urges government to extend closing times for bars as women go hungry and are forced to skip HIV
Somalia faces troubled national election as time runs out
File Photo/Somali Times As Somalia marks three decades since a dictator fell and chaos engulfed the country, the government is set to hold a troubled national election. Or is it? Two regional
France to close border to non-EU travelers
French Prime Minister Jean Castex Photograph: GONZALO FUENTES Decision taken to curb spread of coronavirus France will not enforce a new lockdown but will close borders for non-European Union
Italy blocks arms sales to Saudi Arabia, UAE
Credit/Anadolu Agency/ Italy’s Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio. Italian foreign minister says halt was necessary to protect human rights Italy has blocked exports of arms to Saudi Arabia and
Somali government says it no longer has confidence in the Kenya Defense Forces to support Amisom.
The Somali government says it no longer has confidence in the Kenya Defense Forces as part of the African Union Mission in Somalia. Amisom says its neighbour cannot be a force for peace and a
What is President Farmajo’s plan for the Dhusamareb conference?
Photo/Somali Times Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo yesterday announced a conference of heads of state and government, following a meeting with the international community. The
The Qatar blockade is over, but tensions with Bahrain are not
Bahrain’s Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa signing a document during the opening session of the 41st GCC summit in the Saudi city of al-Ula on 5 January (AFP) By AP Muhammed Afsal
President Farmajo says emergency meeting of regional, state leaders and Benadir
Photo/Somali Times Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo said considering the political and security situation in the country and the need to hold elections, he convened a meeting of state
President Farmajo issues statement meeting with the international community
Photo/Somali Times The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, who received at the State House the Ambassadors and Representatives of the International Community
Top Amisom officials discuss security ahead of elections in Somalia
Credit: AFP/Luis Tato/A group of Nigerian Policemen deployed in Somalia, as part of the African Union peacekeeping mission, patrol in Beledweyne, Somalia, on December 14, 2019. Top African Union
Malawi sex workers protest at ‘targeted police brutality’ after Covid-19 curfew
Credit: Malawi24 Sex workers held protests in Lilongwe. By Charles Pensulo in Lilongwe Petition urges government to extend closing times for bars as women go hungry and are forced to skip HIV
Somalia faces troubled national election as time runs out
File Photo/Somali Times As Somalia marks three decades since a dictator fell and chaos engulfed the country, the government is set to hold a troubled national election. Or is it? Two regional
France to close border to non-EU travelers
French Prime Minister Jean Castex Photograph: GONZALO FUENTES Decision taken to curb spread of coronavirus France will not enforce a new lockdown but will close borders for non-European Union
Italy blocks arms sales to Saudi Arabia, UAE
Credit/Anadolu Agency/ Italy’s Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio. Italian foreign minister says halt was necessary to protect human rights Italy has blocked exports of arms to Saudi Arabia and
Somali government says it no longer has confidence in the Kenya Defense Forces to support Amisom.
The Somali government says it no longer has confidence in the Kenya Defense Forces as part of the African Union Mission in Somalia. Amisom says its neighbour cannot be a force for peace and a