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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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 WEEKDollar drops to two-week low as investors take profit on ‘Trump trades’
U.S. dollar banknotes are seen in this photo illustration taken February 12, 2018. Reuters/Jose Luis Gonzalez/Illustration/File Photo By Reuters The dollar dipped on Monday as investors braced
Read MoreChinese airliner crashes with 132 aboard in country’s south
File- Residents watch as a China Eastern passenger jet prepares to take off on a test flight from the new Beijing Daxing International Airport on Monday, May 13, 2019. State media are reporting a
Read MoreStrategic Turkey-US partnership will strengthen with investment and trade, Erdoğan says
Relations between Washington and Ankara will strengthen with investment and trade President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Wednesday in his speech to top U.S. executives at the Presidential Palace
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Dollar drops to two-week low as investors take profit on ‘Trump trades’
U.S. dollar banknotes are seen in this photo illustration taken February 12, 2018. Reuters/Jose Luis Gonzalez/Illustration/File Photo By Reuters The dollar dipped on Monday as investors braced
Read MoreChinese airliner crashes with 132 aboard in country’s south
File- Residents watch as a China Eastern passenger jet prepares to take off on a test flight from the new Beijing Daxing International Airport on Monday, May 13, 2019. State media are reporting a
Read MoreStrategic Turkey-US partnership will strengthen with investment and trade, Erdoğan says
Relations between Washington and Ankara will strengthen with investment and trade President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Wednesday in his speech to top U.S. executives at the Presidential Palace
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Blog PostsSomali Foreign Ministry issues statement on Kenya, Somalia’s Beled-Hawo clashes
File Photo/Somali Times A statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Somalia’s heavy fighting on Sunday and Monday in the town of Beled-Hawo in Gedo region the Foreign Ministry was
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed rumors about safety
Photo: Credit Reuters /Tiksa Negeri/ According to Borkena news agency Following a status update from activist Seyoum Teshome, a rumour was circulating in social media that Prime Minister Abiy
Tentative start to Turkey-Greece talks after year of strife
Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu gives a joint statement with European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell prior to their meeting in Brussels, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021.
Somali government retakes Beled-Hawo, capturing 100 soldiers Kenyan and militia
Photo/Somali Times The Minister of Information of the Federal Government of Somalia, Osman Abukar Dubbe held a press conference spoke strongly about the heavy fighting that took place last night
Ahmed Madobe and Kenya declares takeover of Beled-Hawo
Photo/Somali Times Jubaland President Ahmed Madobe told Somali Times the fighting in the Beled Hawo district in Gedo region was between Janan and Somali government forces. Ahmed Madobe first
UK could become ‘a failed state’ without reform, former UK PM Brown says
Photo: Credit Reuters LONDON (Reuters) – Unless the United Kingdom is fundamentally reformed it could swiftly become a failed state as many people have lost faith in the way the country is
Somali government prevents arms and ammunition from being smuggled into the country
The Federal Government of Somalia has said it has prevented illegal weapons and ammunition from being smuggled into Somalia, following intelligence reports. A statement from the
Heavy fighting erupts in Somali town near Kenyan border
Heavy fighting has broken out in a Somali town near the Kenyan border between Somali forces and those from the state of Jubaland as Somalia’s election troubles spill over into violence. Somalia’s
Kenya: Sexual abuse of children on the rise but State protection weak
By MERCY ADHIAMBO For every group of 600 children, chances are that 100 of them have faced sexual abuse. And out of every 100 victims of sexual abuse, only 12 reported the incidents. This is
Doctors warn abusers of ‘blue pill’
By Angela Oketch Recent reports, mostly on social media, showed that more men are dying from the effects of the sex-enhancing drugs sold over the counter. Experts acknowledge that the controlled
Somali Foreign Ministry issues statement on Kenya, Somalia’s Beled-Hawo clashes
File Photo/Somali Times A statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Somalia’s heavy fighting on Sunday and Monday in the town of Beled-Hawo in Gedo region the Foreign Ministry was
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed rumors about safety
Photo: Credit Reuters /Tiksa Negeri/ According to Borkena news agency Following a status update from activist Seyoum Teshome, a rumour was circulating in social media that Prime Minister Abiy
Tentative start to Turkey-Greece talks after year of strife
Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu gives a joint statement with European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell prior to their meeting in Brussels, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021.
Somali government retakes Beled-Hawo, capturing 100 soldiers Kenyan and militia
Photo/Somali Times The Minister of Information of the Federal Government of Somalia, Osman Abukar Dubbe held a press conference spoke strongly about the heavy fighting that took place last night
Ahmed Madobe and Kenya declares takeover of Beled-Hawo
Photo/Somali Times Jubaland President Ahmed Madobe told Somali Times the fighting in the Beled Hawo district in Gedo region was between Janan and Somali government forces. Ahmed Madobe first
UK could become ‘a failed state’ without reform, former UK PM Brown says
Photo: Credit Reuters LONDON (Reuters) – Unless the United Kingdom is fundamentally reformed it could swiftly become a failed state as many people have lost faith in the way the country is
Somali government prevents arms and ammunition from being smuggled into the country
The Federal Government of Somalia has said it has prevented illegal weapons and ammunition from being smuggled into Somalia, following intelligence reports. A statement from the
Heavy fighting erupts in Somali town near Kenyan border
Heavy fighting has broken out in a Somali town near the Kenyan border between Somali forces and those from the state of Jubaland as Somalia’s election troubles spill over into violence. Somalia’s
Kenya: Sexual abuse of children on the rise but State protection weak
By MERCY ADHIAMBO For every group of 600 children, chances are that 100 of them have faced sexual abuse. And out of every 100 victims of sexual abuse, only 12 reported the incidents. This is
Doctors warn abusers of ‘blue pill’
By Angela Oketch Recent reports, mostly on social media, showed that more men are dying from the effects of the sex-enhancing drugs sold over the counter. Experts acknowledge that the controlled