Latest NewsSomalia’s president Hassan Sheikh and his family have become dictators through one-party elections
Photo Somali Times, Thursday December 25th 2025. Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh and his family have become dictators through one-party elections. ead: Somalia corrupt president Hassan
Read MoreBP to sell 65% stake in Castrol to Stonepeak for $6 billion
Castrol motor oil bottles are seen in this illustration taken June 19, 2025. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo By Reuters BP, opens new tab has agreed to sell a 65% stake in its Castrol
Read MoreIran says missile program aimed at defending national sovereignty, non-negotiable
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei is pictured during a press conference in Tehran, Iran, Dec. 14, 2025. By Xinhua News Agency Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei
Read MoreVenezuela reaches oil production target amid US pressure
By Anadolu Agency Venezuela has reached its goal of producing 1.2 million barrels of crude oil per day this year, despite intensifying US pressure and tanker seizures, said Vice President Delcy
Read MoreKenya seeks Egypt partnership to boost local defence manufacturing
By Kenyans Kenya has taken a step toward strengthening defence manufacturing capacity following a high-level visit to Egypt by senior officials from the Directorate of National Security
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Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh and his family have become dictators through one-party elections
Photo Somali Times, Thursday December 25th 2025. Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh and his family have become dictators through one-party elections. ead: Somalia corrupt president Hassan
Read MoreBP to sell 65% stake in Castrol to Stonepeak for $6 billion
Castrol motor oil bottles are seen in this illustration taken June 19, 2025. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo By Reuters BP, opens new tab has agreed to sell a 65% stake in its Castrol
Read MoreIran says missile program aimed at defending national sovereignty, non-negotiable
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei is pictured during a press conference in Tehran, Iran, Dec. 14, 2025. By Xinhua News Agency Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei
Read MoreVenezuela reaches oil production target amid US pressure
By Anadolu Agency Venezuela has reached its goal of producing 1.2 million barrels of crude oil per day this year, despite intensifying US pressure and tanker seizures, said Vice President Delcy
Read MoreKenya seeks Egypt partnership to boost local defence manufacturing
By Kenyans Kenya has taken a step toward strengthening defence manufacturing capacity following a high-level visit to Egypt by senior officials from the Directorate of National Security
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Featured ArticlesSomalia’s president Hassan Sheikh and his family have become dictators through one-party elections
Photo Somali Times, Thursday December 25th 2025. Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh and his family have become dictators through one-party elections. ead: Somalia corrupt president Hassan
Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh and his family have become dictators through one-party elections
Photo Somali Times, Thursday December 25th 2025. Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh and his family have become dictators through one-party elections. ead: Somalia corrupt president Hassan
EDITOR’S PIC OF THE WEEKCoronavirus: Somalia legend Mohamed Farah dies in London aged 59
Caf Media Coronavirus: Somalia legend Mohamed Farah dies in London aged 59 Somali Football Federation have announced the passing away of their former player who died in a London hospital after
Read MoreAt least 40 killed by paramilitaries in eastern Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – At least 40 people were killed by paramilitary forces in eastern Ethiopia over the weekend, a senior regional official said on Monday, in the latest spate of
Read MoreContinuous breach of the African Union charter by psychopath Ethiopia PM Abiy Ahmed
File Photo Somali Times/Psychopath Ethiopia PM Abiy Ahmed Abiy Ahmed’s administration, along with the exploitation of the Union’s headquarters to gain political leverage against other
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Coronavirus: Somalia legend Mohamed Farah dies in London aged 59
Caf Media Coronavirus: Somalia legend Mohamed Farah dies in London aged 59 Somali Football Federation have announced the passing away of their former player who died in a London hospital after
Read MoreAt least 40 killed by paramilitaries in eastern Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – At least 40 people were killed by paramilitary forces in eastern Ethiopia over the weekend, a senior regional official said on Monday, in the latest spate of
Read MoreContinuous breach of the African Union charter by psychopath Ethiopia PM Abiy Ahmed
File Photo Somali Times/Psychopath Ethiopia PM Abiy Ahmed Abiy Ahmed’s administration, along with the exploitation of the Union’s headquarters to gain political leverage against other
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Blog PostsTurkey’s Erdogan and Saudi king agree to solve issues through dialogue
Ankara and Riyadh have been at odds for years over foreign policy and attitudes towards Islamist political groups (AFP/File photo) In phone call, two leaders agree to keep channels of
Turkey’s ‘African Eagle’ Trains Turkish-Speaking Troops in Somalia: Where Next?
By: Can Kasapoglu Africa has become an important pillar of Turkey’s widely debated expeditionary military policy and forward-basing posture. The Turkish contingent stationed in Mogadishu, Somalia
What Ethiopia’s crisis means for Somalia
By Vanda Felbab-Brown With many around the world focused on the dangerous military confrontation in Ethiopia, Somalia too is facing a triple security crisis that can jeopardize the country’s
Presidential candidate Hassan Ali Kheire receives warm welcome in Mogadishu
Photo/Somali Times Somalia’s presidential candidate Hassan Ali Khaire has received a warm welcome in Mogadishu today. Khaire Aden Adde airport welcomed ministers, elders and various social
Merkel: EU leaders to discuss Turkey at December summit
German Chancellor says EU will wait and see developments in Mediterranean before discussing any sanctions European leaders will discuss the future of EU-Turkey relations at their summit in
Norwegian citizen sentenced to death in Somaliland to be executed on Saturday
The family of the 54-year-old Norwegian citizen who has been sentenced to death for premeditated murder in Somaliland has been informed that he will be executed on Saturday. The man who has lived
Somali Foreign Minister Awad’s dismissal came less than 24 hours
Photo/Somali Times Somali Foreign Minister Mohamed Abdirizak Mohamud Abubakar has been appointed, replacing former Foreign Minister Ahmed Isse Awad. Awad’s dismissal came less than 24 hours
Farmajo sacks Ahmed Awad and appoints a new foreign minister
Photo/Somali Times Somali President Mohamed Farmajo has fired Somali Foreign Minister Ahmed Isse Awad and replaced him with Mohamed Abdirizak Mohamud Abubakar. Another decree issued by President
Jailed Saudi women activists ‘tortured’, forced to carry out ‘sex acts’, claims new report
Photo: Credit Reuters Jailed Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul There is mounting pressure on world leaders to boycott the upcoming G20 Summit, which is to be held later this
How Ethiopia’s Civil War Emboldens Jihadis in Somalia
By Jack Erickson Ethiopian troops help fight Al-Shabaab in Somalia. What happens when they’re called back home? Observers could be forgiven for thinking these days that East Africa is on
Turkey’s Erdogan and Saudi king agree to solve issues through dialogue
Ankara and Riyadh have been at odds for years over foreign policy and attitudes towards Islamist political groups (AFP/File photo) In phone call, two leaders agree to keep channels of
Turkey’s ‘African Eagle’ Trains Turkish-Speaking Troops in Somalia: Where Next?
By: Can Kasapoglu Africa has become an important pillar of Turkey’s widely debated expeditionary military policy and forward-basing posture. The Turkish contingent stationed in Mogadishu, Somalia
What Ethiopia’s crisis means for Somalia
By Vanda Felbab-Brown With many around the world focused on the dangerous military confrontation in Ethiopia, Somalia too is facing a triple security crisis that can jeopardize the country’s
Presidential candidate Hassan Ali Kheire receives warm welcome in Mogadishu
Photo/Somali Times Somalia’s presidential candidate Hassan Ali Khaire has received a warm welcome in Mogadishu today. Khaire Aden Adde airport welcomed ministers, elders and various social
Merkel: EU leaders to discuss Turkey at December summit
German Chancellor says EU will wait and see developments in Mediterranean before discussing any sanctions European leaders will discuss the future of EU-Turkey relations at their summit in
Norwegian citizen sentenced to death in Somaliland to be executed on Saturday
The family of the 54-year-old Norwegian citizen who has been sentenced to death for premeditated murder in Somaliland has been informed that he will be executed on Saturday. The man who has lived
Somali Foreign Minister Awad’s dismissal came less than 24 hours
Photo/Somali Times Somali Foreign Minister Mohamed Abdirizak Mohamud Abubakar has been appointed, replacing former Foreign Minister Ahmed Isse Awad. Awad’s dismissal came less than 24 hours
Farmajo sacks Ahmed Awad and appoints a new foreign minister
Photo/Somali Times Somali President Mohamed Farmajo has fired Somali Foreign Minister Ahmed Isse Awad and replaced him with Mohamed Abdirizak Mohamud Abubakar. Another decree issued by President
Jailed Saudi women activists ‘tortured’, forced to carry out ‘sex acts’, claims new report
Photo: Credit Reuters Jailed Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul There is mounting pressure on world leaders to boycott the upcoming G20 Summit, which is to be held later this
How Ethiopia’s Civil War Emboldens Jihadis in Somalia
By Jack Erickson Ethiopian troops help fight Al-Shabaab in Somalia. What happens when they’re called back home? Observers could be forgiven for thinking these days that East Africa is on