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
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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
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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
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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 WEEKDeni and Ahmed Islam meet with International Community Ambassadors.
Photo/Somali Times Presidents of Puntland Said Abdullahi Deni and Jubaland’s Ahmed Mohamed Islam has met with representatives of the international community in Mogadishu, Somalia,
Read MoreSomalia’s President Farmajo congratulated the two houses of parliament’s completion of the constitutional oath
File Photo/Somali Times Mogadishu, April 14, 2022; The president of the Federal Republic of Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo who congratulated the MPs of the two houses of the Federal Parliament
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Deni and Ahmed Islam meet with International Community Ambassadors.
Photo/Somali Times Presidents of Puntland Said Abdullahi Deni and Jubaland’s Ahmed Mohamed Islam has met with representatives of the international community in Mogadishu, Somalia,
Read MoreSomalia’s President Farmajo congratulated the two houses of parliament’s completion of the constitutional oath
File Photo/Somali Times Mogadishu, April 14, 2022; The president of the Federal Republic of Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo who congratulated the MPs of the two houses of the Federal Parliament
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Blog Posts3 soldiers dead, several people hurt in Somalia blast
Militant group al-Shabaab claims attack on security checkpoint near capital Mogadishu At least three soldiers died and several more people, including civilians, have been wounded in a blast at a
Global markets lower after Wall Street falls on virus fears
A currency trader passes by screens showing foreign exchange rates at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020. Asian
IMF Executive Board Completes the First Review of the Extended Credit Facility for Somalia
Photo/Somali Times Implementation of the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) supported program is off to a good start despite the challenges posed by COVID-19, flooding and the desert locust
Exclusive: Ethiopia says disarms Tigrayan peacekeepers in Somalia over security
Photo: Credit Amisom. Ethiopia said on Wednesday peacekeepers from its Tigray region serving in Somalia had been disarmed over a security issue, raising concerns over the forces’ ability to fight
Somali Deputy Prime Minister Mahdi Guled organizing the 2021 elections process based on looting and corruption.
Photo/Somali Times “The 2021 elections will be similar to those in the South West, Galmudug and Hirshabelle.” Said Mahdi Guled. Somali Deputy Prime Minister Mahdi Mohamed Guled Khadar
People go hungry in Ethiopia’s Tigray as conflict marches on
Ethiopia’s prime minister Abiy Ahmed said in a social media post on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020 that “the final and crucial” military operation will launch in the coming days against
Trump may withdraw troops from Somalia as part of global pullback
US President Donald Trump speaks during a Make America Great Again campaign rally at the Erie International Airport on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020 in Erie, PA [Noah Riffe/Anadolu Agency] President
Ethiopia pushes for Tigray capital, denies ‘ethnic bias’
Capital city of Tigray Region in Ethiopia. Mekele Ethiopian forces pushed towards the capital of the rebel Tigray region on Wednesday, ignoring international appeals for talks to end the conflict
Trump fires Homeland Security cyber chief
Director of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has been terminated effective immediately, president tweets US President Donald Trump fired the country’s top cybersecurity official
Peace was swift in Ethiopia under Abiy. War was, too.
In this Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020, file photo, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, center, arrives for the opening session of the 33rd African Union (AU) Summit at the AU headquarters in Addis
3 soldiers dead, several people hurt in Somalia blast
Militant group al-Shabaab claims attack on security checkpoint near capital Mogadishu At least three soldiers died and several more people, including civilians, have been wounded in a blast at a
Global markets lower after Wall Street falls on virus fears
A currency trader passes by screens showing foreign exchange rates at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020. Asian
IMF Executive Board Completes the First Review of the Extended Credit Facility for Somalia
Photo/Somali Times Implementation of the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) supported program is off to a good start despite the challenges posed by COVID-19, flooding and the desert locust
Exclusive: Ethiopia says disarms Tigrayan peacekeepers in Somalia over security
Photo: Credit Amisom. Ethiopia said on Wednesday peacekeepers from its Tigray region serving in Somalia had been disarmed over a security issue, raising concerns over the forces’ ability to fight
Somali Deputy Prime Minister Mahdi Guled organizing the 2021 elections process based on looting and corruption.
Photo/Somali Times “The 2021 elections will be similar to those in the South West, Galmudug and Hirshabelle.” Said Mahdi Guled. Somali Deputy Prime Minister Mahdi Mohamed Guled Khadar
People go hungry in Ethiopia’s Tigray as conflict marches on
Ethiopia’s prime minister Abiy Ahmed said in a social media post on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020 that “the final and crucial” military operation will launch in the coming days against
Trump may withdraw troops from Somalia as part of global pullback
US President Donald Trump speaks during a Make America Great Again campaign rally at the Erie International Airport on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020 in Erie, PA [Noah Riffe/Anadolu Agency] President
Ethiopia pushes for Tigray capital, denies ‘ethnic bias’
Capital city of Tigray Region in Ethiopia. Mekele Ethiopian forces pushed towards the capital of the rebel Tigray region on Wednesday, ignoring international appeals for talks to end the conflict
Trump fires Homeland Security cyber chief
Director of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has been terminated effective immediately, president tweets US President Donald Trump fired the country’s top cybersecurity official
Peace was swift in Ethiopia under Abiy. War was, too.
In this Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020, file photo, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, center, arrives for the opening session of the 33rd African Union (AU) Summit at the AU headquarters in Addis