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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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
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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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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 WEEKWhy are Turkey and Hungary against Sweden joining NATO?
By Reuters Sweden’s path to NATO membership remains blocked by Turkey and Hungary as neighbour Finland officially joined the 30-member alliance on Tuesday after its application was ratified
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Over 1,100 people have been detained under Ethiopia’s February 16 State of Emergency, authorities in the country have disclosed. A total of 1,107 detainees are currently being held across six
Read MoreSomali army says it kills 37 al-Shabab militants in southern region
Photo/Somali Times The Somali National Army said Saturday its forces killed 37 al-Shabab militants in Middle Shabelle region on Friday night amid the ongoing military operations to flush out the
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Why are Turkey and Hungary against Sweden joining NATO?
By Reuters Sweden’s path to NATO membership remains blocked by Turkey and Hungary as neighbour Finland officially joined the 30-member alliance on Tuesday after its application was ratified
Read MoreEthiopia’s state of emergency: Over 1,100 people detained
Over 1,100 people have been detained under Ethiopia’s February 16 State of Emergency, authorities in the country have disclosed. A total of 1,107 detainees are currently being held across six
Read MoreSomali army says it kills 37 al-Shabab militants in southern region
Photo/Somali Times The Somali National Army said Saturday its forces killed 37 al-Shabab militants in Middle Shabelle region on Friday night amid the ongoing military operations to flush out the
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Blog PostsBoris Johnson hit by backlash as foreign aid faces cut to pay for Covid crisis
FILE – In this Nov. 10, 2020 file photo British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street in London. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File) By Nicholas Cecil Boris Johnson was today hit
Suicide bomber strikes restaurant next to the police academy in Mogadishu
Photo/Somali Times The blast, which was reportedly carried out by a man wearing an explosives vest, took place at a tea shop near the General Kahiye Police Academy in Hamar Jajab district.
Factbox: Which countries have stakes in Ethiopia’s war?
Capital city of Tigray Region in Ethiopia. Mekele Ethiopian troops are battling rebellious forces from the country’s northern Tigray region. Fallout from the conflict in Africa’s second
TRUMP ISN’T ALL WRONG ON SOMALIA
In this Nov. 13, 2020, file photo President Donald Trump speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) By Elizabeth Shackelford Biden should bring our
Rep. Omar terminates contract with husband’s consulting firm
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks to the media during an Election Night watch party in St. Paul, Minn., Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. (Leila Navidi/Star Tribune via AP) U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar is
Somalia’s intelligence chief worked with an al Qaeda affiliate, so why do we fund him?
Somali spy chief Fahad Yasin By Michael Rubin Somalia has become a money pit for the United States. In recent years, the U.S. government has pumped hundreds of millions of dollars annually into
Ethiopia: What We Know About the War in the Tigray Region
Conflict in the north of Africa’s second-most-populous nation is spreading across borders, threatening stability in a strategy Long-simmering tensions between Ethiopia’s federal government and
Somalia: The Need For Greed
Al Shabaab is making maximum use of the Somali culture of corruption to expand its economic power. From there al Shabaab expects it will have another chance to take control of the entire country.
Britain, EU have 7-10 days to find Brexit breakthrough, says Ireland
British Union Jack and EU flag during a protest outside the House of parliament in London January 30, 2020 REUTERS/Toby Melville By Padraic Halpin, Elizabeth Piper, Gabriela Baczynska Britain and
Somalia reopens Nairobi embassy closed during war
Photo/Somali Times Somalia has reopened its Nairobi embassy premises, 10 years after Mogadishu won a court case against a private Kenyan businessman who had bought it illegally during the civil
Boris Johnson hit by backlash as foreign aid faces cut to pay for Covid crisis
FILE – In this Nov. 10, 2020 file photo British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street in London. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File) By Nicholas Cecil Boris Johnson was today hit
Suicide bomber strikes restaurant next to the police academy in Mogadishu
Photo/Somali Times The blast, which was reportedly carried out by a man wearing an explosives vest, took place at a tea shop near the General Kahiye Police Academy in Hamar Jajab district.
Factbox: Which countries have stakes in Ethiopia’s war?
Capital city of Tigray Region in Ethiopia. Mekele Ethiopian troops are battling rebellious forces from the country’s northern Tigray region. Fallout from the conflict in Africa’s second
TRUMP ISN’T ALL WRONG ON SOMALIA
In this Nov. 13, 2020, file photo President Donald Trump speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) By Elizabeth Shackelford Biden should bring our
Rep. Omar terminates contract with husband’s consulting firm
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks to the media during an Election Night watch party in St. Paul, Minn., Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. (Leila Navidi/Star Tribune via AP) U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar is
Somalia’s intelligence chief worked with an al Qaeda affiliate, so why do we fund him?
Somali spy chief Fahad Yasin By Michael Rubin Somalia has become a money pit for the United States. In recent years, the U.S. government has pumped hundreds of millions of dollars annually into
Ethiopia: What We Know About the War in the Tigray Region
Conflict in the north of Africa’s second-most-populous nation is spreading across borders, threatening stability in a strategy Long-simmering tensions between Ethiopia’s federal government and
Somalia: The Need For Greed
Al Shabaab is making maximum use of the Somali culture of corruption to expand its economic power. From there al Shabaab expects it will have another chance to take control of the entire country.
Britain, EU have 7-10 days to find Brexit breakthrough, says Ireland
British Union Jack and EU flag during a protest outside the House of parliament in London January 30, 2020 REUTERS/Toby Melville By Padraic Halpin, Elizabeth Piper, Gabriela Baczynska Britain and
Somalia reopens Nairobi embassy closed during war
Photo/Somali Times Somalia has reopened its Nairobi embassy premises, 10 years after Mogadishu won a court case against a private Kenyan businessman who had bought it illegally during the civil