Latest NewsChina 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
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China 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
Read MoreNew Beijing-Helsinki direct route launched to boost China-Finland ties
Zeng Yongchao, executive vice president of China Southern Air Holding Company, speaks at a promotion event hosted by China Southern Airlines for the new Beijing-Helsinki direct route in Helsinki,
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Featured ArticlesChina 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
China 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
EDITOR’S PIC OF THE WEEKSomalia Ministry Health and Civil Aviation Committee to Prevent Coronavirus Disease
Photo/ Somali Times Mogadishu, The Somali government has announced a panel of government agencies that will work to prevent the outbreak of the Coronavirus epidemic in China. The committee
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Kemi Badenoch speaks on stage, on the day she was announced as the new leader of Britain’s Conservative Party, in London, Britain, November 2, 2024. Photographer Mina Kim By Reuters Kemi
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Somalia Ministry Health and Civil Aviation Committee to Prevent Coronavirus Disease
Photo/ Somali Times Mogadishu, The Somali government has announced a panel of government agencies that will work to prevent the outbreak of the Coronavirus epidemic in China. The committee
Read MoreHalima Aden: ‘I felt like one of the biggest tokens in the industry’
Halima Aden at the International Women of Power Awards in August 2021. Photograph: Image Press Agency/NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock The Guardian By Priya Elan The trailblazing former model has
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Blog PostsWhat 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
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
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
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