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Somalia: Puntland forces plan to arrest Gen Jimale
File Photo/Somali Times There is currently a sense of security tension and conflicting military activities in the regions of Puntland, which are based on the political conflict between the
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By Anadolu Agency Uraloğlu told an AA correspondent that the transit fees to be collected from ships passing through the Turkish Straits without calling at any port, which are determined in
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By Xinhua News Agency The three-day Group of Seven G7 summit concluded Wednesday in Evian, France, amid visible divisions among member states, as leaders struggled to bridge differences on major
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By Anadolu Agency Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Tuesday that the frigate Admiral Grigorovich fired warning shots after a British-flagged sailing yacht approached the warship in the
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Featured ArticlesSomalia: Puntland forces plan to arrest Gen Jimale
File Photo/Somali Times There is currently a sense of security tension and conflicting military activities in the regions of Puntland, which are based on the political conflict between the
Somalia: Puntland forces plan to arrest Gen Jimale
File Photo/Somali Times There is currently a sense of security tension and conflicting military activities in the regions of Puntland, which are based on the political conflict between the
EDITOR’S PIC OF THE WEEKEx-Somali spy chief says Ikran Tahlil killed by Roble, foreign spies
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Read MoreNorway’s Equinor remains committed to Tanzania LNG project
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Read MoreSomalia prime minister Hamza received a promise from Japan’s Africa aid $100 million
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Ex-Somali spy chief says Ikran Tahlil killed by Roble, foreign spies
Former Somalia’s Director General of the National Intelligence and Security Agency, Fahad Yasin, has spoken for the first time in detail about the case of Ikran Tahlil Farah, an NISA
Read MoreNorway’s Equinor remains committed to Tanzania LNG project
The logo of Equinor is set up at the entrance of a building at Western Europe’s largest liquefied natural gas plant Hammerfest LNG in Hammerfest, Norway, March 14, 2024. Photographer Lisi
Read MoreSomalia prime minister Hamza received a promise from Japan’s Africa aid $100 million
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Law loophole denies bank customers billions in relief
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Erdogan arrives in Senegal as part of Africa tour
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U.S. military plane crashes in Afghanistan, Taliban claims responsibility
Afghan National Army forces go towards the site of an airplane crash in Deh Yak district of Ghazni province, Afghanistan January 27, 2020. REUTERS/Mustafa Andaleb A plane which U.S. officials
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Housing Principal Secretary Charles Hinga when he received 228 affordable housing units on January 16 in Ngara, Nairobi. The government’s bid for affordable housing has received a major boost
China extends holiday, businesses shut as virus toll rises to 81
A medical official takes the body temperature of a man at the departure hall of the airport in Changsha, Hunan Province, as the country is hit by an outbreak of a new coronavirus, China, January
Somalia president arrives in Eritrea
Photo/ Somali Times The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo and his delegation has arrived in Asmara. The leaders of Somalia, Eritrea Isaias Afwerki and
Trump leaps into Middle East fray with plan that favors Israel and angers Palestinians
U.S. President Donald Trump applauds Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they deliver joint remarks to discuss a Middle East peace plan proposal in the East Room of the White
The latest in Mogadishu: Jubaland security minister escaped from prison
Photo/ Somali Times Jubaland security minister Abdirashid Janan who had been under arrest in Mogadishu has escaped from custody. Deputy Police Commissioner Zakia Hussein said in tweet Tuesday
Qatar: Not keen to renegotiate LNG contracts with India
Qatar Petroleum’s president and CEO, Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi [qatarpetroleum/Twitter] Qatar is not willing to renegotiate prices under its long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) contracts with
Law loophole denies bank customers billions in relief
Central Bank of Kenya Kenya’s top lenders could be denying their customers close to Sh6.29 billion in loan interest reliefs after the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) lowered its benchmark rate in
Erdogan arrives in Senegal as part of Africa tour
Turkish president will meet with his Senegalese counterpart, hold joint news conference Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in the Senegalese capital Dakar on Tuesday on the final stop
Erdoğan continues his ‘leader diplomacy’ during second stop on Africa trip, Gambia
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Gambian counterpart Adama Barrow attend a welcoming ceremony in capital Banjul, Gambia, Jan. 27, 2020. (AA Photo) Erdoğan’s 3-day diplomatic visit to
U.S. military plane crashes in Afghanistan, Taliban claims responsibility
Afghan National Army forces go towards the site of an airplane crash in Deh Yak district of Ghazni province, Afghanistan January 27, 2020. REUTERS/Mustafa Andaleb A plane which U.S. officials
Kenya: British investors to build 80,000 low-cost houses
Housing Principal Secretary Charles Hinga when he received 228 affordable housing units on January 16 in Ngara, Nairobi. The government’s bid for affordable housing has received a major boost
China extends holiday, businesses shut as virus toll rises to 81
A medical official takes the body temperature of a man at the departure hall of the airport in Changsha, Hunan Province, as the country is hit by an outbreak of a new coronavirus, China, January
Somalia president arrives in Eritrea
Photo/ Somali Times The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo and his delegation has arrived in Asmara. The leaders of Somalia, Eritrea Isaias Afwerki and