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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
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Angola freezes assets of ex-president’s daughter over corruption allegations
Photo Credit Reuters Isabel dos Santos, the daughter of Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos and head of state energy giant Sonangol An Angolan court has ordered the freezing of assets held
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Hate crimes charges against man accused in Hanukkah stabbing
Grafton Thomas is led from Ramapo Town Hall in Ramapo, N.Y. following his arraignment Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019. Thomas was charged in the stabbings of multiple people as they gathered to celebrate
UAE targets Somalia-Turkey relations with Mogadishu bombing – columnist
UAE Mohammed bin Zayed ordered the attack that killed 95 in Somalia. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is behind Saturday’s car bombing in Somalia’s Mogadishu, which left at least 95 people
Somalia’s spy agency Nisa blames ‘foreign country to Mogadishu deadly attacks
Somalia’s spy agency NISA and the Office of the National Security Advisor have both directed responsibility and blame to actors outside the country over the deadly Ex-Control truck bombing as the
Top Iraq militia chief warns of tough response to U.S. air strikes
A combination of images depicts what the U.S. military says are bases of the Kataib Hezbollah militia group that were struck by U.S. forces, in the city of Al-Qa’im, Iraq December 29, 2019
The latest: Death toll rises to 95 as people still missing following Mogadishu truck bomb attack
Photo/Somali Times Somali government has revealed 25 people are still missing following a deadly truck bombing in the outskirts of the capital Mogadishu. The latest report Villa Somalia Monday
US air strikes target al-Shabaab after Mogadishu bombing
American military says four ‘terrorists’ killed in operation carried out in coordination with Somali government. The US military has said it carried out airstrikes in Somalia that killed four
‘The Somali government’s attention is not focused on defeating al Shabaab’
Photo/ Somali Times The huge resources deployed to prop up Somalia’s central government are not being used where they are most needed in the fight against al Shabaab, says Horn of Africa expert
EU funds for migrants in Libya enrich their abusers instead
In this Sept. 23, 2019 photo, rescued migrants look at a map of Europe aboard the Ocean Viking humanitarian ship as it sails in the Mediterranean Sea. The misery of migrants in Libya has spawned
Angola freezes assets of ex-president’s daughter over corruption allegations
Photo Credit Reuters Isabel dos Santos, the daughter of Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos and head of state energy giant Sonangol An Angolan court has ordered the freezing of assets held
Farah Maalim has warned against any plans by Kenya to invade Somalia
Photo Credit Facebook Former Speaker of the National Assembly Farah Maalim According to Hivisasa Former Lagdera MP Farah Maalim has warned against any plans by Kenya to invade Somalia. This is
Hate crimes charges against man accused in Hanukkah stabbing
Grafton Thomas is led from Ramapo Town Hall in Ramapo, N.Y. following his arraignment Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019. Thomas was charged in the stabbings of multiple people as they gathered to celebrate
UAE targets Somalia-Turkey relations with Mogadishu bombing – columnist
UAE Mohammed bin Zayed ordered the attack that killed 95 in Somalia. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is behind Saturday’s car bombing in Somalia’s Mogadishu, which left at least 95 people
Somalia’s spy agency Nisa blames ‘foreign country to Mogadishu deadly attacks
Somalia’s spy agency NISA and the Office of the National Security Advisor have both directed responsibility and blame to actors outside the country over the deadly Ex-Control truck bombing as the
Top Iraq militia chief warns of tough response to U.S. air strikes
A combination of images depicts what the U.S. military says are bases of the Kataib Hezbollah militia group that were struck by U.S. forces, in the city of Al-Qa’im, Iraq December 29, 2019
The latest: Death toll rises to 95 as people still missing following Mogadishu truck bomb attack
Photo/Somali Times Somali government has revealed 25 people are still missing following a deadly truck bombing in the outskirts of the capital Mogadishu. The latest report Villa Somalia Monday
US air strikes target al-Shabaab after Mogadishu bombing
American military says four ‘terrorists’ killed in operation carried out in coordination with Somali government. The US military has said it carried out airstrikes in Somalia that killed four
‘The Somali government’s attention is not focused on defeating al Shabaab’
Photo/ Somali Times The huge resources deployed to prop up Somalia’s central government are not being used where they are most needed in the fight against al Shabaab, says Horn of Africa expert


