Latest NewsRuto gives timeline for revival of 100-year old railway linking Kenya and Tanzania
By Kenyans President William Ruto has announced that the long-dormant Voi-Mwatate-Taveta railway line will be fully operational by April next year, setting a concrete deadline for a project that
Read MoreIran warns it will attack US forces if they try to enter Hormuz Strait
By Anadolu Agency Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) on Monday warned it will target US forces if they attempt to approach or enter the Strait of Hormuz, escalating tensions in the
Read MoreEU’s regulatory turn risks undermining fair competition
A woman talks through an iPhone at the Berlaymont building, headquarters of the European Commission, in Brussels, Belgium, on March 4, 2024. Photographer Meng Dingbo By Xinhua News Agency With
Read MoreTurkey approves $30 million in aid to support Hassan Sheikh and his family
File Photo/Somali Times Turkey has approved a $30 million grant agreement for Somalia corrupt president Hassan Sheikh and his family allies of Turkey, marking a new round of budgetary support for
Read MoreAzerbaijan suspends cooperation with European Parliament over anti-Azerbaijani policy
By Anadolu Agency Azerbaijan’s parliament on Friday adopted a resolution on suspending cooperation with the European Parliament in “all areas” as it accused the legislative body of continuing its
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Ruto gives timeline for revival of 100-year old railway linking Kenya and Tanzania
By Kenyans President William Ruto has announced that the long-dormant Voi-Mwatate-Taveta railway line will be fully operational by April next year, setting a concrete deadline for a project that
Read MoreIran warns it will attack US forces if they try to enter Hormuz Strait
By Anadolu Agency Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) on Monday warned it will target US forces if they attempt to approach or enter the Strait of Hormuz, escalating tensions in the
Read MoreEU’s regulatory turn risks undermining fair competition
A woman talks through an iPhone at the Berlaymont building, headquarters of the European Commission, in Brussels, Belgium, on March 4, 2024. Photographer Meng Dingbo By Xinhua News Agency With
Read MoreTurkey approves $30 million in aid to support Hassan Sheikh and his family
File Photo/Somali Times Turkey has approved a $30 million grant agreement for Somalia corrupt president Hassan Sheikh and his family allies of Turkey, marking a new round of budgetary support for
Read MoreAzerbaijan suspends cooperation with European Parliament over anti-Azerbaijani policy
By Anadolu Agency Azerbaijan’s parliament on Friday adopted a resolution on suspending cooperation with the European Parliament in “all areas” as it accused the legislative body of continuing its
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Featured ArticlesRuto gives timeline for revival of 100-year old railway linking Kenya and Tanzania
By Kenyans President William Ruto has announced that the long-dormant Voi-Mwatate-Taveta railway line will be fully operational by April next year, setting a concrete deadline for a project that
Ruto gives timeline for revival of 100-year old railway linking Kenya and Tanzania
By Kenyans President William Ruto has announced that the long-dormant Voi-Mwatate-Taveta railway line will be fully operational by April next year, setting a concrete deadline for a project that
EDITOR’S PIC OF THE WEEKSomalia says blind female suicide bomber killed Mogadishu mayor
The Somali government identified the woman in the center of this 2018 UNSOM photo as the suicide bomber who killed eight people, including Mogadishu Mayor Abdirahman Omar Osman, in a July 24,
Read MoreSomalia Puntland announced the provinces of Sool, Sanag and Cayn are part of its territory
File Photo Somali Times/ Somalia Puntland government flag The Puntland government welcomed the decision of the Dhulbahante Community Council that came out in Las Anod City on February 6, 2023,
Read MorePolice and protesters scuffle as 110,000 join anti-migrant London protest
Members of the campaign group, Stand Up to Racism, demonstrate against a rally organised by the British anti-immigration activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, also known as Tommy Robinson, in London,
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Somalia says blind female suicide bomber killed Mogadishu mayor
The Somali government identified the woman in the center of this 2018 UNSOM photo as the suicide bomber who killed eight people, including Mogadishu Mayor Abdirahman Omar Osman, in a July 24,
Read MoreSomalia Puntland announced the provinces of Sool, Sanag and Cayn are part of its territory
File Photo Somali Times/ Somalia Puntland government flag The Puntland government welcomed the decision of the Dhulbahante Community Council that came out in Las Anod City on February 6, 2023,
Read MorePolice and protesters scuffle as 110,000 join anti-migrant London protest
Members of the campaign group, Stand Up to Racism, demonstrate against a rally organised by the British anti-immigration activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, also known as Tommy Robinson, in London,
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Blog PostsKenyan woman held in Thailand for smuggling cocaine
The Kenyan woman swallowed cocaine weighing 1.2 kilograms, officials said Thai authorities are holding a Kenyan woman for allegedly attempting to smuggle more than a kilo of cocaine in her
War crimes judges sentence Congolese warlord Ntaganda to 30 years in prison
Congolese militia commander Bosco Ntaganda is seen in the courtroom of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands November 7, 2019. Peter Dejong/Pool via REUTERS The
Sudan launches its first ever satellite in partnership with China
Xinhua, China’s state news agency, reported that the satellite was launched on Sunday from the northern Chinese province of Shanxi [Reuters] Sudan’s first-ever satellite to carry out
Somalia: Puntland MPs vote to remove speaker out of office, Governor Said Deni is behind
Photo/Somali Times Speaker Abdi Hakim Dhobo Garowe. The meeting of the 53 sitting MPs, 49 members voted for the dismissal of the speaker, while 4 members abstained, so the speaker’s office.
US makes fresh Kenya pitch to counter China
US Ambassador to Kenya Kyle McCarter US Ambassador to Kenya Kyle McCarter on Monday threw a jab at Chinese relations with Kenya, suggesting it is heavily skewed in favour of the Asian economic
Somali who was target of threats wins US municipal election
Safiya Khalid speaks at a candidates forum at Geiger Elementary School in Lewiston, Maine. Lewiston, a city in Maine that is home to thousands of African newcomers, elected Khalid, a Somali
Prime Minister Khaire Meets Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs
Photo/Somali Times Mogadishu, Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire and Minister of Foreign Affairs Denmark, Jeppe Sebastian today arrived in Mogadishu at the meeting discussed cooperation and
Gunmen kill 15 in southern Thailand’s worst attack in years
Thai forensic experts examine the site where village defence volunteers were killed by suspected separatist insurgents in Yala province, south Thailand, November 6, 2019. REUTERS/Surapan
Yemen government and separatists sign deal to end power struggle in south
Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan (L), Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (C) and Yemen’s President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi (R) are seen during a signing
Somalia to launch first oil licensing round in December
By Wendell Roelf Up to 15 blocks could be offered in first round Blocks may contain 30 bln barrels of oil – minister Somalia is planning to launch its first ever oil and gas licensing round
Kenyan woman held in Thailand for smuggling cocaine
The Kenyan woman swallowed cocaine weighing 1.2 kilograms, officials said Thai authorities are holding a Kenyan woman for allegedly attempting to smuggle more than a kilo of cocaine in her
War crimes judges sentence Congolese warlord Ntaganda to 30 years in prison
Congolese militia commander Bosco Ntaganda is seen in the courtroom of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands November 7, 2019. Peter Dejong/Pool via REUTERS The
Sudan launches its first ever satellite in partnership with China
Xinhua, China’s state news agency, reported that the satellite was launched on Sunday from the northern Chinese province of Shanxi [Reuters] Sudan’s first-ever satellite to carry out
Somalia: Puntland MPs vote to remove speaker out of office, Governor Said Deni is behind
Photo/Somali Times Speaker Abdi Hakim Dhobo Garowe. The meeting of the 53 sitting MPs, 49 members voted for the dismissal of the speaker, while 4 members abstained, so the speaker’s office.
US makes fresh Kenya pitch to counter China
US Ambassador to Kenya Kyle McCarter US Ambassador to Kenya Kyle McCarter on Monday threw a jab at Chinese relations with Kenya, suggesting it is heavily skewed in favour of the Asian economic
Somali who was target of threats wins US municipal election
Safiya Khalid speaks at a candidates forum at Geiger Elementary School in Lewiston, Maine. Lewiston, a city in Maine that is home to thousands of African newcomers, elected Khalid, a Somali
Prime Minister Khaire Meets Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs
Photo/Somali Times Mogadishu, Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire and Minister of Foreign Affairs Denmark, Jeppe Sebastian today arrived in Mogadishu at the meeting discussed cooperation and
Gunmen kill 15 in southern Thailand’s worst attack in years
Thai forensic experts examine the site where village defence volunteers were killed by suspected separatist insurgents in Yala province, south Thailand, November 6, 2019. REUTERS/Surapan
Yemen government and separatists sign deal to end power struggle in south
Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan (L), Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (C) and Yemen’s President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi (R) are seen during a signing
Somalia to launch first oil licensing round in December
By Wendell Roelf Up to 15 blocks could be offered in first round Blocks may contain 30 bln barrels of oil – minister Somalia is planning to launch its first ever oil and gas licensing round