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  • Africa calls for fairer global governance

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  • UK inflation slides to 3.2% before Bank of England rate decision

    By Reuters British consumer price inflation fell unexpectedly sharply to 3.2% in November, its lowest since March, from 3.6% in October, official figures showed on Wednesday, a day before the

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  • Trump seeks billions in defamation lawsuit against BBC over Jan. 6 speech edit

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China calls for end to ‘remnants of colonialism,’ support for ‘international fairness and justice’

By Anadolu Agency China on Thursday called for an end to the “remnants of colonialism,” and expressed support to uphold “international fairness and justice.” Beijing’s envoy to the UN Fu Cong

ICE responds to Rep. Ilhan Omar’s claim that agents pulled over her son

Africa calls for fairer global governance

UK inflation slides to 3.2% before Bank of England rate decision

EDITOR’S PIC OF THE WEEK

The latest security tightened in Mogadishu, parliament convenes today

Photo/Somali Times Additional troops have been deployed on all roads leading to the Somali Presidential Palace, with lawmakers scheduled to convene at Villa Hargeisa on Monday. The meeting was

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White House in disarray sows distrust in Mideast ahead of peace plan roll-out

Jim Mattis. (photo credit: REUTERS) Trump’s defense secretary, Jim Mattis, and his top counter-ISIS official, Brett McGurk, resigned in protest last week over the president’s Syria policy, his

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13-year-old becomes youngest African American to graduate college with degree in computer science and cybersecurity: family

Elijah Muhammad. Photo: ABC/KOCO By Face2face Africa Elijah Muhammad has become the youngest African American to graduate college with a degree in computer science and cybersecurity, his family

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Somalia: Twin bomb blasts kill 6 outside Mogadishu

Blasts targeted military convoy traveling from Mogadishu to Afgoye in Lower Shabelle region At least six government soldiers were killed and several others wounded when twin roadside explosions

North Korea fires ballistic missile, possibly from submarine, days before talks

People watch a TV screening of a file footage for a news report on North Korea firing a missile that is believed to be launched from a submarine, in Seoul, South Korea, October 2, 2019.

The international cooperation conference does not address the absence of regional federal state

Photo/Somali Times Somali government operates Facebook and twitter propaganda machine campaign Puntland and Jubbaland rejected the international cooperation conference, Mogadishu,The

American service member injured in al-Shabab attack in Somalia: US military

U.S. military base in Somalia Baledogle By jenae barnes A U.S. service member suffered a concussion injury from Monday’s attack by the terrorist group al-Shabab at a U.S. military airfield

Kenya says it kills three militants planning attacks in Mombasa

Photo/Reuters Kenyan police shot dead three men suspected of planning militant attacks in the coastal city of Mombasa on Tuesday, ahead of national day celebrations to be hosted in the city this

Saudi prince seeks to dodge blame for Khashoggi killing: U.N. expert

Photo/Reuters Saudi Arabia’s crown prince is trying to repair damage to his image done by Jamal Khashoggi’s murder by insisting “layers and layers” of hierarchy separated him from the Saudi

Somalia two former Presidents form new political alliance to get rid of President Farmajo

Photo/Somali Times Mogadishu, Himilo Qaran party, led by former President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, and UPD led by former President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud are part of the new alliance, named Forum for

After embrace of war criminals, time to cut off Somalia

By Michael Rubin The annual U.N. General Assembly is an orgy of symbolism. Who meets whom on the sidelines? Who tried but failed to secure a meeting with the U.S. president? Who walks out of

International Conference Cooperation opens in Mogadishu without federal, state members

Photo/Somali Times Mogadishu, The conference was held before overseas in Europe, including the UK, Belgium and others. The meeting was officially inaugurated by Deputy Prime Minister Mahdi

Somalia still gives President Kenyatta headache as it did to his father

Somalia seems to be President Uhuru Kenyatta’s current headache. And it is not an easy task handling a troublesome neighbour, as Uhuru’s father found out before him. Uhuru might need the wisdom