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File Photo/Somali Times UK urges Somalia’s outgoing President Hassan Sheikh to engage in inclusive political dialogue and election. Read: Jihadist turned Erdoğan asset in Speaker’s chair – poised
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A photo collage of U.S. President Donald Trump and a U.S. visa, March 20, 2026. Photo White House, Canva By Kenyans The U.S. government is preparing to revoke the business and tourism visas of up
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By Anadolu Agency Iran warned Sunday that vessels failing to comply with its transit rules in the Strait of Hormuz could face fines, detention or seizure during subsequent crossings. The warning
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Photo Credit: File By The African Exponent A federal judge recently vacated a sweeping Trump administration policy that had suspended immigrant visa processing for citizens across 75 countries.
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File Photo Somali Times/Former Somalia corrupt president Hassan Sheikh and one of his wives By The Associated Press After nearly two weeks on the road with her five children, Luul Mohamed finally
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UK urges Somalia’s outgoing president Hassan Sheikh to engage in inclusive political dialogue and election
File Photo/Somali Times UK urges Somalia’s outgoing President Hassan Sheikh to engage in inclusive political dialogue and election. Read: Jihadist turned Erdoğan asset in Speaker’s chair – poised
Read MoreKenyans in U.S. on high alert as Trump plans to revoke more visas
A photo collage of U.S. President Donald Trump and a U.S. visa, March 20, 2026. Photo White House, Canva By Kenyans The U.S. government is preparing to revoke the business and tourism visas of up
Read MoreIran warns that ships violating Hormuz transit rules risk detention, seizure
By Anadolu Agency Iran warned Sunday that vessels failing to comply with its transit rules in the Strait of Hormuz could face fines, detention or seizure during subsequent crossings. The warning
Read MoreWhy do Western travel bans keep treating African nations like security threats while our leaders just watch?
Photo Credit: File By The African Exponent A federal judge recently vacated a sweeping Trump administration policy that had suspended immigrant visa processing for citizens across 75 countries.
Read MoreThousands flee years long drought in Somalia as hunger deepens and aid shrinks
File Photo Somali Times/Former Somalia corrupt president Hassan Sheikh and one of his wives By The Associated Press After nearly two weeks on the road with her five children, Luul Mohamed finally
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Featured ArticlesUK urges Somalia’s outgoing president Hassan Sheikh to engage in inclusive political dialogue and election
File Photo/Somali Times UK urges Somalia’s outgoing President Hassan Sheikh to engage in inclusive political dialogue and election. Read: Jihadist turned Erdoğan asset in Speaker’s chair – poised
UK urges Somalia’s outgoing president Hassan Sheikh to engage in inclusive political dialogue and election
File Photo/Somali Times UK urges Somalia’s outgoing President Hassan Sheikh to engage in inclusive political dialogue and election. Read: Jihadist turned Erdoğan asset in Speaker’s chair – poised
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This file photo taken on May 05, 2015 shows Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and ruler of Dubai, M. bin Rashid al-Maktoum, upon his arrival for a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
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Sweden says Turkey asking too much over NATO application
Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson speaks during the annual Society and Defence Conference in Salen, Sweden, January 8, 2023. TT News Agency/Henrik Montgomery via Reuters By Reuters
Read MoreAt least 39 dead in Spain after two high-speed trains collide
A drone view shows emergency services at work at the site of a deadly train derailment, after a high-speed train derailed and collided with another oncoming train near Adamuz, in Cordoba
Read MoreUAE lobbying US Congress to impose sanctions on Turkey, documents reveal
This file photo taken on May 05, 2015 shows Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and ruler of Dubai, M. bin Rashid al-Maktoum, upon his arrival for a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
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Photo/Al Jazeera Iran’s air defense force has shot down an “unknown” drone in the country’s southwest, the official IRNA news agency reported on Friday. The agency said that Iranian air defense
Kenya-somalia maritime case stalls due to budget cuts
Lawyer Kibe Mungai representing petitioner Constitutional and Human Rights court says judgement will be delivered on notice. Budget cuts make it hard for judges stationed in different places to
Philippines VP calls for revamped drug war to end ‘senseless killings’
Philippines Vice President Maria Leonor Robredo speaks beside Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Director General Aaron Aquino during her first meeting with a drug war task force after President
South Sudan president, ex-rebel leader agree to delay unity government: Uganda
Leader of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement In Opposition (SPLM-IO) Riek Machar shakes hands with South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir after a tripartite summit on the revitalised
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
Reports: Iran downs unknown drone over Persian Gulf port
Photo/Al Jazeera Iran’s air defense force has shot down an “unknown” drone in the country’s southwest, the official IRNA news agency reported on Friday. The agency said that Iranian air defense
Kenya-somalia maritime case stalls due to budget cuts
Lawyer Kibe Mungai representing petitioner Constitutional and Human Rights court says judgement will be delivered on notice. Budget cuts make it hard for judges stationed in different places to
Philippines VP calls for revamped drug war to end ‘senseless killings’
Philippines Vice President Maria Leonor Robredo speaks beside Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Director General Aaron Aquino during her first meeting with a drug war task force after President
South Sudan president, ex-rebel leader agree to delay unity government: Uganda
Leader of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement In Opposition (SPLM-IO) Riek Machar shakes hands with South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir after a tripartite summit on the revitalised
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