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
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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 WEEKUK’s winter election: What’s in it for markets?
A broker looks at financial information on computer screens on the IG Index trading floor in London, Britain February 6, 2018. REUTERS/Simon Dawson Britain’s election on Thursday is widely
Read MoreSomalia’s ministry of Petroleum suspends its Secretary-General using public fund
Somali Minister for Petroleum, Mr Abdirishid Mohamed Ahmed has suspended the permanent secretary of the ministry over the misconduct. misused public fund. In a press statement, the minister said
Read MoreSomalia health sector under Covid-19 threat
Despite three decades of armed conflict and natural disasters, Somalia healthcare system had been showing signs of recovery courtesy of the private sector and diaspora support. Then Covid-19
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UK’s winter election: What’s in it for markets?
A broker looks at financial information on computer screens on the IG Index trading floor in London, Britain February 6, 2018. REUTERS/Simon Dawson Britain’s election on Thursday is widely
Read MoreSomalia’s ministry of Petroleum suspends its Secretary-General using public fund
Somali Minister for Petroleum, Mr Abdirishid Mohamed Ahmed has suspended the permanent secretary of the ministry over the misconduct. misused public fund. In a press statement, the minister said
Read MoreSomalia health sector under Covid-19 threat
Despite three decades of armed conflict and natural disasters, Somalia healthcare system had been showing signs of recovery courtesy of the private sector and diaspora support. Then Covid-19
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Blog PostsSaudi Arabia allows foreign men and women to share hotel rooms
FILE PHOTO: A Saudi man walks past renovated buildings at the historic city of Diriyah, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, September 27, 2019. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri/File Photo
Shame as 150 MPs pocket millions for no work done
National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale addressing reporters at his Nairobi office Parliament will next week crack down on scores of lazy MPs who have been pocketing millions of shillings in
Tough times: Kenya piles Kshs 2.5 billion debt in a day
A Kshs 200 note. Kenya is headed for tough times ahead after the country’s currency lost its value against the US dollar by a 0.1 per cent depreciation on Thursday. [Photo/CBK] Even without
Uhuru’s team summoned to The Hague amid Indian Ocean border dispute
Photo/Somali Times Kenya has once again been summoned to the International Court of Justice at The Hague following the latest application to have Indian Ocean maritime dispute postponed. It has
I am not a Somali citizen, Duale says amid dual citizenship probe
• National Assembly Majority leader has dismissed claims that he holds both Somali and Kenyan citizenship. • Duale said he was being blackmailed by those he termed ‘busybodies’ after he refused
Ethiopia’s most repressive state is reforming
Photo/AFP The change in Somali Regional State offers an example for the country “HOW IS DEMOCRACY?” asks Bashir Ahmed Hashi, smiling broadly, as he bounds out of his jeep towards the gates of
Swiss banks benefit as rich Britons line up escape route from Brexit chaos
Photo/(Reuters Swiss private banks have seen a sharp rise in British clients who are moving assets offshore to escape a chaotic Brexit, several sources familiar with the situation told Reuters.
Namwamba: Kenya to help rebuild Somalia despite border row
Chief Administration Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ababu Namwamba (right) and Somali Foreign Minister Ahmed Isse Awad on the sidelines of the Somali Partnership Forum in Mogadishu
Nigeria’s leader in South Africa after attacks on foreigners
A guard of honour prepare for the arrival of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari at a welcoming ceremony in Pretoria, South Africa Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. Buhari is visiting South Africa’s
Kenya’s foreign banks debt stock hits Sh1trn
Kenya has borrowed almost 10 syndicated loans since President Mwai Kibaki’s Kenya’s expensive debt from foreign commercial banks hit Sh1.09 trillion by end of June following the Sh210 billion May
Saudi Arabia allows foreign men and women to share hotel rooms
FILE PHOTO: A Saudi man walks past renovated buildings at the historic city of Diriyah, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, September 27, 2019. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri/File Photo
Shame as 150 MPs pocket millions for no work done
National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale addressing reporters at his Nairobi office Parliament will next week crack down on scores of lazy MPs who have been pocketing millions of shillings in
Tough times: Kenya piles Kshs 2.5 billion debt in a day
A Kshs 200 note. Kenya is headed for tough times ahead after the country’s currency lost its value against the US dollar by a 0.1 per cent depreciation on Thursday. [Photo/CBK] Even without
Uhuru’s team summoned to The Hague amid Indian Ocean border dispute
Photo/Somali Times Kenya has once again been summoned to the International Court of Justice at The Hague following the latest application to have Indian Ocean maritime dispute postponed. It has
I am not a Somali citizen, Duale says amid dual citizenship probe
• National Assembly Majority leader has dismissed claims that he holds both Somali and Kenyan citizenship. • Duale said he was being blackmailed by those he termed ‘busybodies’ after he refused
Ethiopia’s most repressive state is reforming
Photo/AFP The change in Somali Regional State offers an example for the country “HOW IS DEMOCRACY?” asks Bashir Ahmed Hashi, smiling broadly, as he bounds out of his jeep towards the gates of
Swiss banks benefit as rich Britons line up escape route from Brexit chaos
Photo/(Reuters Swiss private banks have seen a sharp rise in British clients who are moving assets offshore to escape a chaotic Brexit, several sources familiar with the situation told Reuters.
Namwamba: Kenya to help rebuild Somalia despite border row
Chief Administration Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ababu Namwamba (right) and Somali Foreign Minister Ahmed Isse Awad on the sidelines of the Somali Partnership Forum in Mogadishu
Nigeria’s leader in South Africa after attacks on foreigners
A guard of honour prepare for the arrival of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari at a welcoming ceremony in Pretoria, South Africa Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. Buhari is visiting South Africa’s
Kenya’s foreign banks debt stock hits Sh1trn
Kenya has borrowed almost 10 syndicated loans since President Mwai Kibaki’s Kenya’s expensive debt from foreign commercial banks hit Sh1.09 trillion by end of June following the Sh210 billion May