Latest NewsPuntland demands UN projects be directed to its institutions, not corrupt Somalia president Hassan Sheikh and his family
File Photo/Somali Times The Puntland government has announced its commitment to convincing the United Nations and all donor agencies in Somalia to deal directly with it. Puntland demands UN
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Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara, 83, waves at supporters during a final political rally ahead of Ivory Coast’s presidential election, scheduled for October 25, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast,
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Puntland demands UN projects be directed to its institutions, not corrupt Somalia president Hassan Sheikh and his family
File Photo/Somali Times The Puntland government has announced its commitment to convincing the United Nations and all donor agencies in Somalia to deal directly with it. Puntland demands UN
Read MoreUS, China talks sketch out rare earths, tariff pause for Trump and Xi to consider
President Trump meets with China’s President Xi Jinping at the start of their bilateral meeting at the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, on June 29, 2019. By Reuters Top Chinese and U.S.
Read MoreTanzania’s Zanzibar elder gains new lease on life through Chinese medical expertise
Chinese and Tanzanian doctors pose for photos with patient Omar Haji Makame after a successful laparoscopic surgery at Lumumba Hospital in Zanzibar, Tanzania, Oct. 20, 2025. The 35th Chinese
Read MoreUS, China begin trade talks in Malaysia
By Anadolu Agency The US and China Saturday kicked off their economic and trade talks in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur, according to the Chinese state-run Xinhua news agency. Chinese
Read MoreIvory Coast votes with Ouattara’s legacy, age in focus
Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara, 83, waves at supporters during a final political rally ahead of Ivory Coast’s presidential election, scheduled for October 25, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast,
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Featured ArticlesPuntland demands UN projects be directed to its institutions, not corrupt Somalia president Hassan Sheikh and his family
File Photo/Somali Times The Puntland government has announced its commitment to convincing the United Nations and all donor agencies in Somalia to deal directly with it. Puntland demands UN
Puntland demands UN projects be directed to its institutions, not corrupt Somalia president Hassan Sheikh and his family
File Photo/Somali Times The Puntland government has announced its commitment to convincing the United Nations and all donor agencies in Somalia to deal directly with it. Puntland demands UN
EDITOR’S PIC OF THE WEEKEthiopia’s challenge in Somali region: overcoming ‘mafia’-style violence
Roving militias killing civilians. Prisoners stripped naked and rolled in hot ashes. “Mafia”-style murders and violence that forced more than a million people from their homes.
Read MoreSomalia corrupt Hassan Sheikh and his team are planning to build a new Jubaland administration and how it works
File Photo/Somali Times The political tension between the Hassan Sheikh his team and the Jubaland administration has intensified, after the talks between corrupt president Hassan Sheikh and
Read MoreWhy are Gulf countries so interested in the Horn of Africa?
ACROSS THE Horn of Africa evidence is mounting that relations with Gulf countries are growing stronger. Last month representatives from Djibouti, Sudan and Somalia gathered in Riyadh, the capital
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Ethiopia’s challenge in Somali region: overcoming ‘mafia’-style violence
Roving militias killing civilians. Prisoners stripped naked and rolled in hot ashes. “Mafia”-style murders and violence that forced more than a million people from their homes.
Read MoreSomalia corrupt Hassan Sheikh and his team are planning to build a new Jubaland administration and how it works
File Photo/Somali Times The political tension between the Hassan Sheikh his team and the Jubaland administration has intensified, after the talks between corrupt president Hassan Sheikh and
Read MoreWhy are Gulf countries so interested in the Horn of Africa?
ACROSS THE Horn of Africa evidence is mounting that relations with Gulf countries are growing stronger. Last month representatives from Djibouti, Sudan and Somalia gathered in Riyadh, the capital
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By Xinhua News Agency The African Union (AU) Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) said on Sunday that it has handed over the Barire military base to the Somali security forces, marking the start
Over 1.8M Muslim pilgrims start performing Hajj
By Anadolu Agency Over 1.8 million pilgrims from across the globe on Saturday converged on Mount Arafat in the western region of Saudi Arabia to perform the annual Hajj, the Saudi Ministry of
Somalia Mogadishu president Hassan Sheikh says wants to open dialogue with Al-Shabab
File Photo/Somali Times Mr. Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud, who was attending a conference in Norway where he visited, spoke about sensitive issues related to the Al-Shabab terror group. Read: Somalia’s
Cyril Ramaphosa reelected South Africa’s president for second term
By Anadolu Agency Members of the South African parliament reelected Cyril Ramaphosa late Friday as president for a second term during the first sitting of the legislature. Ramaphosa, 71, leader
Emir of Qatar had a telephone conversation with Hassan Sheikh and Abiy Ahmed
Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. Credit to Photo Twitter x Qatar’s news agency QNA reported that the Emir of Qatar, Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, had separate meetings on the
Somalia Galmudug leader says, “I will present the evidence of the people behind clan war
File Photo/Somali Times The president of Galmudug administration, Ahmed Abdi Karie said yesterday afternoon held a meeting with the elders and intellectuals of the Marehan and Dir clans, which
Crucial crossing on Libya-Tunisia border to partially reopen after months of closure
Libyan Interior Minister Emad al-Tarabelsi (R) and Tunisian Interior Minister Khaled Nouri (L) sign a security agreement in Tripoli, Libya, on June 12, 2024. The Ras Ajdir border crossing, a
At least 49 die and 140 are missing after migrant boat sinks off Yemen’s coast, UN agency says
By The Associated Press A boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of Yemen, killing at least 49 people and leaving another 140 missing, the U.N. agency said Tuesday. The boat was carrying about
Rwanda accuses UN refugee agency of lying about country’s treatment of asylum seekers
By Anadolu Agency Rwanda accused the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday of presenting fabricated allegations to UK courts about the country’s treatment of asylum
Malawi vice president Chilima and nine others killed in plane crash
Malawi’s Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima. Credit to Photo/ Facebook By Reuters Malawi’s Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima and nine others, including former first lady Shanil
AU mission hands over military base to Somalia in 3rd phase of troop withdrawal
By Xinhua News Agency The African Union (AU) Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) said on Sunday that it has handed over the Barire military base to the Somali security forces, marking the start
Over 1.8M Muslim pilgrims start performing Hajj
By Anadolu Agency Over 1.8 million pilgrims from across the globe on Saturday converged on Mount Arafat in the western region of Saudi Arabia to perform the annual Hajj, the Saudi Ministry of
Somalia Mogadishu president Hassan Sheikh says wants to open dialogue with Al-Shabab
File Photo/Somali Times Mr. Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud, who was attending a conference in Norway where he visited, spoke about sensitive issues related to the Al-Shabab terror group. Read: Somalia’s
Cyril Ramaphosa reelected South Africa’s president for second term
By Anadolu Agency Members of the South African parliament reelected Cyril Ramaphosa late Friday as president for a second term during the first sitting of the legislature. Ramaphosa, 71, leader
Emir of Qatar had a telephone conversation with Hassan Sheikh and Abiy Ahmed
Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. Credit to Photo Twitter x Qatar’s news agency QNA reported that the Emir of Qatar, Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, had separate meetings on the
Somalia Galmudug leader says, “I will present the evidence of the people behind clan war
File Photo/Somali Times The president of Galmudug administration, Ahmed Abdi Karie said yesterday afternoon held a meeting with the elders and intellectuals of the Marehan and Dir clans, which
Crucial crossing on Libya-Tunisia border to partially reopen after months of closure
Libyan Interior Minister Emad al-Tarabelsi (R) and Tunisian Interior Minister Khaled Nouri (L) sign a security agreement in Tripoli, Libya, on June 12, 2024. The Ras Ajdir border crossing, a
At least 49 die and 140 are missing after migrant boat sinks off Yemen’s coast, UN agency says
By The Associated Press A boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of Yemen, killing at least 49 people and leaving another 140 missing, the U.N. agency said Tuesday. The boat was carrying about
Rwanda accuses UN refugee agency of lying about country’s treatment of asylum seekers
By Anadolu Agency Rwanda accused the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday of presenting fabricated allegations to UK courts about the country’s treatment of asylum
Malawi vice president Chilima and nine others killed in plane crash
Malawi’s Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima. Credit to Photo/ Facebook By Reuters Malawi’s Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima and nine others, including former first lady Shanil