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
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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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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
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Read MoreTurkey offers diplomatic training to Ten Somali diplomats
Ankara-Diplomatic training for Ten Somali diplomats from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation under the auspices of the Turkish Diplomatic Academy began yesterday on
Read MoreEthiopia’s naive peacemaking could lead to war
Photo/ Somali Times By Michael Rubin Ethiopian Prime Minister Ahmed Abiy is on a high. In October 2019, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded him the Nobel Peace Prize “for his decisive
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Mogadishu car bombing 7 killed, 12 injured
Mogadishu. At least seven people were killed and twelve others injured when a car bomb hit the headquarters of Wardhigley district, police and witnesses said on Tuesday. Police officer who
Read MoreTurkey offers diplomatic training to Ten Somali diplomats
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Exclusive: White House’s Kushner unveils economic portion of Middle East peace plan
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner is interviewed by Reuters at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, U.S., June 20, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque The White House on
Somali Minister of Petroleum has signed an agreement with Shell, Exxon Oil Company
Photo/Somali Times Mogadishu (Somali Times), The Minister of Petroleum and Minerals of Somalia have announced that it will the state-owned agreements with the Shell Exxon Oil Company. Minister of
Iran warns US attack would imperil interests across Mideast
US AIR FORCE/AFP/File / Handout Tehran insists that a US Global Hawk surveillance drone was within its airspace when it was shot down, a claim the US denies Tehran warned Washington Saturday that
Trump, Saudi prince discuss Iran ‘escalatory behavior’
Call comes amid heightened tensions in region following Iranian downing of US drone U.S. President Donald Trump spoke Friday with Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman to discuss Iran’s
Over 100 former Al-Shabaab combatants graduate
The programme contributes to the long-term stabilisation of Somalia by promoting defections of Al-Shabaab combatants and reintegration of disengaged combatants into their communities.
Meet the little-known Somali who ‘secretly’ funded the Mau Mau that fought for Kenya’s independence
Mau Mau, a major nationalist revolutionary movement that originally sought to reclaim land that the British settlers had taken away from them in the 1950s. The group would eventually contribute
UK junior minister suspended after grappling with eco-protester
Photo/Reuters A junior foreign office minister has been suspended pending an investigation after grabbing a female demonstrator by the neck and pushing her when a climate-change protest
West Yorkshire Police arrest 44 over historic child sex abuse claims
Photo ( PA Wire/PA Images ) Police in Yorkshire have arrested 44 people over historical allegations of child sexual abuse. They were arrested as part of an inquiry centred on allegations from
At least 30 dead in fire at Indonesia home used as factory
Residents examine the damage after a fire razed through a match factory in Langkat, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Friday, June 21, 2019. A number of people including children were killed in the fire
Ethiopia army chief of staff shot amid unrest
AFP/File / Monirul BHUIYAN Ethiopia’s army chief of staff has been shot, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced on television Sunday as the government said it had thwarted an attempted coup in
Exclusive: White House’s Kushner unveils economic portion of Middle East peace plan
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner is interviewed by Reuters at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, U.S., June 20, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque The White House on
Somali Minister of Petroleum has signed an agreement with Shell, Exxon Oil Company
Photo/Somali Times Mogadishu (Somali Times), The Minister of Petroleum and Minerals of Somalia have announced that it will the state-owned agreements with the Shell Exxon Oil Company. Minister of
Iran warns US attack would imperil interests across Mideast
US AIR FORCE/AFP/File / Handout Tehran insists that a US Global Hawk surveillance drone was within its airspace when it was shot down, a claim the US denies Tehran warned Washington Saturday that
Trump, Saudi prince discuss Iran ‘escalatory behavior’
Call comes amid heightened tensions in region following Iranian downing of US drone U.S. President Donald Trump spoke Friday with Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman to discuss Iran’s
Over 100 former Al-Shabaab combatants graduate
The programme contributes to the long-term stabilisation of Somalia by promoting defections of Al-Shabaab combatants and reintegration of disengaged combatants into their communities.
Meet the little-known Somali who ‘secretly’ funded the Mau Mau that fought for Kenya’s independence
Mau Mau, a major nationalist revolutionary movement that originally sought to reclaim land that the British settlers had taken away from them in the 1950s. The group would eventually contribute
UK junior minister suspended after grappling with eco-protester
Photo/Reuters A junior foreign office minister has been suspended pending an investigation after grabbing a female demonstrator by the neck and pushing her when a climate-change protest
West Yorkshire Police arrest 44 over historic child sex abuse claims
Photo ( PA Wire/PA Images ) Police in Yorkshire have arrested 44 people over historical allegations of child sexual abuse. They were arrested as part of an inquiry centred on allegations from
At least 30 dead in fire at Indonesia home used as factory
Residents examine the damage after a fire razed through a match factory in Langkat, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Friday, June 21, 2019. A number of people including children were killed in the fire