Author: khaliil

CS Duale orders closure of restaurant in Kilimani for noise pollution
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CS Duale orders closure of restaurant in Kilimani for noise pollution

By Winfrey Owino Environment Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has ordered the closure of a restaurant in Kilimani, Nairobi, for noise pollution. Via a post on his X page, CS Duale warned all clubs operating in residential areas against playing loud music, saying stern action will be taken against the businesses. “I have ordered the immediate...

Risking death to smuggle alcohol past Somali bandits and Islamist fighters
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Risking death to smuggle alcohol past Somali bandits and Islamist fighters

Mohamed Gabobe & Layla Mahmood Alcohol smuggler Guled Diriye is exhausted. He has just returned from his trip transporting contraband from the Ethiopian border. The 29-year-old slumps in his chair inside a colonial-style villa battered by years of fighting in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu – a city once known as the Pearl of the Indian Ocean....

US investigates leak of classified documents on Israel’s plans to strike Iran
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US investigates leak of classified documents on Israel’s plans to strike Iran

The US is investigating the recent leak of classified documents pertaining to Israel’s plans to attack Iran, the Associated Press reported Sunday. The documents, which are marked top secret, note that Israel was still moving military assets in place to conduct a military strike in response to Iran’s ballistic missile attack on Oct. 1. The United...

Somalia receives 3,000 tons of aid from Türkiye
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Somalia receives 3,000 tons of aid from Türkiye

Türkiye has delivered more than 60,000 tons of aid to Somalia since 2016 Mohamed Dhaysane MOGADISHU, Somalia A Turkish ship carrying humanitarian aid for Somalia docked Saturday at the Mogadishu’s seaport. The Ship of Goodness, carrying 3,000 tons of aid, sailed Sept, 29 from Mersin in the southern province of Türkiye and was received by...

Three Somali nationals die under torture in Libya
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Three Somali nationals die under torture in Libya

by Abdulkader Assad  Human rights activist Tariq Lamloum announced the death of at least three Somalis in September and October inside warehouses and homes of “human traffickers.” Lamloum said in a statement to Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper that the families of the three victims were contacted by “kidnapper gangs from inside the city of Bani Walid and...