Category: Global News & Politics

By DAVID MUCHUI Miraa farmers and traders may have to wait longer for reopening of the lucrative Somalia market since the electioneering period in the neighbouring country has hampered diplomatic engagements. According to Deputy President William Ruto, Kenya has been making little headway in talks with Somalia since most of its leaders are now focused...

Taiwan launched its office in Hargeisa last month By Matthew Strong AIPEI (Taiwan News) — The self-declared East African nation of Somaliland will open its representative office in Taipei on Wednesday (Sept. 9), starting a new chapter in relations between Taiwan and Africa. While neither side has yet agreed to move on to the next stage...

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is appalled that the authorities in Garowe, the capital of northeastern Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region, arrested two journalists after first luring them with the promise of an interview about a controversial murder case. The police arrested Radio Daljir director Khadar Awl Ismail and reporter Abdiqani Ahmed Mohamed when they went to Garowe’s court of first instance on...

Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Mogadishu is a city of ruined glory: crenellated towers crumble by the sea and sand whirls against the pockmarked archways of the roofless old cathedral. But one young man, returning to his family’s homeland, walks through the streets and dreams of their future. Omar Degan, 30, was born in Italy...

BOSASO, Somalia (Reuters) – Two Somali special forces soldiers were killed and a U.S. officer was seriously wounded in a car bomb on Monday outside the force’s base in the country’s south, a regional Somali government official said. Two other people were also wounded in the attack in Jana Cabdalle village, some 60 km (around...