Sixteen-year-old Shukri Hashi Abdi’s mornings at home in Guriel, central Somalia, begin at the crack of dawn, making sure that her five brothers and two younger sisters are all fed and the house is clean. “After I finish cooking pancakes and soup, and preparing tea, I wash the utensils and then clean the compound,” Shukri...
April 28, 2026
Category: Global News & Politics
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CBE to open branches in Somaliland, Saudi Arabia
The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia and Ethiopian Airlines are bracing their business partnership by introducing new joint transaction services. In a joint press conference held on Wednesday at Ethiopian Skylight Hotel executives of the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) and Ethiopian Airlines have announced that they are forging new partnerships. The officials launched a co-branded...
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Clashes on Ethiopian campuses kill 3 university students
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) – Ethiopian authorities say three university students have died in days of unrest largely along ethnic lines, and students say security forces have entered campuses to restore order. Clashes in the Amhara region began Saturday and in the Oromia region Monday and some students have been evacuated. Education ministry official Samuel...
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Kenyan army attacked telecom towers in Somalia: UN
A new report by United Nations special investigators says Kenya’s military was responsible for five attacks on telecommunications masts in neighbouring Somalia, including strikes that killed two civilians. The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) attacked communications towers in Somalia between 2017 and 2019, in a possible effort to stop al-Shabaab using mobile signals to detonate bombs,...
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UN: Al-Shabab remains ‘potent threat’ in Somalia and region
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Al-Shabab extremists in Somalia remain “a potent threat” to regional peace and are now manufacturing home-made explosives, expanding their revenue sources and infiltrating government institutions, U.N. experts say. The panel of experts’ report to the Security Council, circulated Tuesday, said a significant escalation of U.S. airstrikes targeting al-Shabab militants and leaders...
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Trump impeachment probe goes public as political drama mounts
By Patricia Zengerle, Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Donald Trump will reach a critical juncture on Wednesday when lawmakers launch their first televised public hearings, marking a new, high-stakes phase of proceedings that could determine the fate of his tumultuous presidency. Democrats leading the U.S. House of Representatives probe have...
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MPs revive probe into Wajir MP sex tape scandal
By SAMWEL OWINO Members of Parliament have accused the Director of Criminal Investigations George Kinoti of dragging his feet over a case involving four lawmakers who are alleged to be behind the circulation of a sex tape linked to Wajir Woman Representative Fatuma Gedi. The National Assembly powers and privileges committee expressed concern that their...
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UNSC race, Kenya diversifies issues to gain over Djibouti
By AGGREY MUTAMBO Nairobi has diversified its campaign for the United Nations Security Council seat amid persistent contest from Djibouti who lost out from the African Union vote on endorsement. d its campaign for the United Nations Security Council seat amid persistent contest from Djibouti who lost out from the African Union vote on endorsement....
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Testing times for Ethiopia’s Nobel laureate leader
Daunting job for Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, to prove that Nobel Peace Prize for him is not premature Addis Getachew and Seleshi Tessema ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, The Norwegian Nobel Committee on Oct 11, conferred the award on Abiy, citing his “decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighboring Eritrea.” Analysts in Ethiopia believe...
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Somalia Cabinet Approves 18% Rise in 2020 Budget to $460 Million
Mohammed Omar Somalia’s cabinet approved an 18% increase in the government’s budget for next year to $460 million, the finance minister said. The Horn of Africa nation estimates it would have spent $390 million by the end of 2019, Finance Minister Abdirahman Dualeh Beileh told reporters Monday in the capital, Mogadishu. It initially had a...