The bodyguard of Saudi King Salman has been killed by one of his friends after a “personal dispute”, authorities say. Gen Abdel Aziz al-Fagham was visiting a friend when he had a row with Mamdouh bin Meshaal Al Ali on Saturday night. A police statement said Ali left the house in Jeddah to return with...
April 30, 2025
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Police looking for Somali national over terror suspicion
By Cyrus Ombari Police are looking for a Somali national who flew to the country on September 24 after he had been released from a Mogadishu jail in unclear circumstances. Mr. Abdiwaahid Khalif Abdi alias Ise Tarabuun was in 2017 arrested over terror claims in Mogadishu. He was then reported to be in charge of...
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A New Era in Pakistan Somalia Relations Underway
BY SYED ABDULLAH ANWER Ambassador of Somalia H.E. Khadija Mohammed Almakhzoumi says her country wants to further strengthen relations with Pakistan, especially within the maritime sector. Almakhzoumi was speaking in a meeting with Dr. Syed Mohammed Anwer, President of Maritime Study Forum (MSF), an organization dedicated to being a leading platform for generating policy-oriented dialogue, facilitating...
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Concern that Mogadishu losing control to Al-Shabaab
There are concerns that Al-Shabaab are gaining ground with troop-contributing countries pursuing different strategies and interests and the government of President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo remains preoccupied with 2020 elections. Al-Shabaab continues to extort money from businesses in rural areas where they control and the capital Mogadishu. Analysts point out that it appears the federal government...
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Minneapolis man charged with bias crimes in East Franklin window smashings
Police say the man, who is white, claimed to hate “the Somalis.” By Rochelle Olson A 26-year-old Minneapolis man faces charges of damaging property due to bias for allegedly smashing the windows of Somali-owned businesses last week in south Minneapolis. Harlin St. John was charged by Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman’s office in two separate complaints...
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DHL, Ethiopian Airlines joint venture scales operations in Ethiopia
DHL-Ethiopian Airlines Logistics Services – a joint venture formed between DHL Global Forwarding and Ethiopian Airlines – is scaling its operations in Ethiopia. The company has named Berhanu Kassa as General Manager. Previously director of logistics services at Ethiopian Airlines, Berhanu takes over the leadership of the joint venture company from Pramod Bagalwadi, CEO, DHL...
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IGAD: Ethiopia, Somalia refuse to endorse translucence protocol
ENTEBBE, Uganda- The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) member states have failed to agree to endorse protocol on transhumance. This came after the two member countries Ethiopia and Somalia refused to sign this protocol on transhumance due to some articles which they say don’t favour them. “For the case of Ethiopia and Somalia, we needed...
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Allah, Islam, and Our Priorities
BY: CLAUDIA SEISE To have priorities in life is important and natural. All of us have them. All of us should think about and reflect our priorities. What is our main priority? Why is it our main priority? And what would we actually want to be our first priority in life? For many people, their priority...
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Rwanda Offers Lifeline to Refugees Detained in Libya
By Lisa Schlein GENEVA – Sixty-six refugees from Sudan, Somalia and Eritrea were freed from detention in Libya and flown to Rwanda on Thursday, on a flight chartered by the U.N. refugee agency. This was the first group of refugees to benefit from a so-called Emergency Transit Mechanism agreed to early this month by Rwanda, the U.N. High...
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Supercars of Obiang son on the block at Swiss auction
Stephanie Nebehay CHESEREX, Switzerland (Reuters) – A collection of luxury cars confiscated by Geneva authorities from a son of the president of Equatorial Guinea is estimated to fetch 18.5 million Swiss francs ($18.67 million) this weekend, Bonhams auction house said on Friday. Swiss prosecutors said in February that they had closed an inquiry into Teodoro...