ARUSHA, Tanzania, APO Group/ — The Chief Justice of the Federal Republic of Somalia (FRS), Hon. Bashe Yusuf Ahmed, visited the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) in Arusha, Tanzania on Tuesday morning in what he described as part of efforts to foster cooperation between FRS and the regional court. Hon. Ahmed said that Somalia was...
NAIROBI, (Reuters) – Kenya’s Court of Appeal on Wednesday declared the government’s 2023 finance law unconstitutional, inflicting a new blow to the government of President William Ruto who withdrew this year’s finance bill after deadly protests. The finance bills, which are presented to parliament at the start of every financial year, are the main vehicle for the...
CAIRO/DUBAI, (Reuters) – Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in the Iranian capital Tehran early on Wednesday morning, an attack that drew threats of revenge on Israel and fuelled further concern that the conflict in Gaza was turning into a wider Middle East war. The Palestinian militant group and Iran’s Revolutionary Guards confirmed Haniyeh’s death. The Guards...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Dozens of Wagner mercenaries were killed by jihadis and rebels over the weekend in northern Mali in what one analyst described on Monday as the largest battleground blow to the shadowy Russian group in years. At least two others were taken captive. Approximately 50 Wagner fighters in a convoy were killed in an...
Around 100 women making a living selling fresh fruit and vegetables in Luq have been put out of business since the local farms supplying them were hit by last year’s river flooding in this district of southern Somalia’s Gedo region. With no other source of livelihood, household earners like Madino Mohamed Barkan, 66, have been...
Mogadishu, The new Force Commander for the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), Lt. Gen. Sam Kavuma from Uganda, arrived in Mogadishu yesterday to assume his duties. Lt. Gen. Kavuma takes over from Lt. Gen. Sam Okiding, who left the mission in April following his appointment as Deputy Chief of Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF)....
Shaun Walker in Warsaw and Faisal Ali A year ago, the Somali journalist Ilyas Ahmad Elmi set out for Europe. He had been repeatedly threatened by jihadi extremists at home, and hoped to make it to Germany, where he planned to seek asylum and be with his eight-year-old son. “I left because I wanted to...
Türkiye’s unwavering support for Somalia was renewed with new approval from the Turkish Parliament. On Saturday, Parliament approved a presidential motion to deploy the military in Somalia for two years to support security against terrorism and other threats under the Türkiye-Somalia defense cooperation agreement. The motion, signed by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said Türkiye has...
The government and terror group al Shabaab have been cited as a hinderance to press freedom in Somalia, State of the Media report released by the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) shows. The report highlights concerns shared by journalists on challenges they face in the line of duty. They include severe repression and threats...
Humay Aghajanova BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 26. Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov met today with Ahmed Moalim Fiqi, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Federal Republic of Somalia, who is on an official visit to Azerbaijan, Trend reports, referring to the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry. According to the information, the one-to-one meeting of the ministers was continued...