A file picture taken on December 19, 2013 shows Dutch anti-Islam and anti-immigration Party of Freedom (PVV) leader Geert Wilders gesturing and holding a sticker imitating Saudi Arabia’s national flag and disparaging Islam. (AFP) JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR The Dutch government is sending an envoy to Riyadh this week for high-level talks after the Kingdom slapped indirect sanctions on the...
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Djibouti and Ethiopia Pursuing Geothermal Power Schemes
By Shem Oirere Djibouti and Ethiopia are developing new geothermal power capacities that are intended to enable them meet increasing demand for electricity and enhance their sustainable-energy portfolio. The World Bank has provided details about its contractor prequalification procedure for the drilling of four full-size geothermal production wells in Djibouti, while Icelandic powerplant builder Reykjavik Geothermal says it hopes to...
25% cancellations in Umrah travels from Egypt over MERS
Egyptians performing Umrah is the principal activity for tourist companies in Egypt over the past three years given low incoming tourist traffic. Cancellations of pilgrimages from Egypt to Saudi Arabia due to the coronavirus, also known as theMiddle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), have exceeded 25%, according to Seif Al-Imari, board member of the Egyptian Tourism Federation (ETF). The chairman of...
Al-Shabab Still a Threat to AMISOM Countries
Ugandan peacekeeping troops stand during a ceremony at Mogadishu airport in Somalia May 18, 2014. U.N.-backed peacekeepers pushed the Islamist fighters out of Mogadishu in 2011, but the al Qaida-linked group has continued to launch guerrilla-style attacks. Marthe van der Wolf ADDIS ABABA — AFRICOM, the United States Military command for Africa, believes that al-Shabab will continue to attack nations that...
Suspected al Shabaab militants kill at least 12 in northern Kenya ambush
BY NOOR ALI Suspected Somali al Shabaab militants killed at least 12 people in an ambush in northern Kenya on Monday, a day after Kenyan jets pounded the Islamists’ bases over the border, disaster and police officials said. The east African nation, which sent its troops into Somalia in October 2011 to pursue the militants, has suffered a string of...
Turkish dissatisfaction with the Somali Federal Government (SFG) may lead to total withdrawal from Somalia
By Abdurahman W. Jama Apparent Turkish frustration with the Somali Federal Government’s (SFG) failures to move forward and do what it has been intended to do is being shared by the Somali people, the international community, and neighboring countries, some of which have contributed arms to the peacekeeping mission in Somalia. The perpetual infighting between the president and the prime...
Qarax ka dhacay Muqdisho
Waxa goor dhaweyd qarax lala beegsaday gudoomiye ku xigeenkii hore ee degmada Xamar Jajab ee gobalka Banaadir Md.Faarax Daahir , xili uu ku sugnaa gudaha degmada Xamar Weyne ee gobalka Banaadir. Gudoomiyaha degmada Xamar Weyne Cabduqaadir Maxamed Cabduqaadir ayaa xaqiijiyay jiritaanka qaraxa, waxa uuna sheegay in qaraxa uu ka dhacay gaari uu watay Md. Faarax Daahir Wararka aan heleyno ayaa sheegaya...
Warka Raadiyo Wardheer
Wararka maanta aan idiin hayno waxaa ka mid ah: Hoggaamiye sare oo ka mid ahaa Shabaab oo lagu dilay duleedka Qoryooley, Shabaab oo ka hadlay hadalkii shalay ee kasoo yeeray Kenya ee ku aadanaa duqeyntii dhinaca cirkaee degmada Jilib iyo warar kale. Warka oo dhan hoos ka dhegeyso
Somalia on Verge of New Famine as Donors Fail to Provide Funding
By Ilya Gridneff War-torn Somalia is on the verge of another humanitarian crisis and may face another famine unless donor funding is received, a United Nations official said. Less than a fifth of the $933 million needed to fund humanitarian work in the Horn of Africa country has been received and primary health-care services will be cut if $60 million...
TURKEY STRONG ENOUGH TO HELP BOTH SOMA AND SOMALIA, PM ERDOĞAN SAYS
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speaks during a ceremony organized by the Turkish International Development Agency (TİKA) in Ankara, May 19. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said Turkey is “powerful enough to help both Soma and Somalia,” responding to criticism that his government failed to provide timely help to the mine disaster-struck western Turkish town of Soma, despite promoting its assistance...