NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Somalia says it has resumed diplomatic ties with neighboring Kenya after severing relations late last year. A government statement on Thursday thanked Qatar for its mediation efforts. Kenya’s presidency tweeted only that President Uhuru Kenyatta had received a “special message” from Qatar’s leader delivered by the foreign minister’s special envoy for “mediation of conflict resolution.” Somalia...
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Turkey has ambitions in Somalia
Ahval News- Turkey has been accused by the Somalian opposition of interfering in the country’s electoral process and providing weapons to the armed forces of the president. It is the second time in less than two months that such an accusation has been made. On March 22, sources with access to the Defence Ministry told MENAFN that Turkey had sent a shipment of weapons and...
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Somali doctor unable to work here for five years ‘badly failed’
The Irish Examiner The founders of the international protection system in Europe would take the view “we, as a people” have “badly failed” a Somalian doctor made subject of a deportation order after being rendered homeless and unable to work here for five years, a High Court judge has said. Ms Justice Tara Burns made the remark in a judgment...
Ethiopia officially labels TPLF a terror group
Kalkidan Yibeltal Ethiopia’s lower house of parliament has approved with a majority vote a resolution by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s cabinet designating the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) and the Oromo Liberation Army (OLF-Shene) as terrorist organisations. The cabinet resolution was on 1 May. The TPLF – dominant in Ethiopian politics for three decades until 2018 – has been fighting...
Somali premier welcomes demilitarization of capital Mogadishu
Under agreement reached late Wednesday, Somali national police set to take charge of security in capital Mohammed Dhaysane MOGADISHU, Somalia Somalia’s prime minister has welcomed an agreement to remove opposition and security forces from the capital Mogadishu after recent clashes between government forces and soldiers loyal to opposition groups. Under the agreement reached late Wednesday by a committee including opposition...
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W/Q Cawaale Xuseen Uurjeex waa uu qudhbaxay, Good ayaana lagu sababay. Good naftiisu in kasta oo uu kibir iyo sannahaabo badnaa hadda waa sirinsirqo. Birre waa la samirsiin la’ yahay. Dhiiggii Uurjeex inta aanu engegin inuu mid kale daadiyo ayuu geed dheer iyo mid gaabanba u fuulay. Dhamac samokatalis ayuu ahaa, haatanse waxa uu u eg yahay caalwaa colaad diyaar...
COVID scare at G7 meeting after Indian delegates test positive
By William James, Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) -The Group of Seven foreign ministers’ meeting in London was hit by a COVID-19 scare on Wednesday when India’s foreign minister and his entire team said they were self-isolating after two delegation members tested positive. Britain is hosting the three-day meeting – the first such G7 event in two years – which has been heavily...
Farmaajo, nationalist hero and ‘defender of the republic’, fights for survival
The East African When President Mohamed Farmaajo of Somalia appeared on TV on April 27 midnight to announce that he would be returning to the negotiations for indirect elections, it seemed like a sudden about-turn in reconciliation. But observers say it formed a consistent pattern, where he passes the buck to Parliament to bridge his next step. On May 1,...
Buffer zone on Kenya-Somalia border takes shape
by CYRUS OMBATI Kenya is on course with the construction of the 700km-long barrier along its border with Somalia. The Sh3,4 billion project started in 2015 as part of efforts to create a buffer zone to tame rising cases of terrorism. The barrier, known as the Kenya-Somalia border securitisation project, is among others meant to secure the country from attacks by...
Clan conflict causes chaos for families in Sool region
Asha Mohamed Abdirahman had to flee for her life when violent clan conflict broke out in Dhabar Dalool, a remote village in the arid plains of northern Somalia’s Sool region. She described to Radio Ergo how she and her husband grabbed their four children and rounded up their goats to leave as fast as they could. In the mayhem that...