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Turkey’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar, expressed hope for the successful execution of the DFS-Turkey agreement on cooperation in oil exploration and production in Somalia reached last month in a special interview with Turkish media on Friday, NTV. The Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources said that oil drilling off Somalia’s...

Nearly 60 people have died since the start of this month in heavy rains and flooding that has hit several parts of Tanzania, the government said. The coastal region of the East African country is one of the worst affected, with floods damaging thousands of farms there, Mobhare Matinyi, the government spokesperson, said in a...

Andy Robertson insisted Liverpool will “keep fighting” despite their Premier League title hopes suffering a huge blow as they fell to a 1-0 defeat by Crystal Palace at Anfield. Eberechi Eze converted from Tyrick Mitchell’s cut-back to finish off a flowing Palace move early on and the visitors were deservedly in front at the break....

Somali pirates have released a hijacked ship, MV Abdullah, and its crew of 23 after a $US5 million ($A7.7 million) ransom was paid, according to two pirates. “The money was brought to us two nights ago as usual … we checked whether the money was fake or not,” Abdirashiid Yusuf, one of the pirates, told...

The United States says Kenya’s Integrated Financial Management Information System (Ifmis) is vulnerable to manipulation and hacking, leading to loss of billions of shillings of taxpayer money. The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) says in a new report that Ifmis faces multiple risks that have been highlighted by American firms doing or...

The United States says Kenya’s Integrated Financial Management Information System (Ifmis) is vulnerable to manipulation and hacking, leading to loss of billions of shillings of taxpayer money. The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) says in a new report that Ifmis faces multiple risks that have been highlighted by American firms doing or...

The Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) calls for the immediate and unconditional freedom of journalist Mohamud Abdirashid Abdi who is detained in Luuq district of Gedo region since 1 April 2024. Mohamud, who freelances for the Nairobi-based humanitarian Radio Ergo, was detained on 1 April following a social media post that exposed the alleged injury of...

More than a few thousand families have been displaced in the areas of Badaweyne, Xinlabi, Aad and Amara, after these areas were recently recaptured by the Al-Shabaab group. Civil and regional wars have started since the beginning of 2024, which has led to the displacement of many people who fear retaliatory attacks against Al-Shabaab. The...

In a stark reflection of the pervasive influence of corruption on Somali politics, Saturday’s parliamentary vote in Mogadishu to amend the Constitution stands out as a disturbing milestone. Our sources reveal that this event, characterized by its brazen exchange of bribes for votes, now ranks as one of the most costly in Somali parliamentary history since the...