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Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has formally apologized to the African Development Bank (AfDB) for the tensions that arose last year, leading to the withdrawal of the bank’s international staff following an attack on senior officials. The AfDB confirmed the receipt of the apology, stating, “We have received formal apologies from Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed...

Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has affirmed Kenya’s commitment to work with all member states in strengthening the East African Community’s (EAC) integration and prosperity. Mudavadi who is also the Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Cabinet Secretary, has said that all member states must rally together and envisage the EAC’s vision, which relates to a prosperous,...

Qatar participated in a meeting of the Arab League Council at the ministerial level in the extraordinary session held virtually yesterday to support Somalia in confronting the attack on its sovereignty and territorial integrity. Qatar was represented in the meeting by Minister of State for Foreign Affairs H E Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi. In...

A prominent leader in the Coordination of Civil Democratic Forces (Tagadum) has revealed that the coalition will participate in the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) summit scheduled on Thursday in Uganda to discuss the ongoing crisis in Sudan. The IGAD extraordinary summit in Kampala will address the dispute between Somalia and Ethiopia over Somaliland port...

Somali referee Omar Abdulkadir Artan makes history as the first from his country to officiate in the Africa Cup of Nations. Omar Abdulkadir Artan achieved a historic milestone on Tuesday night as he became the first Somali referee to officiate in the prestigious Africa Cup of Nations tournament. His debut on the continental stage came...

DUBAI: Al Jazeera’s Palestinian journalist Wael Al-Dahdouh has been granted permission to enter Egypt for medical treatment following a special request from the Journalists’ Syndicate in Cairo. In response to the Egyptian Journalists Syndicate’s appeal, authorities in Cairo allowed Al-Dahdouh, Al Jazeera’s head of Gaza bureau and correspondent, to travel to Egypt, reported Roya News...

January 15, 2024, marks the eighth anniversary of the El Adde battle at Gedo in Somalia that left over 147 KDF soldiers killed by al-Shabab militants. Several others were injured and captured during the January 15, 2016 attack at the KDF base. It happened barely five years after the KDF launched an incursion dubbed ‘Operation...

KAMPALA, UGANDA — The summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) got underway this week in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, where delegations from Somalia and the Palestinian people are lobbying members for support. While the Palestinians are calling on members to find a way to end the conflict in Gaza, Somalia says it needs support to maintain...

he son of Somalia’s president testified at an Istanbul court on Friday about the death of a motorcycle courier in the city, Turkish media reported. An arrest warrant had been issued for Mohammed Hassan Sheikh Mohamud after a diplomatic car he was driving allegedly hit Yunus Emre Gocer, 38, on a highway in Istanbul on...

The United Nations in Somalia confirmed that a UN-contracted helicopter, engaged in air medical evacuation, was captured by the Al-Qaeda-linked terror group Al-Shabaab on Wednesday. The helicopter, which initially departed from Mogadishu, was destined for Wisil but landed in Xiindheere, a village controlled by Al-Shabaab, as per district officials in Cadaado town. The UN has...