Cuban doctors held hostage in Somalia not freed, officials say
By: Associated Press
MOGADISHU, Somalia — The foreign ministers of Cuba and Somalia say two Cuban doctors held hostage by the al-Shabab extremist group in Somalia have not been freed.
Somalia’s foreign minister Ahmed Isse Awad told local media that “they’ve not yet been released but...
Somalia, Turkish Firm Sign Revised 14 Year of Mogadishu Port Concession
By: Staff writer
Somalia Minister of Ports and Marine Transport, Mariam Aweis Jama, signed a 14-year Concession Agreement with the Albayrak Group from Turkey for the Rehabilitation and Operation of the Port of Mogadishu on behalf of the Federal Government of Somalia.
According to Sonna, In...
Extremists release 2 Cuban doctors in Somalia, officials say
The al-Qaida-linked extremist group al-Shabab has released two Cuban doctors who were kidnapped in Kenya and held for a year and a half in neighboring Somalia, officials say.
A senior Somali intelligence official told The Associated Press that the doctors were released over the weekend...
Djibouti, nation of one million, is building the largest free trade zone in Africa
By:face2faceafrica
Djibouti is capitalizing on its strategic location on one of the world’s busiest trade routes to build Africa’s largest free trade zone area. The Horn of Africa nation controls the Bab el-Mandeb (“Gate of Tears” in Arabic) which is a crucial chokepoint at the entrance to the...
Cuba thanks Somalia for supporting the return of kidnapped doctors
By: Prensa Latina
Cuba's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez thanked on Monday his Somali counterpart, Ahmed Isse Awad, for the efforts of his government to guarantee the return of the two Cuban doctors kidnapped more than a year ago in Kenya.
On Twitter, Cuba's foreign minister referred...
CPJ, Human Rights Watch, and Amnesty International express concern over Somalia’s amended media law
The Committee to Protect Journalists, Human Rights Watch, and Amnesty International today sent a joint letter to the president of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, expressing concern over a restrictive amended media law and asking the president to take concrete steps...
IOM: ‘At least 8 migrants dead, 12 missing’ off Djibouti
The IOM said on Sunday that there are at least "8 migrants dead and 12 are missing at sea" after being forced off a boat by smugglers off the coast of Djibouti. The migrants were traveling from Yemen, the UN organization added.
The UN migration...
Erdoğan: Turkey would continue to stand in full solidarity with Libya
By: Anadolu Agency
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj in Istanbul on Oct. 4.
The closed-door meeting at Vahdettin Mansion, which began at 7.00 p.m. local time (1600 GMT), lasted nearly an hour.
Later, the two sides' delegations also met for an hour and 30 minutes.
During...
Amina Mohamed gets EAC endorsement in WTO race
By: Daily Nation
The East African Community (EAC) has officially endorsed the candidature of Kenya's Amina Mohamed in the race to head the World Trade Organisation (WTO). This has become the latest boost to her bid.
The announcement came on Sunday, just two days before the...
Teacher: The King Maker of the World
By: Abdiaziz Ali
October 5th is a World Teachers’ Day (WTD), as assigned by UNESCO to celebrate the vital role teachers play in providing quality education at all levels. Every year on 5 October since 1994, UNESCO celebrates WTD to commemorate the anniversary of the...
