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Tuesday, March 19, 2024

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ALJAZEERA: Details of a  Qatar Airways surviving an “imminent” collision with an Ethiopian Airlines

A Qatar Airways plane (Reuters)
By: ALJAZEERA ARABIC A Qatari Boeing 787 survived a collision with an Ethiopian Airbus A350 , when they were flying - Sunday - over the Gulf of Aden near Somalia. The Somali Aviation...

UK Minister for Armed Forces Visits Mogadishu

UK Minister for Armed Forces visits Mogadishu to strengthen the UK-Somalia partnership
By: British Embassy Mogadishu UK Minister for Armed Forces James Heappey MP, visited Mogadishu on 25 February in order to reaffirm the UK’s commitment to defence and security cooperation with Somalia. His visit offered...

Turkish, Djiboutian defense chiefs sign military training, military financial cooperation pacts

Turkish, Djiboutian defense chiefs sign military training, military financial cooperation pacts PHOTO BY ANADOLU AGENCY
By: ANADOLU AGENCY The defense chiefs of Türkiye and the East African nation of Djibouti on Monday signed a military training cooperation agreement, military financial cooperation agreement, and cash aid implementation protocol in the capital Ankara.

Somalia greenlights defense, economy pact with Türkiye

Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler (R) and Minister of Defense of Somalia Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur (L) in Ankara, Türkiye on February 08, 2024.
By: DAILY SABAH In a new step toward enhanced cooperation, Somalia's Cabinet approved a defense and economic pact with Türkiye. The two countries already enjoy close ties and Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre said...

To Fight Hunger In Africa, The African Union Heads of State Summit Must Prioritize Conflict Resolution

Climate shocks in Ethiopia, like the recent drought, make it hard for families to find clean water photo by Lys Arango Action Against Hunger, Ethiopia
By Albert Siminyu Nearly 60 years ago, our founding fathers, led by Kwame Nkrumah, Julius Nyerere, Haile Selassie, Milton Obote, and other independence African leaders, met in Addis Ababa for the very first Organization of African Unity...

AU leaders urged to tackle litany of crises

African leaders are meeting for a two-day summit (Michele Spatari)
By: AFP African leaders were urged Saturday to step up and tackle the myriad conflicts and political crises blighting the continent of 1.4 billion people. Opening the African Union's two-day summit, AU Commission...

President Biden Advised to Recognize Somaliland Following A UK Lead

INDIA-G20-SUMMIT INDIA-G20-SUMMIT Biden and Rishi Sunak are both being urged to think anew about Somaliland (Image: Getty)
By DAVID MADDOX, EXPRESS Pressure is mounting in both the UK and USA to recognise a key ally in the Horn of Africa as the Houthi crisis escalates. A former Defence Secretary and ex-Attorney General...

Türkiye, Egypt ready to cooperate to stop Gaza bloodshed

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan meets with Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi at Al-Ittihadiya Palace in Cairo, Egypt Feb.14, 2024. (Turkish Presidential Press Office/Handout via Reuters)
By: DAILY SABAH President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Türkiye and Egypt are ready to cooperate to stop the bloodshed in Gaza amid Israel's incessant attacks, which have killed over 28,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children.

Recognize Somaliland as an independent nation

People stand next to the Independence Monument, depicting a hand holding a map of the country, in the city of Hargeisa, Somaliland, on September 19, 2021. (Photo by EDUARDO SOTERAS/AFP via Getty Images)
BY ELIOT WILSON, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) gave a speech in Minneapolis on Jan. 27 declaring that she would use her influence to prevent an agreement over access to the sea being signed between Ethiopia and...

UAE Armed Forces members killed in Somalia attack are repatriated

The bodies of three of the Emirati armed forces officers killed in a terrorist attack in Somalia arrive at Al Bateen Airport. A fourth officer died of his injuries after being flown back to the UAE. Wam
By: National The bodies of four members of the UAE armed forces killed in a terrorist attack in Somalia were repatriated on Sunday, the Ministry of Defence announced. An officer from the Bahrain...