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MOGADISHU, Somalia - After the resumption of diplomatic relations between Mogadishu and Addis Ababa, Ethiopian Airlines seems to have reaped big reaping, also given the current political tensions involving Kenya and Somalia, which have seen both sides shut down their airspace. For 41 years Ethiopia and Somalia have been embroiled in a diplomatic feud that was resolved in 2018, after Abiy Ahmed took over as Prime Minister of the Horn of Africa nation. Since then, the relationship between the two parties has blossomed.…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - A top defense force in Kenya the commander on Friday visited several forward bases in Somalia among Mogadishu's claims that Kenyan troops have targeted civilians in the Gedo region of Jubaland. Sector II Commander Brigadier Jeff Nyagah, who is also the contingent commander of the Kenyan troops serving in Somalia during AMISOM, visited the Kenyan Armed Forces deployed in various advancing bases in Somalia. Brigadier Nyagah visited troops based in Kolbiyow, Ras Kamboni, Kuday, Abdale Birole, New…

KDF condemned for killing innocent civilians in Somalia's airstrikes MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somalia has once again accused Kenya of the Armed Forces to carry out airstrikes in the Gedo region against civilians under the pretext of fighting extremists, in particular the Al-Shabaab group, which controls large parts of the countryside in central and southern Somalia. In a press release from the…

Malcolm Bidali was released in Qatar earlier this week, we were told on Wednesday evening, June 2. The charges against him remain, however. The Kenyan citizen is accused by the authorities of having received payments "from a foreign agent for the creation and dissemination of misinformation". The security guard signed a pseudonym on the situation of migrant workers in the country.…

Kenya is taking frustrations with diplomats over airspace closure, Somalia says MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somalia has not formally announced plans by Kenya to close the airspace completely due to alleged misuse of humanitarian planes and those transporting medical workers to Somalia, senior Mogadishu officials have claimed, just one day after Nairobi issued a statement. According to Mogadishu, Kenya…

Our airspace is still locked for Somalia, Kenya insists NAIROBI, Kenya - It will take a little longer before Kenya finally opens the airspace for Somalia, Nairobi has said, in the latest directive which could further affect the relationship between the two countries that have been in conflict for several months now. Even after diplomatic ties between the two nations were restored less than a…

Roble visits Kenya after a historic preliminary agreement in Somalia MOGADISHU, Somalia - Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble will visit Nairobi, Kenya's capital, just days after leading the country in signing the pre-election agreement, effectively breaking the political deadlock that had locked Somalia for more than five months. Although the exact date and time have not yet been announced,…

The KDF owed $ 35 million in the Al-Shabaab war in Somalia MOGADISHU, Somalia - Kenya has not yet received almost $ 35 million from its international partners, who are integrated into the financing of the Al-Shabaab war in Somalia, where the Kenya Defense Forces are important security partners according to a report published by Business Daily. According to the report, Kenya has not yet received…

Malcolm Bidali, a Kenyan citizen, has been detained in Qatar for three weeks and the charges against him are still unknown. This security guard wrote under a pseudonym about the fate of migrant workers in the country. as reported from Dubai, Nicolas keraudren"Twenty nights of detention free of charge". On his twitter account,…

The body of a Somali businessman was found days after the disappearance in Kenya NAIROBI, Kenya - A Somali-American engineering sum has been found dead, about ten days after his abduction, in what may be the most heinous murder in Kenya's history, given the nature and circumstances that led to his death. Bashir Mohammed disappeared about ten days ago from some leafy suburbs of Nairobi, but…