Kenya raised a complaint about Djibouti’s campaign for UN Security Council seat
Saturday February 15 2020 In Summary Both countries have been seeking the seat, whose election is due in June at the UN headquarters in New...
Month : February 2020
AFRICOM Commander visits Kenya, Somalia, to Emphasize Partnership, Security
AFRICOM Commander General Stephen Townsendvisits Kenya, Somalia, to Emphasize Partnership, Security Somalilandsun: Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander, U.S. Africa Command, completed a two-day trip to East...
International law specialist: Compelling grounds to prosecute UAE, Saudi’s actions in Yemen
Hakan Camuz, Head of International Law at Stoke White February 14, 2020 at 5:01 pm | Elif Selin Calik @CalikSelin February 14, 2020 at 5:01...
Saudi FM: No meeting planned with Netanyahu, Palestine policy ‘firm’
Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud. (File photo: AFP) Mohammed Alyahya, Al Arabiya English Thursday, 13 February 2020 Saudi Arabia’s Crown...
Ethiopia to hold parliamentary elections on Aug. 29
File photo: Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed poses for a photograph during the opening of the 33rd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Heads...
US lifts sanctions on Somali remittance company Al Barakat
Ahmed Nur Ali Jumale, founder, Albarakaat Hawaala The US government has officially lifted sanctions on a Somali group of companies that had been accused...
Haftar forces ban UN flights to embattled capital Tripoli
Forces loyal to Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar have been trying since last April to take Tripoli but have failed to breach the city’s defences [File:...
Saudi Arabia prepares to celebrate the once ‘haram’ Valentine’s Day tomorrow
Hearts and flowers are everywhere as Saudi Arabia prepares to celebrate the once ‘haram’ Valentine’s Day tomorrow. (AN photo by Huda Bashatah) Hearts and flowers...
Former Mecca Grand Mosque’s Imam: Clerics can make mistakes like politicians
Saudi cleric Sheikh Adel al-Kalbani, former Imam of the Mecca Grand Mosque, in an interview on Rotana, February 9, 2020. (Screengrab: Rotana) Tuqa Khalid, Al...
Breaking with Washington: Arabs and Muslims must take a stand for Palestine: Ramzy Baroud
US President Donald Trump (C-L), Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud (C-R), Jordan’s King Abdullah II (3-R), Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (2-R) and...