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Pakistan's president says country won't establish ties with Israel

Waagacusub.com- ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan's President Arif Alvi said Sunday that the country will not establishing ties with Israel and that it supports the Palestinians because the Gaza Strip has also faced "unprecedented atrocities" like Kashmir.

UN, AU step in as political tensions escalate in Somalia

Waagacusub.com- UN and AU chiefs in Mogadishu have weighed in on the ongoing political crisis in the country with planned visits to the federal states amidst an escalating political row that last week saw state leaders announce the formation of a parallel army as relations with Mogadishu took a nosedive.…

EXCLUSIVE: Turkey skipped OIC meeting in Mogadishu over Somalia's stance in Khashoggi crisis

Waagacusub.com- Turkey cancelled its attendance to the OIC ministerial meeting in Mogadishu which took place Saturday following the decision by Somalia to side with Saudi Arabia following the gruesome murder of Washing Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Goobjoog News can authoritatively reveal.

Somalia and DR Congo's get support of Blockchain consortium in Africa

Waagacusub.com- A consortium of international bankers, Papersoft Africa, and Digital Transformation company iVEDiX have teamed up to launch a transformative blockchain and digital currency initiative with exclusive contracts in place to roll out a secure cashless financial transactional system running…

Saudi FM says global outcry over Khashoggi 'hysterical'

Waagacusub.com- Saudi Arabia's top diplomat said Saturday that the global outcry and media focus on the killing of a Saudi journalist earlier this month has become "hysterical" as he urged the public to wait for the results of an investigation before ascribing blame to the kingdom's…

Somalia says al-Shabab official killed; follows US airstrike

Waagacusub.com- Somalia's national security agency says a senior official with the al-Shabab extremist group has been killed, a day after the U.S. military announced an airstrike against al-Shabab in the same area.

Four dead as fierce fighting rages Kismayo town

Waagacusub.com- Heavy fighting has broken out between security forces and clan militias in the southern Somali port city of Kismayo town, officials say in a new escalation of fighting late on on Saturday.

Mandera aims to build 2000 houses in 4 years

Waagacusub.com- Mandera county has rolled out a housing programme to put up 2000 houses for the most vulnerable, governor Ali Roba has said.

Qalbi-Dhagax: A Somali National Conscience

Waagacusub.com- Colonized nations need two factors to navigate through the maze of conquest and conflicts and still survive; national myth and a collective conscience of what is good and bad about their country. Often these factors are exhibited through literature, historical happenings, and personalities…

Somalia to host OIC summit in Mogadishu

Waagacusub.com- The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will hold a ministerial meeting of the OIC contact group on 27 October 201 in Somali capital Mogadishu.

Key al-Shabaab commander killed, says AU force

Waagacusub.com- The African Union force in Somalia says it has killed a "chief finance controller" for the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab extremist group. The AU force in a series of tweets on Thursday says the commander, the head of tax collection in Lower Shabelle region, was killed after an ambush…

Israel's Netanyahu meets Sultan Qaboos in surprise Oman trip

Waagacusub.com- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made an unannounced trip to Oman, according to his office, in an apparent sign of warming ties between the two countries. Netanyahu and his wife Sara were joined by Mossad intelligence chief Yossi Cohen, who has reportedly been responsible…

Mexico offers plan to keep U.S.-bound migrants in Mexico

Waagacusub.com- Mexico on Friday offered temporary identification papers and jobs to migrants who register for asylum in the country, stepping up efforts to halt the advance of a U.S.-bound Central American caravan that has angered Washington.

Report on the fact-finding mission to Somalia published

Waagacusub.com- Two researchers from the Country Information Service of the Finnish Immigration Service visited Mogadishu, Somalia on a fact-finding mission in January. The purpose of this fact-finding mission was to gather current information about the security situation and general conditions in the…

Special Report: How Republicans are using immigration to scare voters to the polls

Waagacusub.com- The commercial opens with an appeal to fear: a hoodie-wearing man prowling an alley, knife in hand. His face remains hidden but the ad makes it clear: He's an illegal immigrant. "We need tough immigration enforcement to keep dangerous criminals out," says the ad by a national…

Qatar may benefit from Khashoggi fallout: analysts

Waagacusub.com- The murder of Jamal Khashoggi may put Saudi Arabia and its allies in a position to compromise with Doha, analysts say. Global diplomatic fallout from the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Saudi Arabia's Istanbul consulate may help Qatar in its political standoff with Riyadh,…

UN Investigating Whether Iran Supplied Weapons Seized By U.S. Navy Near Yemen

Waagacusub.com- UN inspectors are examining more than 2,500 AK-47 rifles and other guns seized by the crew of a U.S. destroyer off the coast of Yemen to determine whether the weapons originated in Iran or Somalia.

Ethiopia's parliament approves Sahle-Work Zewde as president

Waagacusub.com- Ethiopia's parliament approved Sahle-Work Zewde as the country's new president, the first woman to hold the post.

5 facts about Somali diaspora

Waagacusub.com- 1. Between 1990 and 2015, the total number of people born in Somalia but living outside the country more than doubled, from about 850,000 to 2 million. The share of Somali migrants abroad grew 136 per cent between 1990 and 2015, according to United Nations estimates.

CIA chief heard recording of Khashoggi killing during Turkey visit: two sources

Waagacusub.com- CIA director Gina Haspel heard an audio recording of the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi during her visit to Turkey this week, two sources told Reuters on Thursday, the first indication Ankara has shared its key