By Mehdi Hasan
IN 2005, Steven Rosen, then a senior official with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC, sat down for dinner with journalist Jeffrey Goldberg, then of the New Yorker. “You see this napkin?” Rosen asked Goldberg....
Dr. Michael Rubin
The U.S.-African Leaders Forum winds down today. From the White House point-of-view, the three-day summit was a success.
President Joe Biden and his team met several African leaders and formalized agreements with countries across the continent. Biden also announced...
Mark Gollom
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been convicted of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd, which was captured on video and sparked worldwide protests over racism and police brutality.
Chauvin had been charged with second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree...
It’s No Secret that China covets Africa. Africa plays a major role in China’s Belt & Road Initiative, and many African Governments have featured in China’s debt-trap diplomacy.
Whereas U.S. Foreign Assistance helps African Countries to develop capacity and become...
By M.A. Egge
The President H.E. Musa Bihi Abdi has sent National Independence congratulatory message to the people and the government of the USA on the occasion of their 244th Independency anniversary, a day popularly known as July 4th in...
U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban deputy leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar inked the deal in an opulent hall in a five-star hotel in Dohar, Qatar. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo witnessed the signing.
The agreement lays out a path...
Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX), Africa, Global Health, and Global Human Rights Subcommittee Lead Republican Chris Smith (R-NJ), and other bipartisan House members sent a letter to Secretary Blinken calling for increased engagement...
By Goth Mohamed Goth
H.E President Muse Bihi Abdi today in his office received the United States of America envoy to Somalia, Ambassador Donald Yamamoto and his delegation.
The President and the visiting America envoy to Somalia Ambassador Donald Yamamoto and...
By Glenn Thrush and Michael Crowley
Speaking to 3,000 supporters, the former president took a sharper line toward the Trump administration than he typically does in public.
“There is no precedent that anybody can find for somebody who has been charged with perjury just...
The US House of Representatives has approved the NDAA act, which includes a defense agreement between the United States and Somaliland.
U.S. Senator James Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, last month introduced an amendment to...