The partnership will advance Somalia’s economy while aligning business practices with global standards and reducing financial risks such as fraud and money laundering.
The writer says as the country prepares for one-person, one-vote elections, the steps taken by President Mohamud and his administration mark a hopeful pivot in Somalia’s political landscape.
Somalia and Ethiopia have wrapped up a second round of maritime talks aimed at resolving a dispute that has strained their relations.
Zubeyr is among 14 new diplomats including 12 ambassadors and two consuls’ general endorsed by the Somali Council of Ministers in an extraordinary session awaiting deployment.
Somali police said Tuesday they have confiscated hundreds of face veils from women in a major city as they enforced a long-standing ban, with witnesses saying the niqabs were then burnt.
The two countries have neither signed nor ratified the Tripartite Free Trade Area that connects the EAC economies to the different trade blocs in the continent.
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