January 11, 2023   Accords negotiated by Kissinger and Le Duc Tho in 1973 sealed US exit from war but were soon flouted by North and South Vietnam Portraits of Nobel peace prize laureates, including of Henry Kissinger, top second left, at the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo. Photograph: Gwladys Fouche/Reuters   By Reuters in Oslo   The 1973 ...

  January 11, 2023   FILE – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to the media before departing from al-Bateen Air Base in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Sept. 19, 2019, as U.S. special representative on Iran Brian Hook, left, listens.   By Matthew Lee | The Associated Press   WASHINGTON – The Biden administration has reinstated former Secretary ...

  January 11, 2023   By FBC (Fana Broadcasting Corporate)   ADDIS ABABA – African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) troops were on the receiving end of praise for a job well done, particularly in and around Kismayo, from the AU chair’s special representative. Special Representative to Somalia and Head of the AU Transition Mission, Ambassador Mohamed El-Amine Souef, ...

  January 10, 2023   In this photo released by the Taiwan Presidential Office, Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen, center, poses for a photo with visiting members of Germany’s Parliament in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. AP / TAIWAN PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE   By Huizhong Wu | The Associated Press   TAIPEI, Taiwan – Lithuanian lawmakers on a visit to Taiwan ...

  January 10, 2023   Ambassador Ahmed Abu Zeid, the spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry, said that the meeting addressed the emphasis on the specificity and history of Egyptian-Somali relations, and the common desire to strengthen bilateral relations and coordination in files of common interest. Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry (Right) and Somalia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Abshir ...

  January 09, 2023   FILE – Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli | Photo: Via Egypt Today   By Egypt Today   CAIRO – Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli received on Monday his Somali counterpart, Hamza Abdi Barre, in Cairo. The premiers started expanded talks in the presence of a number of Egyptian and Somali ministers to discuss means of ...

  January 09, 2023   The visit was a “sign of solidarity” with the self-ruled island. PHOTO: REUTERS   By AFP with JIJI   BERLIN – A high-ranking parliamentary delegation from Germany arrived in Taiwan on Monday ahead of an anticipated ministerial visit later this year in moves that could spark tensions with China. The visit was a “sign of ...

  January 08, 2023   Lula orders federal government to take control of policing in Brasília as extremists refuse to accept his presidency Supporters of Brazil’s Former President Jair Bolsonaro storm the Congress Building in Brasilia, Brazil. Photograph: Eraldo Peres/AP   By Tom Phillips and Andrew Downie | The Guardian   Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has ordered the federal ...

  Source: U.S. Embassy in Somaliya | Published: January 08, 2023   By Bosham   MOGADISHU – The United States presented $9 million in weapons, vehicles, medical supplies, and other equipment to the Somali National Army (SNA) in a ceremony on Sunday, January 8 attended by Minister of Defense Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur Jama and U.S. Ambassador Larry André. Aside from ...

  January 08, 2023   File – Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud   By Mohamed Dhaysane | VOA News   MOGADISHU, SOMALIA – Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has called on young al-Shabab fighters he says are “brainwashed” to surrender to the government amid ongoing military offensives against the group. Speaking at a mosque in the country’s capital Friday, Mohamud, ...