Somalia slams targeting of QRCS headquarters
24 May 2021 - 7:47
QNA
Mogadishu: The government of the Federal Republic of Somalia condemned on Saturday the Israeli occupation forces’ targeting of the Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) headquarters in the Gaza Strip with airstrikes on Monday, May 17, which resulted in the killing and wounding of a number of innocent people and causing severe damage to Hamad Bin Khalifa Hospital for Rehabilitation and Prosthetics.
In a statement, the Somali Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation considered this step unjustified and a flagrant violation of international law and moral and humanitarian values.
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Value of talks stressed for E. Africa peace By EDITH MUTETHYA in Nairobi, Kenya | China Daily | Updated: 2020-12-24 10:01
A view shows the Elite Hotel on the Indian Ocean waterfront in Abdiaziz district of Mogadishu, Somalia on Dec 4, 2020. [Photo/Agencies]
East African countries have been urged to explore dialogue in an effort to resolve the conflicts that some nations are experiencing and improve the prospects for peace and stability in the region.
Calls for such efforts were made at the 38th extraordinary summit of the assembly of heads of state and government of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, or IGAD, on Sunday. Representatives of the eight-member bloc were meeting in Djibouti.
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Somalia cuts off diplomatic relations with Kenya ANI | Updated: Dec 15, 2020 22:15 IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], December 15 (ANI): Somalia on Tuesday severed diplomatic ties with Kenya, accusing it of meddling in its internal political affairs weeks before a crucial general election, The New York Times reported.
In an announcement broadcast on state television, Osman Dubbe, the Minister of Information, said Somalia was breaking off relations because Kenya had violated his country s sovereignty adding that Somalia would recall all its diplomats from Kenya and gave Kenyan diplomats seven days to leave the country. The federal government of Somalia reached this decision as an answer to the political violations and the Kenyan government s continuous blatant interference recently in our country s sovereignty. The current leadership of the Kenyan government is working on dividing the two nations, who share common interests, Dubbe said.
Somalia Severs Diplomatic Ties With Kenya
Somalia accused its East African neighbor of meddling in its internal affairs, weeks before a crucial general election.
Kenyan soldiers at their base in Tabda, inside Somalia, near the border with Kenya. As part of the African Union peacekeeping forces in Somalia, Kenya has more than 3,600 troops stationed in the country.Credit.Ben Curtis/Associated Press
Published Dec. 15, 2020Updated Dec. 16, 2020
NAIROBI, Kenya Somalia severed diplomatic ties with Kenya on Tuesday, accusing the neighboring East African nation of meddling in its internal political affairs weeks before a crucial general election.
The minister of information said Somalia was breaking off relations because Kenya had violated his country’s sovereignty. In an announcement broadcast on state television, the minister, Osman Dubbe, said Somalia would recall all its diplomats from Kenya and gave Kenyan diplomats seven days to leave the country.