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Fahad Yasin hosts Qatar’s deputy spy chief secretly, wants opposition denied coverage

A storm is brewing in Mogadishu which could put the Federal Government and the opposition at loggerheads and probable check the integrity of a free media, Garowe Online reports. At the center of the latest intrigues is the Director of National Intelligence and Security Agency Fahad Yasin Dahir, who secretly held a meeting with media […]

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South Africa: 1749 new Covid-19 cases detected

The National Health Ministry has demonstrated that South Africa’s cumulative Covid-19 depend stands at 677 833 with 1749 new cases suggested in the closing 24 hours. On Friday, Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize, announced that 1749 extra deaths had been reported. “Regrettably, we file forty three extra Covid-19 related deaths: three from Eastern Cape, eight […]

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Fahad Yasin and others receiving secret training in Qatar – report

Reliable sources have confirmed to KnowAfrika that the Government of Qatar has begun education Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) forces. According to the sources, about 14 NISA officers from 4 special devices have been present process education for the last two weeks in the Qatari capital, Doha. The officers present process the training, […]

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Qatar’s deputy spy chief pays secret visit to Yasin

Reliable sources have instructed Somaliaffairs that the deputy director of Qatar’s intelligence agency, Abdallah Mohamed Mubarak Salah al-Khalifi, arrived in Mogadishu the day prior to this (29 September). The highly-trained Somali Gaashaan (Shield) Force took cost of his security. Al-Khalifi, who spent closing night with his apprentice, Fahad Yasin, pursuits in his trip to make […]

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Nigeria: Death toll from floods climbs to 95

The dying toll from floods in Nigeria has risen to 95, in accordance to local media reports Wednesday. Sixteen extra people had been killed in floods brought on with the aid of heavy rains in 19 regions of Jigawa state, Alhaji Yusuf Sani Babura, govt secretary of the Jigawa State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), told […]

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Somalia Must Save Itself from Yasin, Al-Shabaab and Qatar

Qatari have an effect on and Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo’s over-reliance on Doha have reversed years of safety progress. by Abdullahi Mohamed Ali Somalis, each at home and abroad, have been confident when Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo was once elected Somalia’s president in February 2017. Diplomats and the improvement community shared this optimism, believing Farmajo […]

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South Africa records more COVID-19 deaths, cases

South Africa noted eighty one new coronavirus-related deaths in the preceding 24-hour period, bringing the complete range of fatalities to 16,667, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize introduced late Tuesday. Mkhize moreover stated the country had registered 903 new COVID-19 instances for a 2nd day in a row, inserting the total vast range of cases at 672,572. […]

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Qatar’s financing Al-Shabaab through Fahad Yasin as a third party — Ex NISA Boss claims

Doha has for the first time been dragged into the murky Somalia politics, with a former top Mogadishu official accusing the Middle East kingdom of financing the Al-Shabaab militants, a declare which ought to define the relationship between the two nations. In the middle of the latest accusations is the National Intelligence Security Agency [NISA], […]

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Sudan: Death toll from flooding climbs to 138

The loss of life toll from flooding in Sudan triggered by way of months of heavy rains has risen to 138, the country’s Interior Ministry said early Tuesday.   More than 100,000 houses have end up partly or totally unusable due to floods.  The ministry brought that 56 humans have been injured in the flooding.  Earlier […]

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Qatar, Yasin, Al-Shabaab Hold Somalia in Linked Triangular Vise Grip

Qatar’s ‘support’ for Somali Spy organisation raises storm over links with Al-Shabaab Qatar has but once more been sucked into Somalia’s inner politics, with mounting accusations from quite a few quarters over alleged guide to the Al-Shabaab militants and the undercover agent business enterprise NISA, which is stated to be supporting the militants with intelligence […]

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Uganda: Kikuube turns to sugarcane growing as the wait for oil continues

For so many years, locals in the Albertine place have patiently waited for industrial manufacturing of oil in vain. However, as the projections suffer one shift after another, many farmers, in particular those in Kikuube District have grew to become their hope to Hoima Sugar Ltd, a cane processing factory operating in the location in […]

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Nigeria: Ambush on Borno State governor’s kills 30

Burned vehicules laying on the side of the road, stays of friday’s attack. Jihadis fighters linked to the Islamisc State in West Africa Province ISWAP crew killed 30 safety personnel in an ambush on Friday. Insurgents opened fireplace with laptop weapons and rocket-propelled grenades, in an strive to damage Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State. […]

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ECOWAS set to uphold Mali sanctions until appointment of civilian PM

West African bloc ECOWAS will maintain its sanctions on Mali until a civilian prime minister is appointed, ECOWAS mediator Goodluck Jonathan said on Friday. A choice on whether ECOWAS will raise its sanctions towards Mali used to be anticipated following the swearing-in ceremony of Bah Ndaw, in accordance to Jonathan. “The trouble of the sanctions…in […]

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Nigeria: Gas tanker explode in Lagos State

A fuel tanker truck exploded Thursday in Nigeria’s Lagos State, injuring at least 15 people, incinerating quite a few cars and razing a number of buildings, local media reported.  The incident happened at a bus end in the Ifako-Ijaiye nearby authorities area, the local Premium Times internet site reported. “A further investigation printed that an […]

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Sudan: Death toll from flooding to 124

The dying toll from flooding in Sudan precipitated by using months of heavy rains has risen to 124, the country’s Interior Ministry said early Thursday. More than 100,000 residences have come to be partly or absolutely unusable due to floods. Earlier this month, Sudan’s Security and Defense Council declared a countrywide kingdom of emergency for […]

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Parliament gives nod to new ministers, judges in Ethiopia

Ethiopia’s parliament on Tuesday authorized the appointment of countless key ministers and judicial officers. The House of Peoples’ Representatives, the lower chamber of Ethiopia’s parliament, recommended the appointments of Kenea Yadeta as defense minister, Gedion Timothewos as attorney general, Takele Umma as minister of mines and petroleum, and Samuel Hurkato as minister of science and […]

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Fear rises for imprisoned Qatari royal in the midst of health deterioration as wife pleads for release at the United Nations

Pressure is mounting over the case of QatariSheikh Talal Al Thani – the grandson of the founder of the gas-rich nation – after his wife, Asma Arian, submitted an 11th-hour plea for his release at the United Nations Human Rights Council on Monday. My husband desires pressing scientific care and a legal professional he chooses freely,” Arian advised the UN body in […]

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Nigeria: President Buhari mourns death of emir of Zazzau

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday mourned the loss of life of Emir of Zazzau Alhaji Shehu Idris, one of the country’s most influential standard leaders who exceeded away on Sunday at the age of 45. “With the passing of Alhaji Shehu Idris, Nigeria has lost one of its longest reigning typical monarchs whose contributions […]