Kenya finance minister and head of public service quit

Kenya finance minister and head of public service quit Nairobi (Alshahid)-Kenya’s Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister, Uhuru Kenyatta and Head of Civil Service and Secretary to the…

Kibaki drums up regional peace

Kibaki drums up regional peace By Kenya Presidential Press Service The success of the East African Community is directly related to peace and stability of…

US urges Kenya not to send back Somali refugees

US urges Kenya not to send back Somali refugees New York (Daily Nation)-Kenya has been urged to continue providing refuge to Somalis fleeing violence and hunger in their homeland,…

Somali Prime Minister Unveiled His Cabinet
Obama thought of daughters in Somalia raid planning

Obama thought of daughters in Somalia raid planning

President Barack Obama said Thursday his role as a dad of two daughters offered him an inkling of the agony endured by the father of a US aid worker freed in a daring US commando raid in Somalia. Obama ordered the clandestine Navy SEALs swoop…

Popular Jihadist web forum knocked off Internet

Popular Jihadist web forum knocked off Internet

WASHINGTON (Alshahid)- — A popular jihadist Internet forum has been knocked off the Internet, and counterterrorism experts say it appears it was hacked.   Cybersecurity analysts say the al-Shamukh forum appears to have been taken down by a fairly sophisticated cyberattack that hit not only…

Kenya finance minister and head of public service quit

Kenya finance minister and head of public service quit

Nairobi (Alshahid)-Kenya’s Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister, Uhuru Kenyatta and Head of Civil Service and Secretary to the Cabinet, Francis Muthaura, one of the most influential men in President Mwai Kibaki’s clique, resigned on Thursday after the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC)  ruled…

Seychelles refuse to take Somali pirates held by Danes

Seychelles refuse to take Somali pirates held by Danes

Denmark said on Tuesday the Seychelles had refused to take 25 suspected Somali pirates detained by one of its warships earlier this month, highlighting the difficulty of putting pirates on trial. The pirates remain aboard the Danish warship Absalon which captured them and their fishing…

U.S. to resume formal Muslim Brotherhood contacts

U.S. to resume formal Muslim Brotherhood contacts

Washington (Alshahid) – The United States has decided to resume formal contacts with the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, a senior U.S. official said on Wednesday, in a step that reflects the Islamist group’s growing political weight but that is almost certain to upset Israel and…