Kasmaal  Independent Somali news and analysis website .

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has appointed a political newcomer as the prime minister just before he departed to Saudi Arabia for his first foreign trip since he was inaugurated. Somali-born Norwegian national Hassan Ali Khaire, the former executive Africa of the British energy explorer Soma Oil, was appointed as the new […]

Handout pictures released yesterday by the Royal Malaysian Police in Kuala Lumpur show location image or CCTV footage (top row) and passport style photos (bottom row) of North Korean nationals (from left) Ri Ji U, aged 30; North Korean airline employee Kim Uk Il, 37; and diplomat Hyon Kwang Song, 44. They are wanted for […]

The SM-3 flies at a speed of Mach 14 and has a range of 600 miles. From Poland it can hit targets in the skies over the European part of Russia. Source: Reuters In early February, the U.S. Navy destroyer USS John Paul Jones successfully tested the new Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) Block IIA interceptor […]

President promises improvements but asks for patience as the country grapples with threats and a humanitarian crisis. Somalia’s new President, Mohamed Abdullahi, has been inaugurated in the capital Mogadishu, promising to restore dignity to the troubled Horn of Africa nation but warning it will take another two decades to “fix” the country. Somalia’s new President, […]

It’s highly unlikely we’re alone in the universe, NASA experts are saying, and we may be close to finding alien life. In fact, it may happen in the next two decades. NASA held a panel discussion at the agency’s Washington headquarters on Monday, where space experts talked about the search for Earth-like planets that host […]

A senator elicited unexpected debate in the Senate when he referred to US President Donald Trump as a “rogue leader” before a visiting delegation from the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. Elgeyo-Marakwet senator Kipchumba Murkomen said this when he welcomed the delegation seated at the Speaker’s gallery. “As the US President is a rogue […]

Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak estimated the potentials of contracts for production and exploration of oil and gas in Iran, which are open to Russian companies, at around $20 billion. “Our companies have a particular interest in specific fields. In general, we estimate that the potential of the deals in this area can be estimated […]

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a visit at the Great Synagogue in Sydney, Australia, on February 22, 2017. (Haim Zach/GPO via Flash90) Trump’s condemnation of denunciation of anti-Semitism as “horrible,” “painful” and a “sad reminder” of evil on Tuesday came after the US president faced mounting criticism from US Jewish groups for failing to […]

   Eruptions of joy across the Somali-speaking Horn of Africa greeted the election of President Mohammed Abdullahi Farmajo, but to deliver a cure for Somalia’s chronic ills he will need to counter distrust in neighbouring Ethiopia and Kenya and win support from the African Union. The election of Somalia’s new President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo offers […]

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau answers a question during Question Period in the House of Commons in Ottawa, Tuesday, Feb.21, 2017. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld) OTTAWA — Some 1,200 people considered to be among the most vulnerable refugees in the world are to be housed in Canada by the end of this year, the Trudeau government […]