(ERGO) – Aweys Maye Mohamed, a metalworker, and his family of four in Mogadishu have been struggling to secure even one meal a day since the end of July, when he lost his job. He is among hundreds of artisans now unemployed as the export of scrap metal from the Somali capital to foreign markets has...
KAZAN, (BelTA) – Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali on the margins of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia on 23 October, BelTA has learned. One of the topics of the discussion was the lack of access to the sea in both countries. Abiy Ahmed Ali noted with great...
By Winfrey Owino Environment Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has ordered the closure of a restaurant in Kilimani, Nairobi, for noise pollution. Via a post on his X page, CS Duale warned all clubs operating in residential areas against playing loud music, saying stern action will be taken against the businesses. “I have ordered the immediate...
Mohamed Gabobe & Layla Mahmood Alcohol smuggler Guled Diriye is exhausted. He has just returned from his trip transporting contraband from the Ethiopian border. The 29-year-old slumps in his chair inside a colonial-style villa battered by years of fighting in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu – a city once known as the Pearl of the Indian Ocean....
Nairobi — Kenya’s ousted Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on Sunday lashed out at his boss William Ruto as “vicious” and cruel, warning that his life could be in danger. Gachagua was impeached by the Senate on five out of 11 charges levelled against him on Thursday, but a court order put his replacement process on hold....
The US is investigating the recent leak of classified documents pertaining to Israel’s plans to attack Iran, the Associated Press reported Sunday. The documents, which are marked top secret, note that Israel was still moving military assets in place to conduct a military strike in response to Iran’s ballistic missile attack on Oct. 1. The United...
Türkiye has delivered more than 60,000 tons of aid to Somalia since 2016 Mohamed Dhaysane MOGADISHU, Somalia A Turkish ship carrying humanitarian aid for Somalia docked Saturday at the Mogadishu’s seaport. The Ship of Goodness, carrying 3,000 tons of aid, sailed Sept, 29 from Mersin in the southern province of Türkiye and was received by...
by Abdulkader Assad Human rights activist Tariq Lamloum announced the death of at least three Somalis in September and October inside warehouses and homes of “human traffickers.” Lamloum said in a statement to Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper that the families of the three victims were contacted by “kidnapper gangs from inside the city of Bani Walid and...
Anne Soy & Tom McArthur A British national has told the BBC that he and several Turkish citizens were abducted in the Kenyan capital Nairobi by masked men on Friday, with four of the Turkish citizens still missing. Necdet Seyitoğlu, who lived in the UK for 18 years before moving to Kenya two years ago,...
(ERGO) – A stable job with a new cleaning company in Galkayo, central Somalia’s Mudug region, has put widowed Farhia Omar Warsame into a solid position to support her seven children on her own. Since she was employed by the firm Degan-dhowr in May, she has been on a monthly salary of $200-250, with an extra...