By OMAR FARUK MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia says Egypt has offered to deploy peacekeeping troops to the Horn of Africa nation in a security partnership that is emerging as the mandate of a long-time group of African Union peacekeepers winds down. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi on Thursday attended a summit in the Eritrean capital,...
By Fasika Tadesse (Bloomberg) — Ethiopia will start selling a 10% stake next week in its largest telecommunications operator Ethio Telecom, ahead of a listing on the country’s new stock exchange. The public will be able to buy shares on Ethio Telecom’s mobile money platform, telebirr, from Oct. 16, the company said Friday in an invite...
Addis Abeba – Shimelis Abdisa, President of the Oromia regional state, has indicated the possibility of peace talks with the “Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) Central Zone Command” after reports of an internal split within the armed group. In a social media post on 10 October 2024, President Shimelis noted the central command’s interest in dialogue with the government,...
One of the best decisions Ibrahim Mohamed Hussein ever made was to set up his vegetable stall that is now providing a decent living for his wife and nine children in the displacement camp where they have lived for about three years in the southern Somali town of Baidoa. “We were only cooking once a...
Qatar called on the international community to continue and increase the provision of humanitarian and developmental aid and technical assistance to strengthen the human rights capacity-building efforts of the Federal Republic of Somalia and implement its national and international obligations in alignment with its priorities. This came in a statement delivered by Third Secretary in...
Wycliffe Muia and Will Ross Kenyan MPs have voted overwhelming in favour of removing the country’s deputy president over accusations of corruption. Lawmakers also accuse Rigathi Gachagua of practising ethnically divisive politics and undermining the government. Gachagua denies any wrongdoing in a row that follows his recent fallout with President William Ruto. On Tuesday evening,...
(ERGO) – Ku dhawaad 2000 oo qoys oo ku nool deegaannada Jiicanyo iyo Hayaamooge oo ka tirsan gobolka Sanaag ayaa wajaya biyo yari, markii ceelal gacmeedyo ay ku tiirsanaayeen uu duugay daanyeer raxan-raxan u socda, kaas oo ka soo duulay dooxooyinka ku teedsan tuulooyinkan. Dhibaatadan waxay haystaa tan iyo bishii Ogosto ee sanadkan. Qoysaska qaar ayaa...
AMISOM, initially the African Union Mission in Somalia, was established in 2007 by PURITY WANGUI BY ELIUD KIBII Al Shabaab killed at least 37 people and injured more than 200 others in a terror attack on the night of August 2 at Lido Beach in Mogadishu. The attack, the deadliest in Somalia since the October 2022...
Kalkidan Yibeltal Ethiopia’s parliament has approved the appointment of a new president to replace the country’s first female head of state, Sahle-Work Zewde. Taye Astike Selassie, foreign minister since February, has taken up the largely ceremonial role. In Ethiopia, political power lies with the prime minister – currently Abiy Ahmed. Sahle-Work had reportedly fallen out...
Illicit arms shipments pose threat to Somalia’s security, says foreign minister Mohamed Dhaysane MOGADISHU, Somalia Somalia on Sunday raised concerns over illicit arms shipments into the Horn of Africa nation allegedly made by its neighbor Ethiopia. Speaking at a press conference in Mogadishu, Somali Foreign Minister Ahmed Moallim Fiqi called the alleged arms shipments a...