Kenyan Stacy Ndiwa won the women’s portion of the 38th Los Angeles Marathon Sunday and claimed a $10,000 bonus by finishing ahead of men’s winner Jemal Yimer of Ethiopia. The elite women started 18 minutes, 19 seconds ahead of the … Continued
MINNEAPOLIS – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota today announced federal criminal charges against 10 additional defendants for their alleged roles in the fraud scheme that exploited a federally-funded child nutrition program during the COVID-19 pandemic. The … Continued
Germany needs skilled labor and considers Africa a place from which to recruit — but that requires reforming its migration law to make it fair and favorable for Germany, as well as for migrants and their homelands. The German Federal … Continued
By Abdulkadir Hussein Somalia is a long time fragile and low-income country. It is now tussling so hard to build a world-trusted structure of statehood through an aided systems reform revolution supported by the World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF), … Continued
MOGADISHU, Somalia- A hospital facility designed to provide quality treatment and care to Somali security forces has been handed over to the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) by the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS). The 68-bed facility located … Continued
Jointly with Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) and Qatar Charity (QC), Save the Dream has started on Sunday the first field activity of the project ‘Saving Children’s Dreams in Somalia through Sport.’ This programme falls under the umbrella of the … Continued
By GERALD ANDAE Somalia has allowed Kenya to more than double the volumes of miraa exported to this lucrative market, expanding opportunities for local farmers who are eying good returns from the Horn of Africa nation. The exports, which have … Continued
Doha: Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) recently concluded its eye surgery and anti-blindness medical convoy mission, carried out at De Martino Public Hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia. At a total cost of $85,535 (QR311,776), the project was coordinated with Somalia’s Federal … Continued
By Fathi Mohamed Ahmed It was the discovery of the body of a 22-year-old woman on the streets of the Somali capital, Mogadishu, last year that brought into the open the problem of female drug addiction in the city. Health … Continued
Around 20.2 million children are under threat of severe hunger, thirst and disease – compared to 10 million in July – as climate change, conflict, global inflation and grain shortages devastate the region. “While collective and accelerated efforts have mitigated … Continued
SOMALIA is on the verge of famine, according to a new food-security report from the United Nations. The UN said that while Somalia has not yet fallen into famine, several parts of the country are in danger of it in … Continued
More than 900 displaced families are receiving a free mobile health service visiting Tosha and Sheeyo villages in Badhadhe, Lower Juba. These families normally have to walk about 20 kilometres to the nearest hospitals in Kudhaa district to access health … Continued
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