Dropped Charges Against Former Somali Region President Reinforces Impunity. By Laetitia Bader, Director, Horn of Africa This week, Ethiopian authorities dropped all charges and released Abdi Mohamoud Omar, also known as “Abdi Illey,” the former president of Ethiopia’s Somali region, … Continued
MOGADISHU, (Xinhua) -The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) vowed on Monday to beef up security across the country during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, which began worldwide this week. African Union Special Representative for Somalia Mohamed El-Amine … Continued
By Lynet Otieno If you did not have a focus at the sixth United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) that ended at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in Nairobi, you could have been lost in the beauty, splendor, art, fashion, … Continued
MOGADISHU, (Xinhua) – Somalia has launched a new program to build the resilience of households and local communities to economic and climate-related shocks in four districts of Puntland and Galmudug states. The program, which was launched on Wednesday, will target … Continued
China has sharply criticised the US for vetoing a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Beijing said the move sent the “wrong message” and effectively gave a “green light to the continued slaughter”. The White House … Continued
The number of African migrants who arrived in Mexico last year was nine times higher than the year before, according to official statistics. Figures released by Mexico’s Interior Department at the weekend show that almost 60,000 migrants arrived from Africa … Continued
Security agencies based in the North Eastern region will be supplied with well-equipped machinery to boost the fight against the rag-tag Al Shabaab militia, Kenya’s Interior Cabinet Secretary (CS) Kithure Kindiki said on Thursday. Prof Kindiki said the State has procured enough … Continued
African Union (AU) Summit will discuss and make far-reaching decisions on the security situation on the continent as some of its member states continue to face security challenges. At the opening of the Executive Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, … Continued
By Abdi Mohamud Historically, the medical condition called autism was rare or unknown to the pastoral Somali society. Despite the limited diet and absence of a modern healthcare system, children were generally born healthy and grew healthy before urbanization. Families … Continued
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — South Africa’s government said Tuesday it had lodged an “urgent request” with the U.N.’s International Court of Justice to consider whether Israel’s military operations targeting the southern Gaza city of Rafah are a breach of provisional orders the court … Continued
Ethiopia’s federal security forces killed at least 45 civilians in a massacre in Amhara state in late January, the independent state-affiliated Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said on Tuesday. A statement said the EHRC had confirmed “the identity of at … Continued
More than a dozen bombings in and around Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, in November and December 2023 revealed a clear pattern — telecommunications company Hormuud Telecom was being targeted. Bombs killed at least three employees and destroyed offices, communications towers and … Continued
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