Coca-Cola has launched a new home delivery service that will provide consumers with access to its range of beverages from the comfort of whatever location they are. Dubbed ‘DialACoke.com’ the online platform will give consumers a convenient, quick and safe … Continued
By Abdulkadir Khalif, Correspondent Nation Media Group US, Somalia ink debt relief deal US Ambassador to Somalia Donald Yamamoto and Somalia’s Minister of Finance Abdirahman Dualeh Beileh have signed a bilateral agreement spelling out ways of reducing and restructuring debt owed … Continued
By Bemenet Wondewossen, Addis Fortune The Ethio-Djibouti Gauge Railway is set to double the number of freight trains a day to four pairs by November in an effort to break even. It has been functioning with two pairs of freight … Continued
Nita Bhalla NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A multibillion-dollar oil pipeline planned for East Africa could spell disaster for local communities, charities said on Thursday, warning of lost land and livelihoods unless oil firms listen up and change tack. French … Continued
The Somali-American supermodel – who spent the first seven years of her life in a refugee camp in Kenya – will serve as a global spokesperson and advocate for the campaign, which helps the coconut water company support coconut farming … Continued
By Ismail Sebugwaawo, Khaleej Times Abu Dhabi- Two people were killed in a gas explosion that ripped through a fast food restaurant in Abu Dhabi on Monday morning, authorities said. One of the victims was near the explosion site on … Continued
ADDIS ABEBA – Ethiopian Airlines Group said it has successfully completed a new passenger terminal at its hub Addis Ababa Bole International Airport with an emphasis on Bio Security and Bio-Safety measures. The new terminal has check-in hall with sixty … Continued
Jevans Nyabiage, South China Morning Post Beijing may not fight the decision by Taiwan to establish a representative office in Somaliland if the relationship is restricted to commercial ties and not political or diplomatic, analysts say. On Monday, the Taiwanese flag was … Continued
BY AHMED KHALIF The annual hajj pilgrimage to Mecca was slated to begin this week. In normal times, pilgrims from around the world would be flocking to Islam’s holiest site, where they would take part in days of rituals central to their faith. … Continued
Abdimajid Jama Sanharir, owner of Sokeeye Ice Cream, one of three ice cream parlours in Dhagahley refugee camp in Dadaab, Kenya, is feeling the impact of the Covid19 pandemic on his business. His biggest customers were school children, who used … Continued
By Abdullahi Yussuf, Quarts Millions of livestock from Somalia have been shipped to Saudi Arabia for the annual Muslim pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca over many decades to feed some two million pilgrims from around the world. Livestock export … Continued
By Viktor Katona, Oilprice Somalia’s government has announced that it would hold its first-ever offshore licensing round this August, marking the starting point of Africa’s perhaps most adventurous oil frontiers. Still recovering from the disastrous consequences of the Civil War, … Continued
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