By ABDULKADIR KHALIF Traders at Mogadishu’s largest open-air market, Bakara, have been closing shops since Wednesday to avoid levies demanded by a group claiming to be affiliated to ISIS. The Second Street, where most hardware shops are situated, has been … Continued
Lusaka, Authorities in Somalia’s south-central Hirshabelle state must stop intimidating and censoring the press through arbitrary arrests and station closures because they disagree with reported content, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Friday. On Friday afternoon, January 21, 2022, heavily … Continued
GETTY IMAGE No UN food convoy has reached Tigray since December Some of the nurses and doctors at the biggest hospital in Ethiopia’s war-torn Tigray region are having to beg for food to feed themselves, one of the medics has … Continued
Nairobi, Kenya — The Central Bank of Kenya has projected Kenya’s economy to grow at a sustained rate of 5.9 percent, a slight downgrade from its previous 6 percent estimate. CBK Governor Patrick Njoroge, during the post-Monetary Policy Meeting (MPC) … Continued
Ethiopians from the Tigrayan region living in South Africa hold a rally outside the US embassy in Pretoria The United States voiced alarm Thursday after Ethiopia’s Tigray rebels announced a military operation in the neighboring Afar region, but hailed moves … Continued
The growing interest in the Turkish language across the world is also evident in Somalia, as the African country is closer than ever with Turkey. Anadolu Agency (AA) spoke to Mustaf Mohamed Abdikarin, managing director of the SomTurk Institute of Languages in the … Continued
By Abraham Mahshie AFRICAN AIR CHIEFS SYMPOSIUM, KIGALI, Rwanda—Somalia Air Force Brig. Gen. Sh Ali Mohamed Mohamud last sat in the cockpit of a Somali MiG fighter jet in March 1978. His country’s civil war decimated the Air Force he joined … Continued
By Edna Mohamed London, the United Kingdom – When Nimco Happy’s Isii Nafta (Love You More Than My Life) went viral on social media last year, many saw it as a significant step towards Somali music entering the mainstream. The multilingual song, sung in … Continued
Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict erupted in November 2020 and later spread to neighboring regions. Yet, covering the war is a huge challenge, with press freedom severely constrained and journalists facing intense pressure. Since the beginning of this year, Ethiopia’s National Defense … Continued
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) – Nearly 1,500 people died of malnutrition in just part of Ethiopia´s blockaded Tigray region over a four-month period last year, including more than 350 young children, a new report by the region´s health bureau says. It … Continued
Dherow Hassan Abdi, a former refugee in Kenya now living in an IDP camp in Mogadishu’s Kahda district, has been collecting and selling scrap metal for the past few months and is pleased to have found a new source of … Continued
By Pedro Alonso; Laprensa Latina Gedi, Kenya, (EFE).- Deep in the East African rainforest lies a mystery: the ruins of the Lost City of Gedi, an archaeological wonder known as the Machu Picchu of Kenya. For decades, the Swahili city … Continued
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