RIYADH: ALVIN PATRICK RELOX The Saudi government announced yesterday that it would donate $300,000 to a trust fund that aims to abolish maritime piracy off the coast of Somalia and to support the prosecutorial legal process. Prince Turki bin Mohammed bin Saud Al-Kabeer, undersecretary for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Multilateral Relations in the...
In talks with Somalia’s Minister for Human Development, Roberta Metsola MEP said that the thousands of Somali nationals who left their country to be granted protection by Malta have expressed their desire to see a strong Somalia that enables them to return to their families and communities and to be part of Somalia’s rebuilding efforts. Dr Metsola hailed...
By EMMA INNES A girl who cannot feel pain has enabled scientists to find a gene mutation that influences how we feel pain. The German researchers hope that the finding may lead to the creation of new painkillers that work by blocking pain signals. The scientists compared the gene sequence of the girl, who has congenital...
Reporters Without Borders strongly condemns the decision by the authorities of Kality prison, located outside Addis Abba, to restrict family visits to jailed journalist Reyot Alemu, a columnist for the national weekly Fitih. She has been held since June 2011 after being found guilty of participating in the promotion and communication of terrorist activities. Alemu, awarded the 2013...
Tanja Milevska The European Commission pledged €650 million of additional aid for the next three years for Somalia at a conference yesterday (16 September), aimed at helping Mogadishu’s path towards peace and state building. The New Deal for Somalia conference gathered representatives of governments, financial institutions and aid donors in Brussels to help Somalia on...
Government pledges to improve its peoples’ lives in return for $2.4bn in aid, but critics remain sceptical. James Reini Hargeisa, Somaliland – In Brussels, it was hailed as a “New Deal” for Somalia. That after more than two decades of killing and chaos, the Horn of Africa country now has a government and enough international backing to start...
Ismail Haji Warsame Puntland State of Somalia is to hold its most crucial Presidential Election towards the end of this year. This election will act as a litmus test for the political maturity of the people of Puntland, its peace and stability after nearly two decades of self-government. Once again, Puntland State is at cross-roads...
Dotun Adebayo argues that the US president cannot continue drawing red lines in the sand Written by Dotun Adebayo WHY OH why did Barack Obama have to go and draw a red line in the sand when every other world leader was burying their heads in it over Syria? Why oh why? He was doing well...
Kulanti wacan oo wanaagsan dhageystayaal meel kasta oo aad joogtaan Qoddobada warka maanta aan idiin hayno waxaa mid ah, Dowladda Soomaaliya oo shirkii ka dhacay barasalis loogu yaboohay lacaga dhan 1.8 bilyan oo ah lagacta Midowga Yurub, madaxweyne Xasan Sheekh oo sidoo kale ka hadlay dilalkii dhawaan ka dhacay Soomaaliya ee loo geystay Ajaaniib ka...
The New Deal for Somalia, agreed between the country and the international community, including the EU, should be led to the formal recognition of Somaliland, according to the foreign minister. Speaking after a high-level conference on Somalia in Brussels, which was not attended by representatives of Somaliland, Mohamed Bihi Yonis said, however, that political dialogue...