(ERGO) – Maxamuud Axmed Nuunow oo ah aabbaha qoys toddobo qof ah waxay cunno xumo, hoy la’aan iyo biyo yari ku wajahayaan duleedka Baydhabo, halkaas oo ay barakac ku tageen 20 bishii hore ee Janaayo. Abaar saameyay ayaa ka dishay 20 lo’ ah iyo 30 ari ah oo ay ku tiirsanaayeen. Xaaladdan waxay ku kaliftay in...
By Abdulqadir Ahmed AwAliPresident, SSC-Khatumo state of Somalia I am the President of SSC-Khatumo, a federal member State of Somalia in northern Somalia (formerly British Somaliland Protectorate). This is the first time I have addressed the media since assuming office over a year and a half ago. What prompted me to do so is the...
By Hussein M. Yusuf If there is one thing that has remained consistent in Raila Odinga’s political career, it is his resilience in the face of defeat. Over the past three decades, he has contested and lost multiple elections, faced betrayals, and navigated political storms that would have ended the careers of many. But for...
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Top diplomats from Ethiopia and Somalia on Tuesday held a first round of technical talks aimed at resolving a dispute sparked by a deal between Ethiopia and Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland, Turkey’s Foreign Ministry said. Turkey has been mediating between the Horn of Africa countries after concerns about potential conflict in an already volatile region. Tensions have simmered...
By Abdikarim H Abdi Buh The recently concluded 38th African Union (AU) Summit in Addis Ababa placed a strong emphasis on reparatory justice for Africans and people of African descent. Leaders passionately called for compensation from former European colonial powers for the transatlantic slave trade and its long-lasting effects on Africa’s development. However, amid these...
ADDIS ABABA (Xinhua) — African leaders attending the 38th African Union (AU) Summit have urged immediate withdrawal of the March 23 Movement (M23) armed group from the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). In a press conference on the sidelines of the AU Summit on Sunday in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, AU...
By Abdinur Jama (Gees) Kenya’s recent decision to double the price of Miraa (Khat) has sent shockwaves through Somalia’s already fragile economy. This policy change not only exposes the shortcomings in trade strategies and economic priorities but also lays bare the political elite’s complicity in sustaining an unsustainable dependency. For decades, Somalia has been one of the...
NTV- The Ministry of Agriculture has doubled the price of miraa for the three export varieties after a week-long export boycott by farmers. Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said in a statement that the new prices are meant to reflect the current market trends. Farmers will now sell a kilogram of Grade 1 miraa at Sh1,300...
Washington — U.S. airstrikes killed 16 militants affiliated with the Islamic State terrorist group in northern Somalia, officials there said Monday. A spokesperson for security operations in the Puntland region, Brigadier General Mohamud Mohamed Ahmed, disclosed the death toll in an interview VOA’s Somali Service. “The strike carried out by our international security partners killed...