By Mohamed Olad Hassan, VOA WASHINGTON — A study finds that severe drought plaguing parts of Somalia since 2022 has killed at least 71,000 people beyond the number expected. About 40% of the lives lost were children under the age of 5, said the study, commissioned by the U.N. Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization and Somalia’s...
NAIROBI Kenya– African Union Chairperson Moussa Faki has urged the United States to reconsider its exit from the World Health Organisation (WHO) programs which he says will adversely affect Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) programs. In a statement, Faki said that over the past seven decades, the US as a member State...
Egypt and Somalia formally elevated their relationship to a strategic partnership on Thursday, solidifying cooperation across political, military, economic, and cultural spheres. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi and Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud signed a joint political declaration at the Al-Ittihadiya Palace in Cairo, marking a significant development in bilateral relations. The signing followed bilateral...
By Abdiqani haji Abdi Recent claims that the U.S. government and other financial institutions have frozen over $260 million in alleged corruption proceeds linked to Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, have sparked widespread debate and controversy. This claim, initially reported by Qaran News, a Somaliland-based news outlet and later circulated on social media, has not...
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. civil rights groups are warning that an executive order signed by President Donald Trump on Monday lays the groundwork for reinstatement of a ban on travelers from predominantly Muslim or Arab countries. The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) said the new order relied on the same statutory authority used to...
NAIROBI, Kenya – Nearly 200 passengers traveling from Nairobi to Mogadishu were stranded on Wednesday after Somali airlines operating between the two capital cities suspended flights due to a dispute over the Somalian government’s recently increased taxes. Many passengers’ travel plans were disrupted as a result of the cancellations, with some only learning of the...
Qoraaga Gorfeynta: Ibraahim Aaden ShireQoraaga buugga: Cabdiraxmaan Cabdishakuur Adkaysi waa buug cusub oo soo baxay 1-dii Disember 2024. Waxaan nasiib u yeeshay in aan ka mid noqdo dhowrkii qof ee ugu horreysay ee buugga la siiyo inta uusan suuqa imaan. Fiidnamadii Isniinta taariikhdu ahayd 18/11/2024 ayuu xildhibaan Cabdiraxmaan i guddoonsiiyay buugga goor aan ugu tagay...
Ethiopia’s public debt has reached a total of $68.86 billion by June 2024, according to the Ministry of Finance’s recently released Public Sector Debt Portfolio AnalysisNo. 25. This figure represents 32.9% of the nation’s GDP, marking a decline from 57.2% in 2019, signaling progress in managing debt levels. However, the report highlights ongoing challenges that demand...
By Mohamed Olad Hassan WASHINGTON — Over 20 people were killed and more than 10 others wounded during two days of fighting between Islamic State fighters and security forces from Somalia’s Puntland region, officials said Tuesday. In an interview with VOA’s Somali Service, a spokesperson for Puntland security operations, Brigadier General Mohamud Mohamed Ahmed, said that 15...
By Khalid Hassan Yusuf Arab historians who wrote about the history of the Horn of Africa region in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries AD, spoke about the division of Muslims before the kings of Abyssinia. These Islamic-style emirates were subject to the control of the kings of Abyssinia, who were forcefully taking royalties from them....