By AGGREY MUTAMBO Jubaland President Mohamed Ahmed Madobe has inked a ‘unity’ deal with his arch-rivals, stealing a march on the Federal Government of Somalia. Brokered by the Kenyan government and facilitated by Puntland State President Said Abdullahi Deni, Madobe on Thursday announced they had reached a ‘historic’ agreement with rivals who had last year...
April 25, 2025
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Africa welcomes latest Chinese donation of medical supplies in fighting COVID-19
ADDIS ABABA, The latest batch of massive medical supplies donated by China to 12 African countries and regions arrived on Thursday in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa through the Ethiopian Airlines Cargo Services. High-level officials and representatives of national and international offices as well as diplomats and representatives of the African Union (AU) and the...
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Somalia: COVID-19 in places of detention
ike most countries around the globe, Somalia finds itself in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of known infections has risen dramatically in the last weeks. Sweeping public restrictions have followed suit in a bid to curb the spread of the disease. Overnight curfews are in effect in densely populated towns while the...
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Madaxweynaha dowlad goboleedka Jubbaland iyo isbahaysiga isbedeldoonka Jubbaland oo heshiis gaadhay
Nairobi (WDN)- Madaxweynaha dowlad goboleedka Jubbaland Axmed Maxamed Islaan (Madoobe) iyo isbahaysiga isbedeldoonka Jubbaland oo dhawaanahanba ay wada hadalo uga socdeen magaalada Niarobi, ee dalka Kenya, ayaa heshiis gaadhay. Qodabada heshiiskaasi ayaa waxa ka mid ah in sida uu dhigayo Dastuurka Dowlad Goboleedka Jubbaland aanu mar kale is sharaxin Madaxweyne Axmed Madoobe iyo in uu...
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Illegal Arrest and Detention of Warsangeli Garbsare Traditional Elders in Erigavo
Press Release: The Warsangeli -Garbsare Diaspora communities, as well as those back in Somalia, condemns in the strongest terms the illegal detention and arrest of Garbsare traditional elders who were in Erigavo, the capital of Sanaag region, taking part in peaceful and conflict resolution negotiations between the Garabsare community and the Habar Younis community; regarding...
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Saddex iyo labaatanka Abriil: Saaxiibbada Buuggow, Salaan Guddooma!
W.Q. Dr. Maxamed D. Afrax Waa qalin-la-bood ay igu baraarujisey bilashada Maalinta Caalamiga ah ee Buugga iyo xuquuqda Hanti-maskaxeedda, 23 Abril, oo ku beegantay maantadan. Waa munaasabad mudan in lagu baraarugo, si weyn loo bilo, la isku boorriyo waxa ay u taagantahay, loogu hambalyeeyo bahda ay sida gaar ahaaneed u khusayso: bahda qalinka iyo qoranayaasha;...
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Volunteer spirit captures health workers in Somaliland in mass anti-CV19 campaign
The first sixteen health workers have been trained in Somaliland out of hundreds of volunteers, who have signed up to treat CV19 patients and raise public awareness about the pandemic in markets, restaurants and IDP camps. Abdullahi Mohamud Hassan, director of Horn of Africa Voluntary Youth Committee (HAVOYOCO), the NGO behind the training, told Radio Ergo that they have mobilised their resources to help curb the spread of the pandemic locally. “These health workers will be part of a campaign...
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Stuck in a foreign land with no passport or work
I support family in Ethiopia, have to pay my Lebanese sponsor who keeps my passport – and my cleaning work has stopped with lockdown. #HumansofCOVID19 Selam Abebe* I am a domestic worker. I clean people’s houses. I am from Ethiopia but I came here to Lebanon nine years ago. I could only finish grade nine...
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African nations to get 300 ventilators from Jack Ma Foundation
Giulia Paravicini ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – African nations that lack ventilators for the treatment of COVID-19 patients will receive some from a donation of 300 supplied by the Jack Ma Foundation, the head of the continent’s disease control body said on Thursday. John Nkengasong, the head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention...
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After Two Years of Transition, Ethiopia Still Has a Difficult Path Ahead
By Messay Asgedom Gobena The Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) has ruled the country since 1991. Since then, the party has brought commendable economic growth and development including improvements in health, education, electricity, road, telecommunication, and other infrastructures. The same cannot be said on the governance front where the party has demonstrated shortfalls. Over the years, there have been problems...