Abdilahi Elmi, 34, is set to be deported; advocates say the government failed to secure him citizenship Shanifa Nasser The mother of a former child refugee taken into foster care not long after arriving in Canada in the mid-1990s is … Continued
Mwani Qatar has entered into an investment partnership with the Somali side to construct the Hobyo Port in Mudug region of central Somalia, HE the Minister of Transport and Communications Jassim bin Saif al-Sulaiti announced on Monday. The Ministry of … Continued
Abdiqani Hassan MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Kismayo airport in southern Somalia refused to allow an Ethiopian plane to land on Monday, a witness said, amid heightened tensions between the federal government and the regional leadership ahead of elections on Thursday. Somalia’s … Continued
(KHARTOUM) – Sudanese gave Egyptian prime minister a distinctly lukewarm reception during the signing ceremony of the transitional authority on Saturday in total contrast of the warm welcome to his Ethiopian counterpart. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi who chairs the African … Continued
By MANASE OTSIALO Two sub-clans from the Degodia community residing in Mandera North Sub-County clashed on Saturday evening over a chief’s position which is yet to be filled. The Gedinur sub-clan is said to have turned against the Mahamud Jibrael … Continued
By AGGREY MUTAMBO Somalia’s Jubbaland electoral agency on Sunday rejected pleas from the international community to extend the reopened window for candidate registration beyond Monday. The Jubbaland Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission said it had consulted everyone involved in the … Continued
By AGGREY MUTAMBO The African Union Mission in Somalia, Amisom, has underscored its intent to withdraw from the country by 2021, after launching the Elections Awareness Campaign, meant to keep the public updated with the preparations. The programme is endorsed … Continued
Kristina Chetcuti We have a small globe of the world at home, and I was slowly turning it round before I sat down to type this. I was looking for Somalia. It is a country which I know is somewhere … Continued
Ethiopian migrants to Saudi Arabia are suffering “indescribable hardships and abuses,” according to the latest report by Human Rights Watch (HRW), which described the “exploitation and torture” they were subjected to in Yemen, before being held captive in Saudi Arabia … Continued
Egypt’s Zamalek equaled a club record of the biggest African win after kicking off their Champions League campaign with a 7-0 hammering of Somalia’s Dekedaha in the first leg of the preliminary round on Friday. Moroccan forward Achraf Bencharki, who … Continued
By RISDEL KASASIRA The commander of the Ugandan troops in Somalia Brig Michael Kabango has visited his troops in the newly captured town of Awdheegle in the North West of Somalia. According to the statement issued by the UPDF, the … Continued
by CHARLES KIPKULEI Jubaland State in Somalia goes to the polls in an election that will have a significant bearing on the Horn of Africa region and particularly Kenya with whom they share a common border and deep historical ties. Jubaland … Continued
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