A local women’s group in central Somalia says it has seen a decrease in the number of girls being subjected to full female genital circumcision (FGM) following an awareness campaign. The women’s association of Adado has been informing communities about … Continued
By AGGREY MUTAMBO & ABDULKADIR KHALIF Somalia is under pressure to hold elections and put the country on track to economic recovery, a peaceful political transition and save it from uncertainties that would embolden al Shabaab. Mogadishu was a subject … Continued
By Fakiha Baig EDMONTON – Before Canadian Khalid Hashi and his team began their work in Somalia, the country of about 15 million people who mostly speak Somali and Arabic only had information about COVID-19 in one language. “It was all … Continued
By Aggrey Mutambo Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo may have promised many things when he became Somalia president on February 8, 2017. However, the one giving him sleepless nights is failure to deliver universal suffrage. His constitutional four-year term ended on Monday but … Continued
Mohammed Dhaysane and Magdalene Mukami MOGADISHU, Somalia, Unidentified gunmen shot dead three women, two of whom were pregnant, in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Sunday, police said. In a statement, the law enforcers said the incident took place … Continued
A suicide bomber has been killed and seven civilians wounded as a vehicle exploded near a checkpoint outside the presidential palace in Somalia’s capital, police said. Spokesman Sadiq Ali Adan said the driver defied orders to stop on Saturday morning, … Continued
PATRICK VIDIJA The International Court of Justice has rejected Kenya’s request to have the maritime delimitation case with Somalia postponed for a 4th time. The Court on Saturday informed the two parties that the hearings of the case would proceed … Continued
Makay Ibrahim Isaq, a widow, walked for eight days with her six children to the neighbouring region of Gedo after they ran out of food in southwestern Somalia’s Bakool, where waves of desert locusts have had a devastating impact on … Continued
She’ll be vice chairwoman of panel overseeing Africa, global human rights. By Patrick Condon U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar is rising on the House Foreign Affairs Committee as she steps into the role of vice chairwoman of the subcommittee with jurisdiction … Continued
By Peter Fabricius, Daily Maverick It wasn’t even going to be a real one-person, one-vote election. That had been the original plan but had proved too ambitious. So Somalia reverted to its previous practice – an indirect election where powerful … Continued
Medical experts warn lax attitude dangerous for a country with poor healthcare system By Mohammed Dhaysane MOGADISHU, Somalia As the world grapples with COVID-19 in its final round, the Somalian government faces criticism for its lax approach to fight the … Continued
Somalia has rejected a request by Kenya to have the maritime case at the Hague based court postponed. Mogadishu on Thursday said it wants the case on the maritime delimitation within the Indian Ocean to proceed without further delay. Information … Continued
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