ADDIS ABABA — Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat and Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) Antonio Guterres on Tuesday urged Somali leaders to resume dialogue so as to overcome the last political hurdles to inclusive … Continued
By ISABEL DEBRE DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. Navy seized a large cache of weapons being smuggled by two small ships off the coast of Somalia, it announced Tuesday, amid the grinding war in nearby Yemen. Among … Continued
Diplomatic, strategic and commercial activities are picking up in one of the world’s most important chokepoints: the Red Sea. At the start of 2020, the Horn and Gulf countries came together in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, to launch the new … Continued
By Harun Maruf Health authorities in Somalia say the country has been hit by a second wave of the coronavirus, blaming travels abroad and public gatherings ahead of elections for the increase in cases. Minister of Health and Social Care … Continued
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
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