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...
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...
Mogadishu, (SONNA) – The Chairman of the National Electoral Commission and Boundaries, Abdikarin Ahmed Hassan, held a press conference in Mogadishu to outline the election schedule, political party registration, and the commission’s recent activities. Chairman Abdikarin announced that the registration of political associations officially commenced today, January 20, 2025, and will continue until March 31,...
SOMALI REGION, Ethiopia – In support of areas that have been severely affected by the El Niño-induced drought, UNFPA handed over reproductive health medicines, equipment and supplies to support Basic and Comprehensive Obstetric and Newborn care services at four health centres plus Sitti Zonal Hospital in the Somali Region. The supplies included 15 delivery coaches,...
One thousand internally displaced families in Garowe, capital city of Puntland in northeastern Somalia, have been moving in to permanent homes on a resettlement site, offering them a fresh start after years of hardship in makeshift camps. Each family received a stone-built house with a toilet, located on a 169-square-metre plot of land in Hoodaale....
Egypt has rejected presence by non-littoral states on the Red Sea coast, raising speculation about what it might be up to next, especially with diligent attempts by landlocked Ethiopia to be commercially and militarily present on the same coast. At a press briefing with his Ethiopian and Eritrean counterparts in Cairo, Egyptian Foreign Minister, Badr...
Washington, DC – Israel’s devastating offensive in Gaza — and the United States’ support for it — will “haunt” outgoing Secretary of State Antony Blinken for the rest of his life, says a former diplomat, who quit in protest over the war last year. Hala Rharrit told Al Jazeera in a phone interview that the administration of...
By Mary Harper, Horn of Africa analyst Many people in Somaliland are convinced that the United States, under the incoming presidency of Donald Trump, is poised to become the world’s first country to recognise the self-declared republic. The territory declared independence 33 years ago after Somalia descended into civil war – and in many ways...
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s hosting of Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is a ‘milestone,’ official says Ilayda Cakirtekin ISTANBUL The African Union hailed a weekend meeting between the leaders of Somalia and Ethiopia in Addis Ababa which materialized due to the Ankara Declaration. Calling the meeting between Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and...
Hawo Salah Ahmed, a mother of seven, lost her three-year-old son on 12 December 2024 after he suffered from diarrhoea and severe dehydration for over a week at their home in the internal displacement camp where they live in the Somali capital Mogadishu. Hawo told Radio Ergo that when her son’s condition worsened, she took...