Somali Parliament member Fawzia Yusuf H. Adam, center, chats with campaign supporters at Lido beach in Mogadishu, Somalia Monday, July 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh) MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) – The woman who broke barriers as the first female foreign … Continued
By Piers Edwards & Romain Molina Three members of Djibouti’s national football team are seeking asylum in France, where one of them was allowed to leave an international airport in Paris on Friday after a week in the transit zone. … Continued
London (AFP)- Ethiopia’s Yalemzerf Yehualaw set a new world record for the women’s half marathon of one hour three minutes and 44 seconds in Larne, Northern Ireland on Sunday, taking 18 seconds off the previous record time. Yehualaw becomes the … Continued
The Somali Football Federation (SFF) has sacked its Belgo-Moroccan coach Abdellatif Salef after less than three weeks in charge of the team. The SFF made the move just hours before the Ocean Stars lost 1-0 to Djibouti in an international … Continued
By Abighani Hirad The passion for sports is a tradition that is shared throughout Somalia. Somalis are sports enthusiasts, particularly football. However, for more than 25 years Somalia has been marked by armed conflict and clan tensions. These events in … Continued
MONACO (Reuters) – Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei produced a brilliant display of solo running to break Kenenisa Bekele’s 16-year-old 5,000 metres world record by almost two seconds as athletics returned with a bang at the Monaco Diamond League meeting on Friday. … Continued
