Ref: GSH/XX/CXA/PR To: President of the Federal Republic of SomaliaTo: All Somali CitizensCc: Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of SomaliaCc: Office of the Speakers of the House of People and the SenateCc: ALL Members of the House of People … Continued
By Faisal A Roble Despite a high profile reception by Washington, President William Ruto of Kenya could not escape from criticism. Some rebuked him for his willingness to let Kenyan police lead a multinational peace force financed by the US, … Continued
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said his country would “defend itself” if Ethiopia goes ahead with a deal to set up a naval base in the breakaway region of Somaliland and possibly recognise the territory as an … Continued
By Faisal A. Roble On January 1, 2024, Ethiopia surprised the world with an MOU it signed with the breakaway region of Somaliland. Although President Hassan Sheikh of the Federal government nullified the agreement eight days later, Ethiopia’s determination to … Continued
Toronto – The relationship between Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Ethiopians has entered a different stage for several years now. Initially, Abiy Ahmed sold himself to Ethiopians as a reformer and progressive with the mission to reunite the country and … Continued
By Saida Hassan On December 2017, two months after the largest terrorist attack in Somalia’s history, I landed in Mogadishu, Somalia. Most people were puzzled as to why I would forgo the security of a middle-class life in the United … Continued
Addis Abeba – In a televised speech addressed to Ethiopian law makers, and in what appears to be his first ever open comment on the issue of the Red sea, PM Abiy Ahmed said access to the port is an existential … Continued
NAIROBI, (Reuters) – How to finance environmental priorities and shift the focus from Africa as victim of floods and famine will be central to the debate at the continent’s first climate summit next week, while activists resist plans to expand … Continued
Contact: Treasury Public Affairs, [email protected] WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) targeted 26 individuals and entities connected with the terrorist group al-Shabaab, including 15 financial facilitators and operatives, four al-Shabaab charcoal … Continued
Two new minerals which have never been seen in nature have been found in a 15-tonne meteorite in Somalia – which was the ninth-largest ever found. Professor Chris Herd, curator of the University of Alberta’s Meteorite Collection, analysed a thin slice of … Continued
The sea of rag-and-stick tents that spreads in every direction from the hungry, embattled city of Baidoa, in southern Somalia, gives way to sprawling plains controlled by the militants of Al Shabab. Over 165,000 refugees have streamed into Baidoa since … Continued
By Marquise FrancisNational Reporter & Producer, After four consecutive years of drought, parts of Somalia are projected to enter a famine next month, based on new reports about acute food insecurity in the region. Despite warning signs from humanitarian groups … Continued
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